diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b726f7970ce..d393221285b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ else
   EXT =
 endif
 
+# Detect if the architecture is RISC-V (native build)
+UNAME_M ?= $(shell uname -m)
+ifneq (,$(filter riscv%,$(UNAME_M)))
+    MOREFLAGS += -mno-strict-align
+    export MOREFLAGS
+endif
+
 ## default: Build lib-release and zstd-release
 .PHONY: default
 default: lib-release zstd-release