diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93945189..b5396d8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+v0.15.0 (?? ??? 2018)
+----------------------
+### Added
+- Parsing of "align" HTML attribute - @troosan
+
+### Fixed
+
 v0.14.0 (29 Dec 2017)
 ----------------------
 This release fixes several bugs and adds some new features.
diff --git a/samples/Sample_26_Html.php b/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
index ba06b063..b993f834 100644
--- a/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
+++ b/samples/Sample_26_Html.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $html .= '<ul>
                 </li>
             </ul>';
 
-$html .= '<table style="width: 50%; border: 6px #0000FF double;">
+$html .= '<table align="center" style="width: 50%; border: 6px #0000FF double;">
                 <thead>
                     <tr style="background-color: #FF0000; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold; ">
                         <th style="width: 50pt">header a</th>
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index d8a10b57..38d326c1 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class Html
                     case 'style':
                         $styles = self::parseStyle($attribute, $styles);
                         break;
+                    case 'align':
+                        $styles['alignment'] = self::mapAlign($attribute->value);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -431,20 +433,7 @@ class Html
                     }
                     break;
                 case 'text-align':
-                    switch ($cValue) {
-                        case 'left':
-                            $styles['alignment'] = Jc::START;
-                            break;
-                        case 'right':
-                            $styles['alignment'] = Jc::END;
-                            break;
-                        case 'center':
-                            $styles['alignment'] = Jc::CENTER;
-                            break;
-                        case 'justify':
-                            $styles['alignment'] = Jc::BOTH;
-                            break;
-                    }
+                    $styles['alignment'] = self::mapAlign($cValue);
                     break;
                 case 'font-size':
                     $styles['size'] = Converter::cssToPoint($cValue);
@@ -584,6 +573,28 @@ class Html
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Transforms a HTML/CSS alignment into a \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\Jc
+     *
+     * @param string $cssAlignment
+     * @return string|null
+     */
+    private static function mapAlign($cssAlignment)
+    {
+        switch ($cssAlignment) {
+            case 'left':
+                return Jc::START;
+            case 'right':
+                return Jc::END;
+            case 'center':
+                return Jc::CENTER;
+            case 'justify':
+                return Jc::BOTH;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parse line break
      *
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
index d168c09e..c7d36470 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class HtmlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
     {
         $phpWord = new \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord();
         $section = $phpWord->addSection();
-        $html = '<table style="width: 50%; border: 6px #0000FF solid;">
+        $html = '<table align="left" style="width: 50%; border: 6px #0000FF solid;">
                 <thead>
                     <tr style="background-color: #FF0000; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold; ">
                         <th style="width: 50pt">header a</th>
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ class HtmlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         $doc = TestHelperDOCX::getDocument($phpWord, 'Word2007');
         $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl'));
         $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tr/w:tc'));
+        $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tblPr/w:jc'));
+        $this->assertEquals(Jc::START, $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tblPr/w:jc', 'w:val'));
     }
 
     /**