diff --git a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-base/funcs.el b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-base/funcs.el
index eb5e97979..8262b3751 100644
--- a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-base/funcs.el
+++ b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-base/funcs.el
@@ -805,6 +805,10 @@ the right."
 (spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "bar" "|")
 (spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "left-paren" "(")
 (spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "right-paren" ")" t)
+(spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "left-curly-brace" "{")
+(spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "right-curly-brace" "}" t)
+(spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "left-square-brace" "\\[")
+(spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "right-square-brace" "\\]" t)
 (spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "backslash" "\\\\")
 (spacemacs|create-align-repeat-x "brackets" "\\(\\s-*\\){" nil t)
 
diff --git a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-base/keybindings.el b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-base/keybindings.el
index 4dc6487ab..ba634b5a5 100644
--- a/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-base/keybindings.el
+++ b/layers/+distributions/spacemacs-base/keybindings.el
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@
   "xa&" 'spacemacs/align-repeat-ampersand
   "xa(" 'spacemacs/align-repeat-left-paren
   "xa)" 'spacemacs/align-repeat-right-paren
+  "xa{" 'spacemacs/align-repeat-left-curly-brace
+  "xa}" 'spacemacs/align-repeat-right-curly-brace
+  "xa[" 'spacemacs/align-repeat-left-square-brace
+  "xa]" 'spacemacs/align-repeat-right-square-brace
   "xa," 'spacemacs/align-repeat-comma
   "xa." 'spacemacs/align-repeat-decimal
   "xa:" 'spacemacs/align-repeat-colon