diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.cpp
@@ -3561,7 +3561,11 @@
     return getOrCreateRecordFwdDecl(Ty, RDContext);
 
   uint64_t Size = CGM.getContext().getTypeSize(Ty);
-  auto Align = getDeclAlignIfRequired(D, CGM.getContext());
+  // __attribute__((aligned)) can increase or decrease alignment *except* on a
+  // struct or struct member, where it only increases  alignment unless 'packed'
+  // is also specified. To handle this case, the `getTypeAlignIfRequired` needs
+  // to be used.
+  auto Align = getTypeAlignIfRequired(Ty, CGM.getContext());
 
   SmallString<256> Identifier = getTypeIdentifier(Ty, CGM, TheCU);
 
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/debug-info-struct-align.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/debug-info-struct-align.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/debug-info-struct-align.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//  Test for debug info related to DW_AT_alignment attribute in the struct type.
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -dwarf-version=5 -debug-info-kind=standalone -S -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+// CHECK-DAG: DICompositeType(tag: DW_TAG_structure_type, name: "MyType", {{.*}}, align: 32
+// CHECK-DAG: DICompositeType(tag: DW_TAG_structure_type, name: "MyType1", {{.*}}, align: 8
+// CHECK-DAG: DICompositeType(tag: DW_TAG_structure_type, name: "MyType2", {{.*}}, align: 8
+
+struct MyType {
+  int m;
+} __attribute__((aligned(1)));
+MyType mt;
+
+static_assert(alignof(MyType) == 4, "alignof MyType is wrong");
+
+struct MyType1 {
+  int m;
+} __attribute__((packed, aligned(1)));
+MyType1 mt1;
+
+static_assert(alignof(MyType1) == 1, "alignof MyType1 is wrong");
+
+struct MyType2 {
+  __attribute__((packed)) int m;
+} __attribute__((aligned(1)));
+MyType2 mt2;
+
+static_assert(alignof(MyType2) == 1, "alignof MyType2 is wrong");