diff --git a/meta-nuvoton/conf/machine/include/npcm8xx.inc b/meta-nuvoton/conf/machine/include/npcm8xx.inc
index a40e8fb..e8d5587 100644
--- a/meta-nuvoton/conf/machine/include/npcm8xx.inc
+++ b/meta-nuvoton/conf/machine/include/npcm8xx.inc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 OPTEE_ALIGN ?= "4096"
 UBOOT_ALIGN ?= "4096"
 ALIGN_END ?= "4096"
+PAD_ALIGN ?= "32"
 
 SOC_FAMILY = "npcm8xx"
 include conf/machine/include/soc-family.inc