diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7cbb5c793..bc6687e12b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ option(AV_BUILD_LAPACK "Enable building an embedded Lapack" ON)
 option(AV_BUILD_SUITESPARSE "Enable building an embedded SuiteSparse" ON)
 option(AV_BUILD_FFMPEG "Enable building an embedded FFMpeg" ON)
 option(AV_BUILD_ALICEVISION "Enable building of AliceVision" ON)
+option(AV_EIGEN_MEMORY_ALIGNMENT "Enable Eigen memory alignment" OFF)
 
 option(AV_USE_CUDA "Enable CUDA" ON)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 31d28ddc51..fa0045cb5c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -201,6 +201,23 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
   AddCompilerFlag("-Werror=return-local-addr")
 endif()
 
+# Eigen requires overaligned buffers for maximum efficiency (e.g. on AVX512 buffers may need to
+# be aligned to 64 bytes). AliceVision currently does not support this. Fortunately this is fixed
+# in C++17. While we can't upgrade to C++17 just yet, some compilers support overaligned
+# allocation feature with a separate flag, so use it if alignment is enabled in Eigen.
+# See https://eigen.tuxfamily.org/dox/group__TopicUnalignedArrayAssert.html
+if(AV_EIGEN_MEMORY_ALIGNMENT)
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 7.1)
+    AddCompilerFlag("-faligned-new")
+  elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 6.0)
+    AddCompilerFlag("-faligned-new")
+  elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 19.12)
+    AddCompilerFlag("/Zc:alignedNew")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "AV_EIGEN_MEMORY_ALIGNMENT is only supported starting GCC 7.1, Clang 6.0 and MSVC 2017 15.5")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 # ==============================================================================
 # Enable code coverage generation (only with GCC)
 # ==============================================================================
@@ -346,8 +363,11 @@ endif()
 find_package(Eigen3 3.3 REQUIRED)
 if(Eigen3_FOUND OR EIGEN3_FOUND)
   # message(STATUS "EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR: ${EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  # See https://eigen.tuxfamily.org/dox/group__TopicUnalignedArrayAssert.html
-  set(AV_EIGEN_DEFINITIONS -DEIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES=0 -DEIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES=0)
+  if(AV_EIGEN_MEMORY_ALIGNMENT)
+    set(AV_EIGEN_DEFINITIONS -DALICEVISION_EIGEN_REQUIRE_ALIGNMENT=1)
+  else()
+    set(AV_EIGEN_DEFINITIONS -DEIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES=0 -DEIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES=0)
+  endif()
 else()
   message(FATAL_ERROR " EIGEN NOT FOUND. EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR: ${EIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 endif()
diff --git a/src/aliceVision/numeric/numeric.hpp b/src/aliceVision/numeric/numeric.hpp
index 4f78e92151..00d13a5ed4 100644
--- a/src/aliceVision/numeric/numeric.hpp
+++ b/src/aliceVision/numeric/numeric.hpp
@@ -8,18 +8,20 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-// AliceVision does not support Eigen with alignment,
+// AliceVision does not support Eigen with alignment, unless C++17 aligned new feature is enabled.
 // So ensure Eigen is used with the correct flags.
-#ifndef EIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES
-#error "EIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES is not defined"
-#elif EIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES != 0
-#error "EIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES is defined but not 0"
-#endif
-
-#ifndef EIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES
-#error "EIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES is not defined"
-#elif EIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES != 0
-#error "EIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES is defined but not 0"
+#ifndef ALICEVISION_EIGEN_REQUIRE_ALIGNMENT
+    #ifndef EIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES
+        #error "EIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES is not defined"
+    #elif EIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES != 0
+        #error "EIGEN_MAX_ALIGN_BYTES is defined but not 0"
+    #endif
+
+    #ifndef EIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES
+        #error "EIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES is not defined"
+    #elif EIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES != 0
+        #error "EIGEN_MAX_STATIC_ALIGN_BYTES is defined but not 0"
+    #endif
 #endif