diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ArrayOfFrozenObjectsNode.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ArrayOfFrozenObjectsNode.cs
index 8f616d98265a41..cecf9bd572f17e 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ArrayOfFrozenObjectsNode.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ArrayOfFrozenObjectsNode.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ protected override ObjectData GetDehydratableData(NodeFactory factory, bool relo
                 return new ObjectData(Array.Empty<byte>(), Array.Empty<Relocation>(), 1, Array.Empty<ISymbolDefinitionNode>());
 
             var builder = new ObjectDataBuilder(factory, relocsOnly);
+            builder.RequireInitialAlignment(factory.Target.PointerSize);
             builder.AddSymbol(this);
             foreach (FrozenObjectNode node in factory.MetadataManager.GetFrozenObjects())
             {
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/ObjectWriter/ObjectWriter.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/ObjectWriter/ObjectWriter.cs
index c0335bd1474705..784f60845e4c9f 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/ObjectWriter/ObjectWriter.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.Compiler/Compiler/ObjectWriter/ObjectWriter.cs
@@ -446,6 +446,26 @@ private void EmitObject(string objectFilePath, IReadOnlyCollection<DependencyNod
                         sectionWriter.Position,
                         nodeContents.Data,
                         nodeContents.Relocs));
+
+#if DEBUG
+                    // Pointer relocs should be aligned at pointer boundaries within the image.
+                    // Processing misaligned relocs (especially relocs that straddle page boundaries) can be
+                    // expensive on Windows. But: we can't guarantee this on x86.
+                    if (_nodeFactory.Target.Architecture != TargetArchitecture.X86)
+                    {
+                        bool hasPointerRelocs = false;
+                        foreach (Relocation reloc in nodeContents.Relocs)
+                        {
+                            if ((reloc.RelocType is RelocType.IMAGE_REL_BASED_DIR64 && _nodeFactory.Target.PointerSize == 8) ||
+                                (reloc.RelocType is RelocType.IMAGE_REL_BASED_HIGHLOW && _nodeFactory.Target.PointerSize == 4))
+                            {
+                                hasPointerRelocs = true;
+                                Debug.Assert(reloc.Offset % _nodeFactory.Target.PointerSize == 0);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Debug.Assert(!hasPointerRelocs || (nodeContents.Alignment % _nodeFactory.Target.PointerSize) == 0);
+                    }
+#endif
                 }
 
                 // Emit unwinding frames and LSDA