diff --git a/resources/templates/rtf.xsl b/resources/templates/rtf.xsl
index 74696f0857..c3162b0c15 100644
--- a/resources/templates/rtf.xsl
+++ b/resources/templates/rtf.xsl
@@ -265,9 +265,20 @@
             <xsl:value-of select="@line-height"/>
             <xsl:text>pt;</xsl:text>
         </xsl:if>
+        <xsl:if test="(@align = 'just')">
+            <xsl:text>text-align: justify;</xsl:text>
+        </xsl:if>
+        <xsl:if test="(@align = 'cent')">
+            <xsl:text>text-align: center;</xsl:text>
+        </xsl:if>
+        <xsl:if test="(@align = 'left')">
+            <xsl:text>text-align: left;</xsl:text>
+        </xsl:if>
+        <xsl:if test="(@align = 'right')">
+            <xsl:text>text-align: right;</xsl:text>
+        </xsl:if>
     </xsl:template>
 
-
     <xsl:template match="rtf:inline">
         <xsl:variable name="num-attrs" select="count(@*)"/>
         <xsl:choose>
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
index 7d25f4cb86..50f5571d58 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/rtf/input.py
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ class RTFInput(InputFormatPlugin):
         except RtfInvalidCodeException, e:
             raise ValueError(_('This RTF file has a feature calibre does not '
             'support. Convert it to HTML first and then try it.\n%s')%e)
+        
+        '''dataxml = open('dataxml.xml', 'w')
+        dataxml.write(xml)
+        dataxml.close'''
+        
         d = glob.glob(os.path.join('*_rtf_pict_dir', 'picts.rtf'))
         if d:
             imap = {}