diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/ASTContext.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/ASTContext.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/AST/ASTContext.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/ASTContext.cpp
@@ -2478,11 +2478,16 @@
     return ABIAlign;
 
   if (const auto *RT = T->getAs<RecordType>()) {
-    if (TI.AlignIsRequired || RT->getDecl()->isInvalidDecl())
+    const RecordDecl *RD = RT->getDecl();
+
+    // When used as part of a typedef, or together with a 'packed' attribute,
+    // the 'aligned' attribute can be used to decrease alignment.
+    if ((TI.AlignIsRequired && T->getAs<TypedefType>() != nullptr) ||
+        RD->isInvalidDecl())
       return ABIAlign;
 
     unsigned PreferredAlign = static_cast<unsigned>(
-        toBits(getASTRecordLayout(RT->getDecl()).PreferredAlignment));
+        toBits(getASTRecordLayout(RD).PreferredAlignment));
     assert(PreferredAlign >= ABIAlign &&
            "PreferredAlign should be at least as large as ABIAlign.");
     return PreferredAlign;
diff --git a/clang/test/Layout/aix-alignof-align-and-pack-attr.cpp b/clang/test/Layout/aix-alignof-align-and-pack-attr.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/Layout/aix-alignof-align-and-pack-attr.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -S -emit-llvm -x c++ < %s | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -S -emit-llvm -x c++ < %s | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck %s
+
+namespace test1 {
+struct __attribute__((__aligned__(2))) C {
+  double x;
+} c;
+
+// CHECK: @{{.*}}test1{{.*}}c{{.*}} = global %"struct.test1::C" zeroinitializer, align 8
+} // namespace test1
+
+namespace test2 {
+struct __attribute__((__aligned__(2), packed)) C {
+  double x;
+} c;
+
+// CHECK: @{{.*}}test2{{.*}}c{{.*}} = global %"struct.test2::C" zeroinitializer, align 2
+} // namespace test2
+
+namespace test3 {
+struct __attribute__((__aligned__(16))) C {
+  double x;
+} c;
+
+// CHECK: @{{.*}}test3{{.*}}c{{.*}} = global %"struct.test3::C" zeroinitializer, align 16
+} // namespace test3