diff --git a/src/codegen/mod.rs b/src/codegen/mod.rs
index 67d6b6d576..1bff1e263b 100644
--- a/src/codegen/mod.rs
+++ b/src/codegen/mod.rs
@@ -1540,27 +1540,6 @@ impl CodeGenerator for CompInfo {
 
         let is_union = self.kind() == CompKind::Union;
         let layout = item.kind().expect_type().layout(ctx);
-        if is_union && !is_opaque && !self.is_forward_declaration() {
-            result.saw_union();
-            if !self.can_be_rust_union(ctx) {
-                result.saw_bindgen_union();
-            }
-
-            let layout = layout.expect("Unable to get layout information?");
-            let ty = helpers::blob(ctx, layout);
-
-            fields.push(if self.can_be_rust_union(ctx) {
-                quote! {
-                    _bindgen_union_align: #ty ,
-                }
-            } else {
-                struct_layout.saw_union(layout);
-
-                quote! {
-                    pub bindgen_union_field: #ty ,
-                }
-            });
-        }
 
         let mut explicit_align = None;
         if is_opaque {
@@ -1603,6 +1582,32 @@ impl CodeGenerator for CompInfo {
                     }
                 }
             }
+        } else if is_union && !self.is_forward_declaration() {
+            result.saw_union();
+            if !self.can_be_rust_union(ctx) {
+                result.saw_bindgen_union();
+            }
+
+            // TODO(emilio): It'd be nice to unify this with the struct path
+            // above somehow.
+            let layout = layout.expect("Unable to get layout information?");
+
+            if struct_layout.requires_explicit_align(layout) {
+                explicit_align = Some(layout.align);
+            }
+
+            let ty = helpers::blob(ctx, layout);
+            fields.push(if self.can_be_rust_union(ctx) {
+                quote! {
+                    _bindgen_union_align: #ty ,
+                }
+            } else {
+                struct_layout.saw_union(layout);
+
+                quote! {
+                    pub bindgen_union_field: #ty ,
+                }
+            });
         }
 
         // C++ requires every struct to be addressable, so what C++ compilers do
diff --git a/tests/expectations/tests/union-align.rs b/tests/expectations/tests/union-align.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01eb78b7f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/expectations/tests/union-align.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* automatically generated by rust-bindgen */
+
+#![allow(
+    dead_code,
+    non_snake_case,
+    non_camel_case_types,
+    non_upper_case_globals
+)]
+
+#[repr(C)]
+#[repr(align(16))]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub union Bar {
+    pub foo: ::std::os::raw::c_uchar,
+    _bindgen_union_align: u128,
+}
+#[test]
+fn bindgen_test_layout_Bar() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        ::std::mem::size_of::<Bar>(),
+        16usize,
+        concat!("Size of: ", stringify!(Bar))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        ::std::mem::align_of::<Bar>(),
+        16usize,
+        concat!("Alignment of ", stringify!(Bar))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        unsafe { &(*(::std::ptr::null::<Bar>())).foo as *const _ as usize },
+        0usize,
+        concat!("Offset of field: ", stringify!(Bar), "::", stringify!(foo))
+    );
+}
+impl Default for Bar {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        unsafe { ::std::mem::zeroed() }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/headers/long_double.h b/tests/headers/long_double.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91c4ed6ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/headers/long_double.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// bindgen-flags: --rust-target 1.26
+
+struct foo {
+  long double bar;
+};
diff --git a/tests/headers/union-align.h b/tests/headers/union-align.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94e60ef165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/headers/union-align.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// bindgen-flags: --rust-target 1.26
+
+union Bar {
+  unsigned char foo;
+} __attribute__ ((__aligned__ (16)));