--- a/src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotVMConfig.java	Tue Jan 09 22:30:20 2018 -0500
+++ b/src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotVMConfig.java	Wed Jan 10 09:04:11 2018 +0100
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 
     final boolean useCompressedOops = getFlag("UseCompressedOops", Boolean.class);
 
+    final int objectAlignment = getFlag("ObjectAlignmentInBytes", Integer.class);
+
     final int prototypeMarkWordOffset = getFieldOffset("Klass::_prototype_header", Integer.class, "markOop");
     final int subklassOffset = getFieldOffset("Klass::_subklass", Integer.class, "Klass*");
     final int nextSiblingOffset = getFieldOffset("Klass::_next_sibling", Integer.class, "Klass*");