diff --git a/package/libcamera/libcamera.mk b/package/libcamera/libcamera.mk
index a39e9f1c3e..9739f715a1 100644
--- a/package/libcamera/libcamera.mk
+++ b/package/libcamera/libcamera.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ LIBCAMERA_LICENSE_FILES = \
 	LICENSES/CC0-1.0.txt \
 	LICENSES/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7),y)
+LIBCAMERA_CXXFLAGS = -faligned-new
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAMERA_V4L2),y)
 LIBCAMERA_CONF_OPTS += -Dv4l2=true
 else