diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_transfer.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_transfer.c
index 01cb93562f2e..55027e3fa872 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_transfer.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/dtype_transfer.c
@@ -3582,6 +3582,13 @@ PyArray_GetDTypeTransferFunction(int aligned,
                     PyArray_ISNBO(dst_dtype->byteorder)) {
 
         if (PyArray_EquivTypenums(src_type_num, dst_type_num)) {
+            /*
+             * For complex numbers, the alignment is smaller than the
+             * type size, so we turn off the aligned flag then.
+             */
+            if (src_dtype->kind == 'c' || dst_dtype->kind == 'c') {
+                aligned = 0;
+            }
             *out_stransfer = PyArray_GetStridedCopyFn(aligned,
                                         src_stride, dst_stride,
                                         src_itemsize);
@@ -3678,6 +3685,13 @@ PyArray_GetDTypeTransferFunction(int aligned,
         /* This is a straight copy */
         if (src_itemsize == 1 || PyArray_ISNBO(src_dtype->byteorder) ==
                                  PyArray_ISNBO(dst_dtype->byteorder)) {
+            /*
+             * For complex numbers, the alignment is smaller than the
+             * type size, so we turn off the aligned flag then.
+             */
+            if (src_dtype->kind == 'c' || dst_dtype->kind == 'c') {
+                aligned = 0;
+            }
             *out_stransfer = PyArray_GetStridedCopyFn(aligned,
                                         src_stride, dst_stride,
                                         src_itemsize);
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
index 02b58a9a6385..adc991bd99c7 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
@@ -1812,5 +1812,22 @@ def test_searchsorted_wrong_dtype(self):
         a = np.recarray((2, ), dtype)
         assert_raises(TypeError, np.searchsorted, a, 1)
 
+    def test_complex64_alignment(self):
+        # Issue gh-2668 (trac 2076), segfault on sparc due to misalignment
+        dtt = np.complex64
+        arr = np.arange(10, dtype=dtt)
+        # 2D array
+        arr2 = np.reshape(arr, (2, 5))
+        # Fortran write followed by (C or F) read caused bus error
+        data_str = arr2.tostring('F')
+        data_back = np.ndarray(arr2.shape,
+                              arr2.dtype,
+                              buffer=data_str,
+                              order='F')
+        assert_array_equal(arr2, data_back)
+
+
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     run_module_suite()