diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index 54c32200f52b..5040965161cb 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -1951,7 +1951,8 @@ void CodeGenModule::EmitGlobalVarDefinition(const VarDecl *D) {
       DI->EmitGlobalVariable(GV, D);
 }
 
-static bool isVarDeclStrongDefinition(const VarDecl *D, bool NoCommon) {
+static bool isVarDeclStrongDefinition(const ASTContext &Context,
+                                      const VarDecl *D, bool NoCommon) {
   // Don't give variables common linkage if -fno-common was specified unless it
   // was overridden by a NoCommon attribute.
   if ((NoCommon || D->hasAttr<NoCommonAttr>()) && !D->hasAttr<CommonAttr>())
@@ -1976,6 +1977,12 @@ static bool isVarDeclStrongDefinition(const VarDecl *D, bool NoCommon) {
   if (D->hasAttr<WeakImportAttr>())
     return true;
 
+  // Declarations with a required alignment do not have common linakge in MSVC
+  // mode.
+  if (Context.getLangOpts().MSVCCompat &&
+      (Context.isAlignmentRequired(D->getType()) || D->hasAttr<AlignedAttr>()))
+    return true;
+
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -2022,7 +2029,8 @@ llvm::GlobalValue::LinkageTypes CodeGenModule::getLLVMLinkageForDeclarator(
   // C++ doesn't have tentative definitions and thus cannot have common
   // linkage.
   if (!getLangOpts().CPlusPlus && isa<VarDecl>(D) &&
-      !isVarDeclStrongDefinition(cast<VarDecl>(D), CodeGenOpts.NoCommon))
+      !isVarDeclStrongDefinition(Context, cast<VarDecl>(D),
+                                 CodeGenOpts.NoCommon))
     return llvm::GlobalVariable::CommonLinkage;
 
   // selectany symbols are externally visible, so use weak instead of
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/ms-align-tentative.c b/clang/test/CodeGen/ms-align-tentative.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccd761616471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/ms-align-tentative.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple i386-pc-win32 %s -emit-llvm -fms-compatibility -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+char __declspec(align(8192)) x;
+// CHECK-DAG: @x = global i8 0, align 8192
+
+typedef char __declspec(align(8192)) T;
+T y;
+// CHECK-DAG: @y = global i8 0, align 8192
+
+T __declspec(align(8192)) z;
+// CHECK-DAG: @z = global i8 0, align 8192
+
+int __declspec(align(16)) redef;
+int __declspec(align(32)) redef = 8;
+// CHECK-DAG: @redef = global i32 8, align 32