diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_paragraph.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_paragraph.h
index 6142bc33b..e7baf249b 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_paragraph.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_paragraph.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			Right
 		};
 
+		enum TTextAlign { AlignLeft = 0, AlignCenter, AlignRight, AlignJustify };
+
 		///constructor
 		CGroupParagraph(const TCtorParam &param);
 
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// the same, but with id taken from the database
 		void addTextChildID (const std::string &dbPath, bool multiLine = true);
 
+		void setTextAlign(const TTextAlign align) { _TextAlign = align; }
+
 	protected:
 
 		void delChild (CViewBase* child);
@@ -270,6 +274,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// (the element drawn are stored in _views, _contrlos or _childrengroups of cinterfacegroup
 		std::vector<CElementInfo> _Elements;
 
+		// Horizontal align for elements
+		TTextAlign _TextAlign;
+
 		// Last parent width
 		sint32		_LastW;
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index 5651f9496..3ec392113 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -2548,6 +2548,17 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		newParagraph->setResizeFromChildH(true);
 
 		newParagraph->setMarginLeft(getIndent());
+		if (!_Style.Current.TextAlign.empty())
+		{
+			if (_Style.Current.TextAlign == "left")
+				newParagraph->setTextAlign(CGroupParagraph::AlignLeft);
+			else if (_Style.Current.TextAlign == "center")
+				newParagraph->setTextAlign(CGroupParagraph::AlignCenter);
+			else if (_Style.Current.TextAlign == "right")
+				newParagraph->setTextAlign(CGroupParagraph::AlignRight);
+			else if (_Style.Current.TextAlign == "justify")
+				newParagraph->setTextAlign(CGroupParagraph::AlignJustify);
+		}
 
 		// Add to the group
 		addHtmlGroup (newParagraph, beginSpace);
@@ -5405,6 +5416,11 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				cellParams.Align = CGroupCell::Center;
 			else if (align == "right")
 				cellParams.Align = CGroupCell::Right;
+			else if (align != "justify")
+				align.clear();
+
+			// copy td align (can be empty) attribute back into css
+			_Style.Current.TextAlign = align;
 		}
 
 		{
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_paragraph.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_paragraph.cpp
index 9424c0218..f96a3d87a 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_paragraph.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_paragraph.cpp
@@ -713,6 +713,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 							CViewText *viewText = dynamic_cast<CViewText*>(_Elements[i].Element);
 							if (viewText)
 							{
+								// FIXME: this does not work with multiple view text on same line
+								if (_TextAlign == AlignCenter && elmCount == 1)
+									viewText->setTextMode(CViewText::Centered);
+
 								viewText->setFirstLineX(x + ((i==0)?_FirstViewIndentView:0));
 								viewText->setX(0);
 								viewText->updateTextContext();
@@ -730,6 +734,12 @@ namespace NLGUI
 							// Does we balance the last line height ?
 							if (viewText)
 							{
+								if (_TextAlign == AlignCenter && elmCount == 1)
+								{
+									sint pad =  width - viewText->getWReal();
+									viewText->setX(pad/2);
+								}
+
 								changeLine = viewText->getNumLine() > 1;
 								if (!viewText->getText().empty() && *(viewText->getText().rbegin()) == (ucchar) '\n')
 								{