diff --git a/example/index.php b/example/index.php
index a16d910..1c4e7b1 100644
--- a/example/index.php
+++ b/example/index.php
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@
     // Text with stroke
     $img->load('butterfly.jpg')->text('Butterfly', __DIR__.'/delicious.ttf', 32, '#FFFFFF', 'bottom', 0, -20, '#000', 2)->save('processed/butterfly-text-with-stroke.jpg');
 
+    // Right align text
+    $paragraph = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.';
+    $img->load('butterfly.jpg')->text($paragraph, __DIR__.'/delicious.ttf', 32, '#FFFFFF', 'top right', 0, 0, null, null, 'right')->save('processed/butterfly-right-align-text.jpg');
+
     // Resizing GIFs with transparency
     $img->load('basketball.gif')->resize(50, 50)->save('processed/basketball-resize.gif');
 
diff --git a/src/abeautifulsite/SimpleImage.php b/src/abeautifulsite/SimpleImage.php
index 9ba3300..a71be2a 100644
--- a/src/abeautifulsite/SimpleImage.php
+++ b/src/abeautifulsite/SimpleImage.php
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ function smooth($level) {
      * @throws Exception
      *
      */
-    function text($text, $font_file, $font_size = 12, $color = '#000000', $position = 'center', $x_offset = 0, $y_offset = 0, $stroke_color = null, $stroke_size = null) {
+    function text($text, $font_file, $font_size = 12, $color = '#000000', $position = 'center', $x_offset = 0, $y_offset = 0, $stroke_color = null, $stroke_size = null, $alignment = null) {
 
         // todo - this method could be improved to support the text angle
         $angle = 0;
@@ -1018,6 +1018,16 @@ function text($text, $font_file, $font_size = 12, $color = '#000000', $position
                 break;
         }
 
+        if($alignment === "left") {
+            // Left aligned text
+            $x = -($x * 2);
+        } else if($alignment === "right") {
+            // Right aligned text
+            $dimensions = imagettfbbox($font_size, $angle, $font_file, $text);
+            $alignment_offset = abs($dimensions[4] - $dimensions[0]);
+            $x = -(($x * 2) + $alignment_offset);
+        }
+
         // Add the text
         imagesavealpha($this->image, true);
         imagealphablending($this->image, true);