diff --git a/macros/smartalign.mac b/macros/smartalign.mac
index 32e7b3f2..410c4d3a 100644
--- a/macros/smartalign.mac
+++ b/macros/smartalign.mac
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ USE: smartalign
 
 %unimacro align 1-2+.nolist
 %imacro align 1-2+.nolist
+  segalign %1   ; align a segment as well
   %ifnempty %2
     times (((%1) - (($-$$) % (%1))) % (%1)) %2
   %else