diff --git a/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp b/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
index 47cc6ff7655ca..12440ab1e2615 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
@@ -5206,10 +5206,11 @@ void OpenMPIRBuilder::applySimd(CanonicalLoopInfo *CanonicalLoop,
   Loop *L = LI.getLoopFor(CanonicalLoop->getHeader());
   if (AlignedVars.size()) {
     InsertPointTy IP = Builder.saveIP();
-    Builder.SetInsertPoint(CanonicalLoop->getPreheader()->getTerminator());
     for (auto &AlignedItem : AlignedVars) {
       Value *AlignedPtr = AlignedItem.first;
       Value *Alignment = AlignedItem.second;
+      Instruction *loadInst = dyn_cast<Instruction>(AlignedPtr);
+      Builder.SetInsertPoint(loadInst->getNextNode());
       Builder.CreateAlignmentAssumption(F->getDataLayout(),
                                         AlignedPtr, Alignment);
     }
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPToLLVMIRTranslation.cpp b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPToLLVMIRTranslation.cpp
index 19d80fbbd699b..8df144ad20be7 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPToLLVMIRTranslation.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/LLVMIR/Dialect/OpenMP/OpenMPToLLVMIRTranslation.cpp
@@ -1872,6 +1872,24 @@ convertOmpSimd(Operation &opInst, llvm::IRBuilderBase &builder,
 
   llvm::MapVector<llvm::Value *, llvm::Value *> alignedVars;
   llvm::omp::OrderKind order = convertOrderKind(simdOp.getOrder());
+  llvm::BasicBlock *sourceBlock = builder.GetInsertBlock();
+  std::optional<ArrayAttr> alignmentValues = simdOp.getAlignments();
+  mlir::OperandRange operands = simdOp.getAlignedVars();
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < operands.size(); ++i) {
+    llvm::Value *alignment = nullptr;
+    llvm::Value *llvmVal = moduleTranslation.lookupValue(operands[i]);
+    llvm::Type *ty = llvmVal->getType();
+    if (auto intAttr = llvm::dyn_cast<IntegerAttr>((*alignmentValues)[i])) {
+      alignment = builder.getInt64(intAttr.getInt());
+      assert(ty->isPointerTy() && "Invalid type for aligned variable");
+      assert(alignment && "Invalid alignment value");
+      auto curInsert = builder.saveIP();
+      builder.SetInsertPoint(sourceBlock->getTerminator());
+      llvmVal = builder.CreateLoad(ty, llvmVal);
+      builder.restoreIP(curInsert);
+      alignedVars[llvmVal] = alignment;
+    }
+  }
   ompBuilder->applySimd(loopInfo, alignedVars,
                         simdOp.getIfExpr()
                             ? moduleTranslation.lookupValue(simdOp.getIfExpr())
diff --git a/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/openmp-simd-aligned.mlir b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/openmp-simd-aligned.mlir
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f418742ef5dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Target/LLVMIR/openmp-simd-aligned.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// RUN: mlir-translate -mlir-to-llvmir -split-input-file %s | FileCheck %s
+
+//CHECK-LABEL: define void @_QPsimd_aligned_pointer() {
+//CHECK:   %[[A_PTR:.*]] = alloca { ptr, i64, i32, i8, i8, i8, i8 }, i64 1, align 8
+//CHECK:   %[[A_VAL:.*]] = load ptr, ptr %[[A_PTR]], align 8
+//CHECK:   call void @llvm.assume(i1 true) [ "align"(ptr %[[A_VAL]], i64 256) ]
+llvm.func @_QPsimd_aligned_pointer() {
+  %1 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i64) : i64
+  %2 = llvm.alloca %1 x !llvm.struct<(ptr, i64, i32, i8, i8, i8, i8)> {bindc_name = "x"} : (i64) -> !llvm.ptr
+  %3 = llvm.alloca %1 x i32 {bindc_name = "i", pinned} : (i64) -> !llvm.ptr
+  %4 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i32) : i32
+  %5 = llvm.mlir.constant(10 : i32) : i32
+  %6 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i32) : i32
+  omp.simd aligned(%2 : !llvm.ptr -> 256 : i64) {
+    omp.loop_nest (%arg0) : i32 = (%4) to (%5) inclusive step (%6) {
+      llvm.store %arg0, %3 : i32, !llvm.ptr
+      omp.yield
+    }
+    omp.terminator
+  }
+  llvm.return
+}
+
+//CHECK-LABEL: define void @_QPsimd_aligned_cptr() {
+//CHECK:   %[[A_CPTR:.*]] = alloca %_QM__fortran_builtinsT__builtin_c_ptr, i64 1, align 8
+//CHECK:   %[[A_VAL:.*]] = load ptr, ptr %[[A_CPTR]], align 8
+//CHECK:   call void @llvm.assume(i1 true) [ "align"(ptr %[[A_VAL]], i64 256) ]
+llvm.func @_QPsimd_aligned_cptr() {
+  %0 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i64) : i64
+  %1 = llvm.alloca %0 x !llvm.struct<"_QM__fortran_builtinsT__builtin_c_ptr", (i64)> {bindc_name = "a"} : (i64) -> !llvm.ptr
+  %2 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i64) : i64
+  %3 = llvm.alloca %2 x i32 {bindc_name = "i", pinned} : (i64) -> !llvm.ptr
+  %4 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i32) : i32
+  %5 = llvm.mlir.constant(10 : i32) : i32
+  %6 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i32) : i32
+  omp.simd aligned(%1 : !llvm.ptr -> 256 : i64) {
+    omp.loop_nest (%arg0) : i32 = (%4) to (%5) inclusive step (%6) {
+      llvm.store %arg0, %3 : i32, !llvm.ptr
+      omp.yield
+    }
+    omp.terminator
+  }
+  llvm.return
+}
+
+//CHECK-LABEL: define void @_QPsimd_aligned_allocatable() {
+//CHECK:   %[[A_ADDR:.*]] = alloca { ptr, i64, i32, i8, i8, i8, i8, [1 x [3 x i64]] }, i64 1, align 8
+//CHECK:   %[[A_VAL:.*]] = load ptr, ptr %[[A_ADDR]], align 8
+//CHECK:   call void @llvm.assume(i1 true) [ "align"(ptr %[[A_VAL]], i64 256) ]
+llvm.func @_QPsimd_aligned_allocatable() {
+  %0 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i64) : i64
+  %1 = llvm.alloca %0 x !llvm.struct<(ptr, i64, i32, i8, i8, i8, i8, array<1 x array<3 x i64>>)> {bindc_name = "a"} : (i64) -> !llvm.ptr
+  %2 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i32) : i32
+  %3 = llvm.mlir.constant(10 : i32) : i32
+  %4 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i32) : i32
+  omp.simd aligned(%1 : !llvm.ptr -> 256 : i64) {
+    omp.loop_nest (%arg0) : i32 = (%2) to (%3) inclusive step (%4) {
+      omp.yield
+    }
+    omp.terminator
+  }
+  llvm.return
+}