diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8be2d6dac..e7d76f8f3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([          \
 	mlock2                \
 	mmap                  \
 	mprotect              \
+	mremap                \
 	msync                 \
 	posix_fadvise         \
 	posix_madvise         \
diff --git a/include/ircd/fs/map.h b/include/ircd/fs/map.h
index 876d6968a..54d8b4cc6 100644
--- a/include/ircd/fs/map.h
+++ b/include/ircd/fs/map.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct ircd::fs::map
 struct ircd::fs::map::opts
 :fd::opts
 {
+	uint alignment {0};
 	bool execute {false};
 	bool shared {false};
 	bool reserve {false};
diff --git a/ircd/fs.cc b/ircd/fs.cc
index 72d1f9fab..82cab3d3f 100644
--- a/ircd/fs.cc
+++ b/ircd/fs.cc
@@ -2047,25 +2047,51 @@ ircd::fs::map::default_opts;
 ircd::fs::map::map(const fd &fd,
                    const opts &opts,
                    const size_t &size)
+#if defined(HAVE_MMAP)
 {
 	const auto map_size
 	{
 		size?: fs::size(fd)
 	};
 
-	#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
-	void *const &ptr
+	void *ptr
 	{
-		::mmap(nullptr, map_size, prot(opts), flags(opts), int(fd), opts.offset)
+		::mmap
+		(
+			nullptr,
+			map_size,
+			prot(opts),
+			flags(opts),
+			int(fd),
+			opts.offset
+		)
 	};
-	#else
-	#error "Missing ::mmap(2) on this platform."
-	#endif
 
 	if(unlikely(ptr == MAP_FAILED))
 		throw_system_error(errno);
 
-	static_cast<mutable_buffer &>(*this) = mutable_buffer
+	#if defined(HAVE_MREMAP)
+	if(opts.alignment && !aligned(ptr, opts.alignment))
+	{
+		assert(opts.alignment > 1);
+		assert(opts.alignment > info::page_size);
+		ptr = ::mremap
+		(
+			ptr,
+			map_size,
+			map_size,
+			MREMAP_FIXED | MREMAP_MAYMOVE,
+			align_up(ptr, opts.alignment) + pad_to(map_size, opts.alignment)
+		);
+
+		if(unlikely(ptr == MAP_FAILED))
+			throw_system_error(errno);
+	}
+	#endif
+
+	assert(aligned(ptr, opts.alignment));
+	assert(padded(map_size, opts.alignment));
+	static_cast<mutable_buffer &>(*this) =
 	{
 		reinterpret_cast<char *>(ptr),
 		map_size
@@ -2084,6 +2110,9 @@ ircd::fs::map::map(const fd &fd,
 	if(advise)
 		fs::advise(*this, advise, map_size);
 }
+#else
+	#error "Missing mmap(2) on this platform."
+#endif
 
 ircd::fs::map::~map()
 noexcept try