diff --git a/tcg/loongarch64/tcg-target.h b/tcg/loongarch64/tcg-target.h
index 05010805e7..d58a6162f2 100644
--- a/tcg/loongarch64/tcg-target.h
+++ b/tcg/loongarch64/tcg-target.h
@@ -171,9 +171,7 @@ void tb_target_set_jmp_target(uintptr_t, uintptr_t, uintptr_t, uintptr_t);
 
 #define TCG_TARGET_DEFAULT_MO (0)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
 #define TCG_TARGET_NEED_LDST_LABELS
-#endif
 
 #define TCG_TARGET_HAS_MEMORY_BSWAP 0
 
diff --git a/tcg/loongarch64/tcg-target.c.inc b/tcg/loongarch64/tcg-target.c.inc
index d31a0e5991..a3debf6da7 100644
--- a/tcg/loongarch64/tcg-target.c.inc
+++ b/tcg/loongarch64/tcg-target.c.inc
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include "../tcg-ldst.c.inc"
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TCG
 static const char * const tcg_target_reg_names[TCG_TARGET_NB_REGS] = {
     "zero",
@@ -642,8 +644,6 @@ static bool tcg_out_sti(TCGContext *s, TCGType type, TCGArg val,
  */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)
-#include "../tcg-ldst.c.inc"
-
 /*
  * helper signature: helper_ret_ld_mmu(CPUState *env, target_ulong addr,
  *                                     MemOpIdx oi, uintptr_t ra)
@@ -825,6 +825,61 @@ static bool tcg_out_qemu_st_slow_path(TCGContext *s, TCGLabelQemuLdst *l)
 
     return tcg_out_goto(s, l->raddr);
 }
+#else
+
+/*
+ * Alignment helpers for user-mode emulation
+ */
+
+static void tcg_out_test_alignment(TCGContext *s, bool is_ld, TCGReg addr_reg,
+                                   unsigned a_bits)
+{
+    TCGLabelQemuLdst *l = new_ldst_label(s);
+
+    l->is_ld = is_ld;
+    l->addrlo_reg = addr_reg;
+
+    /*
+     * Without micro-architecture details, we don't know which of bstrpick or
+     * andi is faster, so use bstrpick as it's not constrained by imm field
+     * width. (Not to say alignments >= 2^12 are going to happen any time
+     * soon, though)
+     */
+    tcg_out_opc_bstrpick_d(s, TCG_REG_TMP1, addr_reg, 0, a_bits - 1);
+
+    l->label_ptr[0] = s->code_ptr;
+    tcg_out_opc_bne(s, TCG_REG_TMP1, TCG_REG_ZERO, 0);
+
+    l->raddr = tcg_splitwx_to_rx(s->code_ptr);
+}
+
+static bool tcg_out_fail_alignment(TCGContext *s, TCGLabelQemuLdst *l)
+{
+    /* resolve label address */
+    if (!reloc_br_sk16(l->label_ptr[0], tcg_splitwx_to_rx(s->code_ptr))) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    tcg_out_mov(s, TCG_TYPE_TL, TCG_REG_A1, l->addrlo_reg);
+    tcg_out_mov(s, TCG_TYPE_PTR, TCG_REG_A0, TCG_AREG0);
+
+    /* tail call, with the return address back inline. */
+    tcg_out_movi(s, TCG_TYPE_PTR, TCG_REG_RA, (uintptr_t)l->raddr);
+    tcg_out_call_int(s, (const void *)(l->is_ld ? helper_unaligned_ld
+                                       : helper_unaligned_st), true);
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool tcg_out_qemu_ld_slow_path(TCGContext *s, TCGLabelQemuLdst *l)
+{
+    return tcg_out_fail_alignment(s, l);
+}
+
+static bool tcg_out_qemu_st_slow_path(TCGContext *s, TCGLabelQemuLdst *l)
+{
+    return tcg_out_fail_alignment(s, l);
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SOFTMMU */
 
 /*
@@ -887,6 +942,8 @@ static void tcg_out_qemu_ld(TCGContext *s, const TCGArg *args, TCGType type)
     MemOp opc;
 #if defined(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)
     tcg_insn_unit *label_ptr[1];
+#else
+    unsigned a_bits;
 #endif
     TCGReg base;
 
@@ -903,6 +960,10 @@ static void tcg_out_qemu_ld(TCGContext *s, const TCGArg *args, TCGType type)
                         data_regl, addr_regl,
                         s->code_ptr, label_ptr);
 #else
+    a_bits = get_alignment_bits(opc);
+    if (a_bits) {
+        tcg_out_test_alignment(s, true, addr_regl, a_bits);
+    }
     base = tcg_out_zext_addr_if_32_bit(s, addr_regl, TCG_REG_TMP0);
     TCGReg guest_base_reg = USE_GUEST_BASE ? TCG_GUEST_BASE_REG : TCG_REG_ZERO;
     tcg_out_qemu_ld_indexed(s, data_regl, base, guest_base_reg, opc, type);
@@ -941,6 +1002,8 @@ static void tcg_out_qemu_st(TCGContext *s, const TCGArg *args)
     MemOp opc;
 #if defined(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)
     tcg_insn_unit *label_ptr[1];
+#else
+    unsigned a_bits;
 #endif
     TCGReg base;
 
@@ -958,6 +1021,10 @@ static void tcg_out_qemu_st(TCGContext *s, const TCGArg *args)
                         data_regl, addr_regl,
                         s->code_ptr, label_ptr);
 #else
+    a_bits = get_alignment_bits(opc);
+    if (a_bits) {
+        tcg_out_test_alignment(s, false, addr_regl, a_bits);
+    }
     base = tcg_out_zext_addr_if_32_bit(s, addr_regl, TCG_REG_TMP0);
     TCGReg guest_base_reg = USE_GUEST_BASE ? TCG_GUEST_BASE_REG : TCG_REG_ZERO;
     tcg_out_qemu_st_indexed(s, data_regl, base, guest_base_reg, opc);
