Index: gcc/config/alpha/alpha.h
--- gcc/config/alpha/alpha.h.orig
+++ gcc/config/alpha/alpha.h
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ enum reg_class {
    is at the high-address end of the local variables;
    that is, each additional local variable allocated
    goes at a more negative offset in the frame.  */
-/* #define FRAME_GROWS_DOWNWARD 0 */
+#define FRAME_GROWS_DOWNWARD 1
 
 /* If we generate an insn to push BYTES bytes,
    this says how many the stack pointer really advances by.