diff --git a/src/runtime/typemanager.cs b/src/runtime/typemanager.cs
index 127e82eaa..bd079492d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/typemanager.cs
+++ b/src/runtime/typemanager.cs
@@ -698,8 +698,21 @@ internal static void InitializeNativeCodePage()
             // to be executable.
             IMemoryMapper mapper = CreateMemoryMapper();
             int codeLength = NativeCode.Active.Code.Length;
-            NativeCodePage = mapper.MapWriteable(codeLength);
-            Marshal.Copy(NativeCode.Active.Code, 0, NativeCodePage, codeLength);
+
+            // Request 7 bytes more than required such that we can align to an 8 byte boundary on ARM
+            NativeCodePage = mapper.MapWriteable(codeLength + 7);
+
+            // Round to 8 byte boundary
+            var start = new IntPtr(((NativeCodePage.ToInt64() + 7) >> 3) << 3);
+            var diff = start.ToInt64()- NativeCodePage.ToInt64();
+
+            Marshal.Copy(NativeCode.Active.Code, 0, start, codeLength);
+            // Fill the remainder up with 0
+            for (int i = 0; i < diff; ++i)
+                Marshal.WriteByte(NativeCodePage, i, 0);
+            for (int i = 0; i < 7 - diff; ++i)
+                Marshal.WriteByte(NativeCodePage + codeLength, i, 0);
+
             mapper.SetReadExec(NativeCodePage, codeLength);
         }
 #endregion