diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.h
index a61836a083e733a921fd4b532f347c9ae8b0f3cb..b04b03880595cfa2c7546df76461cfbe279efb72 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * and not any kind of function definitions.  It is shared between kernel and
  * userspace.  Don't put kernel specific stuff in here */
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
 
 enum nfulnl_msg_types {
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ struct nfulnl_msg_packet_hw {
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 struct nfulnl_msg_packet_timestamp {
-	u_int64_t	sec;
-	u_int64_t	usec;
+	aligned_u64	sec;
+	aligned_u64	usec;
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 #define NFULNL_PREFIXLEN	30	/* just like old log target */
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.h
index 2d8d2b2cfcaa036dc91dba3ebfe1c27c33d4250e..9e774373244c791d9f77921545f97399a3099ba2 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _NFNETLINK_QUEUE_H
 #define _NFNETLINK_QUEUE_H
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
 
 enum nfqnl_msg_types {
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ struct nfqnl_msg_packet_hw {
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 struct nfqnl_msg_packet_timestamp {
-	u_int64_t	sec;
-	u_int64_t	usec;
+	aligned_u64	sec;
+	aligned_u64	usec;
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 enum nfqnl_attr_type {
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index dcb13f865df97ccee9a7764fa247fec754f0609a..2b678c22ca4a0dead6fac2672f76d365ed8945f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ typedef		__u64		u_int64_t;
 typedef		__s64		int64_t;
 #endif
 
+/* this is a special 64bit data type that is 8-byte aligned */
+#define aligned_u64 unsigned long long __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+
 /*
  * The type used for indexing onto a disc or disc partition.
  * If required, asm/types.h can override it and define