diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 578031339..d9b5e11cd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ OPT += -momit-leaf-frame-pointer
 endif
 endif
 
+ifeq (,$(shell $(CXX) -fsyntax-only -faligned-new -xc++ /dev/null 2>&1))
+CXXFLAGS += -faligned-new -DHAVE_ALIGNED_NEW
+endif
+
 ifeq (,$(shell $(CXX) -fsyntax-only -maltivec -xc /dev/null 2>&1))
 CXXFLAGS += -DHAS_ALTIVEC
 CFLAGS += -DHAS_ALTIVEC
diff --git a/monitoring/statistics.h b/monitoring/statistics.h
index 3bf20d4cf..a061d3ed2 100644
--- a/monitoring/statistics.h
+++ b/monitoring/statistics.h
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 #define ROCKSDB_FIELD_UNUSED
 #endif  // __clang__
 
+#ifndef STRINGIFY
+#define STRINGIFY(x) #x
+#define TOSTRING(x) STRINGIFY(x)
+#endif
+
 namespace rocksdb {
 
 enum TickersInternal : uint32_t {
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ enum HistogramsInternal : uint32_t {
 };
 
 
-class StatisticsImpl : public Statistics {
+class ALIGN_AS(CACHE_LINE_SIZE) StatisticsImpl : public Statistics {
  public:
   StatisticsImpl(std::shared_ptr<Statistics> stats,
                  bool enable_internal_stats);
@@ -69,17 +74,23 @@ class StatisticsImpl : public Statistics {
   // cores can never share the same cache line.
   //
   // Alignment attributes expand to nothing depending on the platform
-  struct StatisticsData {
+  struct ALIGN_AS(CACHE_LINE_SIZE) StatisticsData {
     std::atomic_uint_fast64_t tickers_[INTERNAL_TICKER_ENUM_MAX] = {{0}};
     HistogramImpl histograms_[INTERNAL_HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX];
+#ifndef HAVE_ALIGNED_NEW
     char
         padding[(CACHE_LINE_SIZE -
                  (INTERNAL_TICKER_ENUM_MAX * sizeof(std::atomic_uint_fast64_t) +
                   INTERNAL_HISTOGRAM_ENUM_MAX * sizeof(HistogramImpl)) %
                      CACHE_LINE_SIZE)] ROCKSDB_FIELD_UNUSED;
+#endif
+    void *operator new(size_t s) { return port::cacheline_aligned_alloc(s); }
+    void *operator new[](size_t s) { return port::cacheline_aligned_alloc(s); }
+    void operator delete(void *p) { port::cacheline_aligned_free(p); }
+    void operator delete[](void *p) { port::cacheline_aligned_free(p); }
   };
 
-  static_assert(sizeof(StatisticsData) % 64 == 0, "Expected 64-byte aligned");
+  static_assert(sizeof(StatisticsData) % CACHE_LINE_SIZE == 0, "Expected " TOSTRING(CACHE_LINE_SIZE) "-byte aligned");
 
   CoreLocalArray<StatisticsData> per_core_stats_;