Methods, systems, and devices are provided for discontinuous reception (DRX) alignment for multicarrier systems that may utilize one or more flexible bandwidth carriers. Tools and techniques are provided that may help ensure signaling alignment, such as with respect to DRX cycles, in multicarrier systems that may utilize one or more flexible bandwidth carriers and/or systems that may utilize multiple different flexible bandwidth carriers. Some methods may include identifying a DRX cycle for a first cell and/or adjusting a boundary for a DRX cycle for a second cell such that the boundary for the DRX cycle for the second cell coincides with a boundary for the DRX cycle for the first cell, where at least the first cell or the second cell comprises at least one of the one or more flexible bandwidth carriers.