diff --git a/src/main/doctypes/simplewpml/simplewpml-base.rng b/src/main/doctypes/simplewpml/simplewpml-base.rng
index 7d70bee..712edf2 100644
--- a/src/main/doctypes/simplewpml/simplewpml-base.rng
+++ b/src/main/doctypes/simplewpml/simplewpml-base.rng
@@ -1330,11 +1330,23 @@
           </choice>
         </attribute>
       </optional>
-      
-      <ref name="style-atts"/>    
+      <optional>
+        <attribute name="align">
+          <a:documentation>
+            <p>Specifies the alignment of the table with respect to the text margins, but not the text inside the table. The default is implementation-dependent, but 'start' is typical.</p>
+          </a:documentation>
+          <choice>
+            <value type="string">start</value>
+            <value type="string">center</value>
+            <value type="string">end</value>
+          </choice>
+        </attribute>
+      </optional>
+
+      <ref name="style-atts"/>
     </element>
   </define>
-  
+
   <define name="cols">
     <element name="cols" ns="urn:ns:wordinator:simplewpml">
       <a:documentation>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/wordinator/xml2docx/generator/DocxGenerator.java b/src/main/java/org/wordinator/xml2docx/generator/DocxGenerator.java
index 9fa85c1..4326f19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/wordinator/xml2docx/generator/DocxGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/wordinator/xml2docx/generator/DocxGenerator.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.BreakType;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.IBodyElement;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.ParagraphAlignment;
+import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.TableRowAlign;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.UnderlinePatterns;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFAbstractFootnoteEndnote;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFAbstractNum;
@@ -2707,8 +2708,7 @@ private void makeTable(XWPFTable table, XmlObject xml) throws DocxGenerationExce
 
     setTableIndents(table, cursor);
     setTableLayout(table, cursor);
-
-
+    setTableAlign(table, cursor);
 
     String styleName = cursor.getAttributeText(DocxConstants.QNAME_STYLE_ATT);
     String styleId = cursor.getAttributeText(DocxConstants.QNAME_STYLEID_ATT);
@@ -2854,6 +2854,26 @@ private void setTableIndents(XWPFTable table, XmlCursor cursor) {
 
   }
 
+  private void setTableAlign(XWPFTable table, XmlCursor cursor) throws DocxGenerationException {
+    String align = cursor.getAttributeText(DocxConstants.QNAME_ALIGN_ATT);
+    if (align == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    TableRowAlign alignObj;
+    if (align.equals("start")) {
+      alignObj = TableRowAlign.LEFT;
+    } else if (align.equals("center")) {
+      alignObj = TableRowAlign.CENTER;
+    } else if (align.equals("end")) {
+      alignObj = TableRowAlign.RIGHT;
+    } else {
+      throw new DocxGenerationException("Unknown value for table align: '" +
+                                        align + "'");
+    }
+
+    table.setTableAlignment(alignObj);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Sets the w:tblLayout to fixed or auto
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/wordinator/xml2docx/TestDocxGenerator.java b/src/test/java/org/wordinator/xml2docx/TestDocxGenerator.java
index 189d052..1a61ec2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/wordinator/xml2docx/TestDocxGenerator.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/wordinator/xml2docx/TestDocxGenerator.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.BodyElementType;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.IBodyElement;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.IRunElement;
+import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.TableRowAlign;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFAbstractNum;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFFooter;
@@ -862,6 +863,29 @@ public void testMultiSectionPageProps() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(BigInteger.valueOf(16838), pageSz.getH());
   }
 
+  public void testTableAlign() throws Exception {
+    XWPFDocument doc = convert("simplewp/simplewpml-table-align.swpx", "out/table-align.docx");
+    List<IBodyElement> contents = doc.getBodyElements();
+    assertEquals(2, contents.size());
+
+    // first table
+    Iterator<IBodyElement> it = contents.iterator();
+    IBodyElement elem = it.next();
+    assertEquals(BodyElementType.TABLE, elem.getElementType());
+
+    XWPFTable t = (XWPFTable) elem;
+    TableRowAlign align = t.getTableAlignment();
+    assertEquals(TableRowAlign.LEFT, align);
+
+    // second table
+    elem = it.next();
+    assertEquals(BodyElementType.TABLE, elem.getElementType());
+
+    t = (XWPFTable) elem;
+    align = t.getTableAlignment();
+    assertEquals(TableRowAlign.CENTER, align);
+  }
+
   // ===== INTERNAL UTILITIES
 
   private XWPFDocument convert(String infile, String outfile) throws Exception {