diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/simple_array.hpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/simple_array.hpp
index 090c51d674..50f8874992 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/simple_array.hpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/simple_array.hpp
@@ -3,11 +3,46 @@
 #include <util/types.hpp>
 #include <functional>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdlib>
 
 #include "reverse_ptr.hpp"
 
 namespace rsx
 {
+	namespace aligned_allocator
+	{
+		template <size_t Align>
+		void* malloc(size_t size)
+		{
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+			return _aligned_malloc(size, Align);
+#else
+			return std::aligned_alloc(Align, size);
+#endif
+		}
+
+		template <size_t Align>
+		void* realloc(void* prev_ptr, [[maybe_unused]] size_t prev_size, size_t new_size)
+		{
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+			return _aligned_realloc(prev_ptr, new_size, Align);
+#else
+			void* ret = std::aligned_alloc(Align, new_size);
+			std::memcpy(ret, prev_ptr, std::min(prev_size, new_size));
+			return ret;
+#endif
+		}
+
+		static inline void free(void* ptr)
+		{
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+			_aligned_free(ptr);
+#else
+			std::free(ptr);
+#endif
+		}
+	}
+
 	template <typename C, typename T>
 	concept span_like =
 		requires(C& c) {
@@ -15,7 +50,7 @@ namespace rsx
 			{ c.size() } -> std::integral;
 	};
 
-	template <typename Ty>
+	template <typename Ty, size_t Align=alignof(Ty)>
 		requires std::is_trivially_destructible_v<Ty> && std::is_trivially_copyable_v<Ty>
 	struct simple_array
 	{
@@ -28,7 +63,7 @@ namespace rsx
 
 	private:
 		static constexpr u32 _local_capacity = std::max<u32>(64u / sizeof(Ty), 1u);
-		char _local_storage[_local_capacity * sizeof(Ty)];
+		alignas(Align) char _local_storage[_local_capacity * sizeof(Ty)];
 
 		u32 _capacity = _local_capacity;
 		Ty* _data = _local_capacity ? reinterpret_cast<Ty*>(_local_storage) : nullptr;
@@ -128,7 +163,7 @@ namespace rsx
 			{
 				if (!is_local_storage())
 				{
-					free(_data);
+					aligned_allocator::free(_data);
 				}
 
 				_data = nullptr;
@@ -196,13 +231,13 @@ namespace rsx
 			if (is_local_storage())
 			{
 				// Switch to heap storage
-				ensure(_data = static_cast<Ty*>(std::malloc(sizeof(Ty) * size)));
+				ensure(_data = static_cast<Ty*>(aligned_allocator::malloc<Align>(sizeof(Ty) * size)));
 				std::memcpy(static_cast<void*>(_data), _local_storage, size_bytes());
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				// Extend heap storage
-				ensure(_data = static_cast<Ty*>(std::realloc(_data, sizeof(Ty) * size))); // "realloc() failed!"
+				ensure(_data = static_cast<Ty*>(aligned_allocator::realloc<Align>(_data, size_bytes(), sizeof(Ty) * size))); // "realloc() failed!"
 			}
 
 			_capacity = size;