diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
@@ -913,6 +913,9 @@
   InGroup<IgnoredPragmas>;
 def err_pragma_options_align_mac68k_target_unsupported : Error<
   "mac68k alignment pragma is not supported on this target">;
+def warn_pragma_align_not_xl_compatible : Warning<
+  "#pragma align(packed) may not be compatible with objects generated with AIX XL C/C++">,
+  InGroup<AIXCompat>;
 def warn_pragma_pack_invalid_alignment : Warning<
   "expected #pragma pack parameter to be '1', '2', '4', '8', or '16'">,
   InGroup<IgnoredPragmas>;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -16573,6 +16573,15 @@
   // Notify the consumer that we've defined a tag.
   if (!Tag->isInvalidDecl())
     Consumer.HandleTagDeclDefinition(Tag);
+
+  // Clangs implementation of #pragma align(pack) differs in bitfield layout
+  // from XLs and instead matches the XL #pragma pack(1) behavior.
+  if (Context.getTargetInfo().getTriple().isOSAIX() &&
+      AlignPackStack.hasValue()) {
+    AlignPackInfo APInfo = AlignPackStack.CurrentValue;
+    if (APInfo.IsAlignAttr() && APInfo.getAlignMode() == AlignPackInfo::Packed)
+      Diag(BraceRange.getBegin(), diag::warn_pragma_align_not_xl_compatible);
+  }
 }
 
 void Sema::ActOnObjCContainerFinishDefinition() {
diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/aix-pragma-align-packed-warn.c b/clang/test/Sema/aix-pragma-align-packed-warn.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/aix-pragma-align-packed-warn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff  -fxl-pragma-pack -verify -fsyntax-only %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff  -fxl-pragma-pack -verify -fsyntax-only %s
+
+#pragma align(packed)
+struct A {  // expected-warning {{#pragma align(packed) may not be compatible with objects generated with AIX XL C/C++}}
+  short s1;
+  int   : 0;
+  short s2;
+};
+
+struct B {  // expected-warning {{#pragma align(packed) may not be compatible with objects generated with AIX XL C/C++}}
+  short a : 8;
+  short b : 8;
+  int c;
+};
+#pragma align(reset)