diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader.py
index dd44393672..c9045b4a8f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader.py
@@ -167,9 +167,15 @@ class MobiReader(object):
         self.replace_page_breaks()
         self.cleanup_html()
         
-        self.processed_html = re.compile('<head>', re.IGNORECASE).sub(
-            '<head>\n<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />\n',
-                                     self.processed_html)
+        self.processed_html = \
+            re.compile('<head>', re.IGNORECASE).sub(
+                '<head>\n'
+                '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />\n'
+                '<style type="text/css">\n'
+                'blockquote { margin: 0em 0em 0em 1.25em; text-align: justify; }\n'
+                'p { margin: 0em; text-align: justify; }\n'
+                '</style>\n',
+                self.processed_html)
         
         soup = BeautifulSoup(self.processed_html.replace('> <', '>\n<'))
         self.cleanup_soup(soup)
@@ -214,6 +220,11 @@ class MobiReader(object):
                 del tag['width']
             except KeyError:
                 pass
+            try:
+                styles.append('text-align: %s' % tag['align'])
+                del tag['align']
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
             if styles:
                 tag['style'] = '; '.join(styles)
     
