diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/compositeeditor/StructureEditorModel.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/compositeeditor/StructureEditorModel.java
index f5436d210d..f731f37cc0 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/compositeeditor/StructureEditorModel.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/compositeeditor/StructureEditorModel.java
@@ -1216,11 +1216,13 @@ class StructureEditorModel extends CompEditorModel {
 		final StructureDataType structureDataType =
 			new StructureDataType(originalCategoryPath, uniqueName, length, originalDTM);
 
-//		if (isPackingEnabled()) {
-//			structureDataType.setPackingValue(getPackingValue());
-//		}
+		// adopt pack setting from current structure
+		structureDataType.setPackingEnabled(isPackingEnabled());
+		if (getPackingType() == PackingType.EXPLICIT) {
+			structureDataType.setExplicitPackingValue(getExplicitPackingValue());
+		}
 
-// Get data type components to make into structure.
+		// Get data type components to make into structure.
 		DataTypeComponent firstDtc = null;
 		DataTypeComponent lastDtc = null;
 		for (int rowIndex = minRow; rowIndex < maxRow; rowIndex++) {
diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/StructureFactory.java b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/StructureFactory.java
index 7d3355ffd0..8769663e0b 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/StructureFactory.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/StructureFactory.java
@@ -238,9 +238,19 @@ public class StructureFactory {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("No data type components found");
 		}
 
-		for (int i = 0; i < dataComps.length; i++) {
-			structure.add(dataComps[i].getDataType(), dataComps[i].getLength(),
-				dataComps[i].getFieldName(), dataComps[i].getComment());
+		// adopt pack settings from parent - things could move as a result
+		DataType parent = dataComps[0].getParent();
+		if (parent instanceof Composite) {
+			Composite c = (Composite) parent;
+			structure.setPackingEnabled(c.isPackingEnabled());
+			if (c.getPackingType() == PackingType.EXPLICIT) {
+				structure.setExplicitPackingValue(c.getExplicitPackingValue());
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (DataTypeComponent dataComp : dataComps) {
+			structure.add(dataComp.getDataType(), dataComp.getLength(),
+				dataComp.getFieldName(), dataComp.getComment());
 		}
 	}
 }