diff --git a/src/machine.rs b/src/machine.rs
index 9e0cb69f28d8..532aeeece07e 100644
--- a/src/machine.rs
+++ b/src/machine.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use rand::SeedableRng;
 
 use rustc_ast::ast::Mutability;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
+#[allow(unused)]
+use rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size;
 use rustc_middle::{
     mir,
     ty::{
@@ -128,6 +130,13 @@ pub struct Tag {
     pub sb: SbTag,
 }
 
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", target_pointer_width = "64"))]
+static_assert_size!(Pointer<Tag>, 24);
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", target_pointer_width = "64"))]
+static_assert_size!(Pointer<Option<Tag>>, 24);
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", target_pointer_width = "64"))]
+static_assert_size!(ScalarMaybeUninit<Tag>, 32);
+
 impl Provenance for Tag {
     /// We use absolute addresses in the `offset` of a `Pointer<Tag>`.
     const OFFSET_IS_ADDR: bool = true;