diff --git a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 7efc0f1ac8..9ece5e7f40 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ public function setImageValue($search, $replace, $limit = self::MAXIMUM_REPLACEM
             $searchParts[$this->getFooterName($headerIndex)] = &$this->tempDocumentFooters[$headerIndex];
         }
 
-        // define templates
         // result can be verified via "Open XML SDK 2.5 Productivity Tool" (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30425)
         $imgTpl = '<w:pict><v:shape type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:{WIDTH};height:{HEIGHT}"><v:imagedata r:id="{RID}" o:title=""/></v:shape></w:pict>';
 
@@ -605,7 +604,12 @@ public function setImageValue($search, $replace, $limit = self::MAXIMUM_REPLACEM
                         $wholeTag = $matches[0];
                         array_shift($matches);
                         list($openTag, $prefix, , $postfix, $closeTag) = $matches;
-                        $replaceXml = $openTag . $prefix . $closeTag . $xmlImage . $openTag . $postfix . $closeTag;
+                        if (isset($replacesList[0]['align']) and in_array($replacesList[0]['align'], array('left', 'right', 'center'))) {
+                            $position = '<w:pPr><w:jc w:val="' . $replacesList[0]['align'] . '"/></w:pPr>';
+                        } else {
+                            $position = '';
+                        }
+                        $replaceXml = $openTag . $prefix . $closeTag . $position . $xmlImage . $openTag . $postfix . $closeTag;
                         // replace on each iteration, because in one tag we can have 2+ inline variables => before proceed next variable we need to change $partContent
                         $partContent = $this->setValueForPart($wholeTag, $replaceXml, $partContent, $limit);
                     }