diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_dsp.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_dsp.py
index c1a465a8e7..37a813dedd 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_dsp.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_dsp.py
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ dsp_pm_late = PatternMatcher([
   # prefetch L1
   (UPat(Ops.LOAD, dtype=(dtypes.uchar.vec(4), dtypes.uchar.vec(8)), name="ld"), prefetch_l1),
 
+  # unaligned load
+  ((UPat(Ops.LOAD, src=(UPat(Ops.CAST, src=(UPat(Ops.INDEX, src=(UPat(), UPat()+UPat.cvar("c"))),), name="ptr"),), dtype=dtypes.uchar.vec(128))),
+   lambda c,ptr: UOp(Ops.CUSTOM, dtype=dtypes.uchar.vec(128), src=(ptr.src[0],), arg="vmemu({0})") if c.arg%128 != 0 else None),
+
   # __builtin_HEXAGON_V6_vrmpybus_acc_128B
   (UPat(Ops.CUSTOMI, dtype=dtypes.int.vec(32), name="c")+UPat.var("x"), add_to_mul),
 
@@ -163,7 +167,9 @@ class DSPRenderer(ClangRenderer):
   device = "DSP"
   supports_float4 = True
   buffer_suffix = " restrict __attribute__((align_value(128)))"
-  kernel_prefix = "__attribute__((noinline)) "
+  kernel_prefix = "typedef long HVX_Vect_UN __attribute__((__vector_size__(128)))__attribute__((aligned(4)));\n"+\
+    "#define vmemu(A) *((HVX_Vect_UN*)(A))\n"+\
+    "__attribute__((noinline)) "
   pre_matcher = dsp_pm
   extra_matcher = dsp_pm_late+ClangRenderer.extra_matcher+pretty_render
   type_map = { **ClangRenderer.type_map, dtypes.uint64: "unsigned long long", dtypes.int64: "long long" }