diff --git a/common/include/km_types.h b/common/include/km_types.h
index aa7fb2e518..7b2bbfb416 100644
--- a/common/include/km_types.h
+++ b/common/include/km_types.h
@@ -67,3 +67,23 @@ typedef  wchar_t KMX_UCHAR;
 #endif
 
 typedef KMX_UCHAR* KMX_PUCHAR;
+
+// Alignment
+
+/*
+  When we read .kmx files, they have no alignment guarantees, so we need to tell
+  the compiler to generate unaligned-safe code for accesses to COMP_ structure
+  members. Note we are assuming that COMP_KEYBOARD is aligned because it is
+  always the start of the file, so will be at the start of any buffer which will
+  automatically be aligned correctly.
+*/
+#ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
+typedef KMX_DWORD __attribute__((aligned(1))) KMX_DWORD_unaligned;
+typedef KMX_BOOL  __attribute__((aligned(1))) KMX_BOOL_unaligned;
+typedef KMX_WORD  __attribute__((aligned(1))) KMX_WORD_unaligned;
+#else
+// TODO: consider other platforms
+#define KMX_DWORD_unaligned KMX_DWORD
+#define KMX_BOOL_unaligned  KMX_BOOL
+#define KMX_WORD_unaligned  KMX_WORD
+#endif
diff --git a/common/include/kmx_file.h b/common/include/kmx_file.h
index 7dbc2261d0..cd37948989 100644
--- a/common/include/kmx_file.h
+++ b/common/include/kmx_file.h
@@ -7,24 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <km_types.h>
 
-/*
-  When we read .kmx files, they have no alignment guarantees, so we need to tell
-  the compiler to generate unaligned-safe code for accesses to COMP_ structure
-  members. Note we are assuming that COMP_KEYBOARD is aligned because it is
-  always the start of the file, so will be at the start of any buffer which will
-  automatically be aligned correctly.
-*/
-#ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
-typedef KMX_DWORD __attribute__((aligned(1))) KMX_DWORD_unaligned;
-typedef KMX_BOOL  __attribute__((aligned(1))) KMX_BOOL_unaligned;
-typedef KMX_WORD  __attribute__((aligned(1))) KMX_WORD_unaligned;
-#else
-// TODO: consider other platforms
-#define KMX_DWORD_unaligned KMX_DWORD
-#define KMX_BOOL_unaligned  KMX_BOOL
-#define KMX_WORD_unaligned  KMX_WORD
-#endif
-
 #ifdef KM_CORE_LIBRARY
 // TODO: move this to a common namespace keyman::common::kmx_file or similar in the future
 namespace km {