diff --git a/common/bloblist.c b/common/bloblist.c
index c86ea02..173f28d 100644
--- a/common/bloblist.c
+++ b/common/bloblist.c
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@
 #include <spl.h>
 #include <u-boot/crc.h>
 
+/*
+ * A bloblist is a single contiguous chunk of memory with a header
+ * (struct bloblist_hdr) and a number of blobs in it.
+ *
+ * Each blob starts on a BLOBLIST_ALIGN boundary relative to the start of the
+ * bloblist and consists of a struct bloblist_rec, some padding to the required
+ * alignment for the blog and then the actual data. The padding ensures that the
+ * start address of the data in each blob is aligned as required. Note that
+ * each blob's *data* is aligned to BLOBLIST_ALIGN regardless of the alignment
+ * of the bloblist itself or the blob header.
+ *
+ * So far, only BLOBLIST_ALIGN alignment is supported.
+ */
+
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 static const char *const tag_name[] = {
@@ -73,9 +87,14 @@
 {
 	struct bloblist_hdr *hdr = gd->bloblist;
 	struct bloblist_rec *rec;
-	int new_alloced;
+	int data_start, new_alloced;
 
-	new_alloced = hdr->alloced + sizeof(*rec) + ALIGN(size, BLOBLIST_ALIGN);
+	/* Figure out where the new data will start */
+	data_start = hdr->alloced + sizeof(*rec);
+	data_start = ALIGN(data_start, BLOBLIST_ALIGN);
+
+	/* Calculate the new allocated total */
+	new_alloced = data_start + ALIGN(size, BLOBLIST_ALIGN);
 	if (new_alloced >= hdr->size) {
 		log(LOGC_BLOBLIST, LOGL_ERR,
 		    "Failed to allocate %x bytes size=%x, need size=%x\n",
@@ -83,15 +102,16 @@
 		return log_msg_ret("bloblist add", -ENOSPC);
 	}
 	rec = (void *)hdr + hdr->alloced;
-	hdr->alloced = new_alloced;
 
 	rec->tag = tag;
-	rec->hdr_size = sizeof(*rec);
+	rec->hdr_size = data_start - hdr->alloced;
 	rec->size = size;
 	rec->spare = 0;
 
 	/* Zero the record data */
-	memset(rec + 1, '\0', rec->size);
+	memset((void *)rec + rec->hdr_size, '\0', rec->size);
+
+	hdr->alloced = new_alloced;
 	*recp = rec;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -139,7 +159,7 @@
 	if (bloblist_addrec(tag, size, &rec))
 		return NULL;
 
-	return rec + 1;
+	return (void *)rec + rec->hdr_size;
 }
 
 int bloblist_ensure_size(uint tag, int size, void **blobp)
diff --git a/test/bloblist.c b/test/bloblist.c
index 028b0a9..6853523 100644
--- a/test/bloblist.c
+++ b/test/bloblist.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 	TEST_ADDR		= CONFIG_BLOBLIST_ADDR,
 	TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE	= 0x100,
+
+	ERASE_BYTE		= '\xff',
 };
 
 static struct bloblist_hdr *clear_bloblist(void)
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
 	 * to 0xff for testing purposes.
 	 */
 	hdr = map_sysmem(CONFIG_BLOBLIST_ADDR, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE);
-	memset(hdr, '\xff', TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE);
+	memset(hdr, ERASE_BYTE, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE);
 	memset(hdr, '\0', sizeof(*hdr));
 
 	return hdr;
@@ -292,6 +294,40 @@
 }
 BLOBLIST_TEST(bloblist_test_cmd_list, 0);
 
+/* Test alignment of bloblist blobs */
+static int bloblist_test_align(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	struct bloblist_hdr *hdr;
+	int i;
+
+	/* At the start there should be no records */
+	hdr = clear_bloblist();
+	ut_assertok(bloblist_new(TEST_ADDR, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE, 0));
+	ut_assertnull(bloblist_find(TEST_TAG, TEST_BLOBLIST_SIZE));
+
+	/* Check the alignment */
+	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+		int size = i * 3;
+		ulong addr;
+		char *data;
+		int j;
+
+		data = bloblist_add(i, size);
+		ut_assertnonnull(data);
+		addr = map_to_sysmem(data);
+		ut_asserteq(0, addr & (BLOBLIST_ALIGN - 1));
+
+		/* Only the bytes in the blob data should be zeroed */
+		for (j = 0; j < size; j++)
+			ut_asserteq(0, data[j]);
+		for (; j < BLOBLIST_ALIGN; j++)
+			ut_asserteq(ERASE_BYTE, data[j]);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+BLOBLIST_TEST(bloblist_test_align, 0);
+
 int do_ut_bloblist(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 		   char *const argv[])
 {