diff --git a/widgets/grid/org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.grid/src/org/eclipse/nebula/widgets/grid/internal/DefaultColumnHeaderRenderer.java b/widgets/grid/org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.grid/src/org/eclipse/nebula/widgets/grid/internal/DefaultColumnHeaderRenderer.java
index 2c53fb7ce..4da9d0f54 100644
--- a/widgets/grid/org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.grid/src/org/eclipse/nebula/widgets/grid/internal/DefaultColumnHeaderRenderer.java
+++ b/widgets/grid/org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.grid/src/org/eclipse/nebula/widgets/grid/internal/DefaultColumnHeaderRenderer.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public Point computeSize(GC gc, int wHint, int hHint, Object value)
           getTextLayout(gc, column);
             textLayout.setText(column.getText());
             textLayout.setWidth(plainTextWidth < 1 ? 1 : plainTextWidth);
+			textLayout.setAlignment(getHorizontalAlignment());
 
             x += plainTextWidth + rightMargin;
 
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ else if (column.getAlignment() == SWT.CENTER)
         	getTextLayout(gc, column);
         	textLayout.setWidth(width < 1 ? 1 : width);
         	textLayout.setText(text);
+        	textLayout.setAlignment(getHorizontalAlignment());
         	y -= textLayout.getBounds().height;
 
         	// remove the first line shift