diff --git a/pkg/spiffs/include/spiffs_config.h b/pkg/spiffs/include/spiffs_config.h
index 534d0fb48..9909e85d4 100644
--- a/pkg/spiffs/include/spiffs_config.h
+++ b/pkg/spiffs/include/spiffs_config.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void spiffs_unlock(struct spiffs_t *fs);
 
 // Enable this if your target needs aligned data for index tables
 #ifndef SPIFFS_ALIGNED_OBJECT_INDEX_TABLES
-#define SPIFFS_ALIGNED_OBJECT_INDEX_TABLES       0
+#define SPIFFS_ALIGNED_OBJECT_INDEX_TABLES       1
 #endif
 
 // Enable this if you want the HAL callbacks to be called with the spiffs struct