diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
index 5bd9002ced..7a7a9076fe 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.77 1999/03/14 18:12:21 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.78 1999/04/04 20:10:12 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int	getNotice(PGconn *conn);
  */
 
 #define PGRESULT_DATA_BLOCKSIZE		2048
-#define PGRESULT_ALIGN_BOUNDARY		16	 /* 8 is probably enough, really */
+#define PGRESULT_ALIGN_BOUNDARY		MAXIMUM_ALIGNOF /* from configure */
 #define PGRESULT_SEP_ALLOC_THRESHOLD	(PGRESULT_DATA_BLOCKSIZE / 2)