diff --git a/boards/nxp/fmurt1062-v1/nuttx-config/Kconfig b/boards/nxp/fmurt1062-v1/nuttx-config/Kconfig
index 433c13fcad..40f0d9dd0a 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/fmurt1062-v1/nuttx-config/Kconfig
+++ b/boards/nxp/fmurt1062-v1/nuttx-config/Kconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ config BOARD_HAS_PROBES
 	default y
 	---help---
 		This board provides GPIO FMU-CH1-8, as PROBE_1-8 to provide timing signals
-                from selected drivers.
+		from selected drivers.
 
 config BOARD_USE_PROBES
 	bool "Enable the use the board provided FMU-CH1-8 as PROBE_1-8"
@@ -29,4 +29,13 @@ config BOARD_USE_PROBES
 
 	---help---
 		Select to use GPIO FMU-CH1-8, as PROBE_1-8 to provide timing signals
-                from selected drivers.
+		from selected drivers.
+
+config BOARD_FORCE_ALIGNMENT
+	bool "Forces all acesses to be Aligned"
+	default n
+
+	---help---
+		Adds -mno-unaligned-access to build flags. to force alignment.
+		This can be needed if data is stored in a region of memory, that
+		is Strongly ordered and dcache is off.
diff --git a/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/Make.defs.in b/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/Make.defs.in
index 5299325b46..3833f53e51 100644
--- a/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/Make.defs.in
+++ b/platforms/nuttx/NuttX/Make.defs.in
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ FLAGS = $(MAXOPTIMIZATION) -g2 \
 
 FLAGS += $(EXTRAFLAGS)
 
+# force alignment
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_BOARD_FORCE_ALIGNMENT),y)
+	FLAGS += -mno-unaligned-access
+endif
+
 # enable precise stack overflow tracking
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARMV7M_STACKCHECK),y)
 	FLAGS += -finstrument-functions -ffixed-r10
diff --git a/platforms/nuttx/cmake/px4_impl_os.cmake b/platforms/nuttx/cmake/px4_impl_os.cmake
index e5a04a3cfc..5e92bf0a9f 100644
--- a/platforms/nuttx/cmake/px4_impl_os.cmake
+++ b/platforms/nuttx/cmake/px4_impl_os.cmake
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ function(px4_os_add_flags)
 		)
 	endif()
 
+	if("${CONFIG_BOARD_FORCE_ALIGNMENT}" STREQUAL "y")
+		message(STATUS "Board forcing alignment")
+		add_compile_options(
+			-mno-unaligned-access
+		)
+	endif()
+
 endfunction()
 
 #=============================================================================