diff --git a/bolt/lib/Core/BinaryContext.cpp b/bolt/lib/Core/BinaryContext.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Core/BinaryContext.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Core/BinaryContext.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 namespace opts {
 
-cl::opt<bool> NoHugePages("no-huge-pages",
+cl::opt<bool> NoHugePages("no-huge-pages", cl::init(true),
                           cl::desc("use regular size pages for code alignment"),
                           cl::Hidden, cl::cat(BoltCategory));
 
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
@@ -1777,7 +1777,10 @@
     opts::UseOldText = false;
   }
 
-  if (!opts::AlignText.getNumOccurrences())
+  if (opts::Hugify || opts::HotText)
+    BC->PageAlign = BinaryContext::HugePageSize;
+
+  if (opts::Hugify || opts::UseOldText)
     opts::AlignText = BC->PageAlign;
 
   if (opts::AlignText < opts::AlignFunctions)
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Utils/CommandLineOpts.cpp b/bolt/lib/Utils/CommandLineOpts.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Utils/CommandLineOpts.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Utils/CommandLineOpts.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 cl::opt<unsigned> AlignText("align-text",
                             cl::desc("alignment of .text section"), cl::Hidden,
-                            cl::cat(BoltCategory));
+                            cl::init(64), cl::cat(BoltCategory));
 
 cl::opt<unsigned> AlignFunctions(
     "align-functions",