diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 633d11419f..ed84e037ae 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -861,6 +861,10 @@ fn addCxxKnownPath(
         }
         return error.RequiredLibraryNotFound;
     }
+    // By default, explicit library paths are not checked for being linker scripts,
+    // but libc++ may very well be one, so force all inputs to be checked when passing
+    // an explicit path to libc++.
+    exe.allow_so_scripts = true;
     exe.addObjectFile(.{ .cwd_relative = path_unpadded });
 
     // TODO a way to integrate with system c++ include files here
diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index b99852fb0a..70212e0a63 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -35010,6 +35010,7 @@ fn resolvePeerTypesInner(
             // if there were no actual slices. Else, we want the slice index to report a conflict.
             var opt_slice_idx: ?usize = null;
 
+            var any_abi_aligned = false;
             var opt_ptr_info: ?InternPool.Key.PtrType = null;
             var first_idx: usize = undefined;
             var other_idx: usize = undefined; // We sometimes need a second peer index to report a generic error
@@ -35054,17 +35055,14 @@ fn resolvePeerTypesInner(
                 } };
 
                 // Note that the align can be always non-zero; Type.ptr will canonicalize it
-                ptr_info.flags.alignment = Alignment.min(
-                    if (ptr_info.flags.alignment != .none)
-                        ptr_info.flags.alignment
-                    else
-                        try Type.fromInterned(ptr_info.child).abiAlignmentSema(pt),
-
-                    if (peer_info.flags.alignment != .none)
-                        peer_info.flags.alignment
-                    else
-                        try Type.fromInterned(peer_info.child).abiAlignmentSema(pt),
-                );
+                if (peer_info.flags.alignment == .none) {
+                    any_abi_aligned = true;
+                } else if (ptr_info.flags.alignment == .none) {
+                    any_abi_aligned = true;
+                    ptr_info.flags.alignment = peer_info.flags.alignment;
+                } else {
+                    ptr_info.flags.alignment = ptr_info.flags.alignment.minStrict(peer_info.flags.alignment);
+                }
 
                 if (ptr_info.flags.address_space != peer_info.flags.address_space) {
                     return generic_err;
@@ -35312,6 +35310,12 @@ fn resolvePeerTypesInner(
                 },
             }
 
+            if (any_abi_aligned and opt_ptr_info.?.flags.alignment != .none) {
+                opt_ptr_info.?.flags.alignment = opt_ptr_info.?.flags.alignment.minStrict(
+                    try Type.fromInterned(pointee).abiAlignmentSema(pt),
+                );
+            }
+
             return .{ .success = try pt.ptrTypeSema(opt_ptr_info.?) };
         },
 
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig b/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig
index 8b4f482226..ac3b3857a1 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ pub const Parsed = struct {
 
     pub fn deinit(p: *Parsed, gpa: Allocator) void {
         gpa.free(p.strtab);
+        gpa.free(p.sections);
         gpa.free(p.symtab);
         gpa.free(p.versyms);
         gpa.free(p.symbols);
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 9b245b3eda..291820cb75 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -984,6 +984,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
         .libc_paths_file = try EnvVar.ZIG_LIBC.get(arena),
         .native_system_include_paths = &.{},
     };
+    defer create_module.link_inputs.deinit(gpa);
 
     // before arg parsing, check for the NO_COLOR and CLICOLOR_FORCE environment variables
     // if set, default the color setting to .off or .on, respectively
@@ -3682,7 +3683,7 @@ const CreateModule = struct {
     /// This one is used while collecting CLI options. The set of libs is used
     /// directly after computing the target and used to compute link_libc,
     /// link_libcpp, and then the libraries are filtered into
-    /// `unresolved_linker_inputs` and `windows_libs`.
+    /// `unresolved_link_inputs` and `windows_libs`.
     cli_link_inputs: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(link.UnresolvedInput),
     windows_libs: std.StringArrayHashMapUnmanaged(void),
     /// The local variable `unresolved_link_inputs` is fed into library
@@ -3816,7 +3817,8 @@ fn createModule(
         // to decide whether to trigger native path detection logic.
         // Preserves linker input order.
         var unresolved_link_inputs: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(link.UnresolvedInput) = .empty;
-        try unresolved_link_inputs.ensureUnusedCapacity(arena, create_module.cli_link_inputs.items.len);
+        defer unresolved_link_inputs.deinit(gpa);
+        try unresolved_link_inputs.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, create_module.cli_link_inputs.items.len);
         var any_name_queries_remaining = false;
         for (create_module.cli_link_inputs.items) |cli_link_input| switch (cli_link_input) {
             .name_query => |nq| {
diff --git a/test/behavior/slice.zig b/test/behavior/slice.zig
index 15db19f1e8..4f5367ad85 100644
--- a/test/behavior/slice.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/slice.zig
@@ -995,3 +995,11 @@ test "sentinel-terminated 0-length slices" {
     try expect(comptime_known_array_value[0] == 2);
     try expect(runtime_array_value[0] == 2);
 }
+
+test "peer slices keep abi alignment with empty struct" {
+    var cond: bool = undefined;
+    cond = false;
+    const slice = if (cond) &[1]u32{42} else &.{};
+    comptime assert(@TypeOf(slice) == []const u32);
+    try expect(slice.len == 0);
+}