diff --git a/samples/html/test/tables.htm b/samples/html/test/tables.htm
index 696bbbb590..e4ef17c990 100644
--- a/samples/html/test/tables.htm
+++ b/samples/html/test/tables.htm
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ tests page...</H3>
 </TR>
 </TABLE></CENTER>
 
+<P>TABLE ALIGN moves the table, not the cell text:
+<BR>&nbsp;
+<TABLE BORDER ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="40%">
+<TR>
+<TD>Left-aligned cell text</TD>
+<TD>More text</TD>
+</TR>
+</TABLE>
+
 <P>Subsampling is shown there:
 <BR>&nbsp;
 <TABLE BORDER COLS=2 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE >
diff --git a/src/html/m_tables.cpp b/src/html/m_tables.cpp
index 9b3c62c5c0..85ecabb4bd 100644
--- a/src/html/m_tables.cpp
+++ b/src/html/m_tables.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // Purpose:     wxHtml module for tables
 // Author:      Vaclav Slavik
 // Copyright:   (c) 1999 Vaclav Slavik
+//              (c) 2026 wxWidgets development team
 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -683,9 +684,25 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(TABLE, "TABLE,TR,TD,TH")
 
     TAG_HANDLER_VARS
         wxHtmlTableCell* m_Table;
-        wxString m_tAlign, m_rAlign;
+        wxString m_rAlign;
         wxHtmlContainerCell *m_enclosingContainer;
 
+        void SetTableAlignment(wxHtmlContainerCell *c, const wxHtmlTag& tag)
+        {
+            wxString align;
+            if ( !tag.GetParamAsString("ALIGN", &align) )
+                return;
+
+            align.MakeUpper();
+
+            if ( align == "RIGHT" )
+                c->SetAlignHor(wxHTML_ALIGN_RIGHT);
+            else if ( align == "LEFT" )
+                c->SetAlignHor(wxHTML_ALIGN_LEFT);
+            else if ( align == "CENTER" )
+                c->SetAlignHor(wxHTML_ALIGN_CENTER);
+        }
+
         // Call ParseInner() preserving background colour and mode after any
         // changes done by it.
         void CallParseInnerWithBg(const wxHtmlTag& tag, const wxColour& colBg)
@@ -721,7 +738,6 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(TABLE, "TABLE,TR,TD,TH")
     {
         m_Table = nullptr;
         m_enclosingContainer = nullptr;
-        m_tAlign.clear();
         m_rAlign.clear();
     }
 
@@ -734,9 +750,11 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(TABLE, "TABLE,TR,TD,TH")
         if (tag.GetName() == wxT("TABLE"))
         {
             wxHtmlTableCell *oldt = m_Table;
+            const wxString oldRowAlign = m_rAlign;
 
             wxHtmlContainerCell *oldEnclosing = m_enclosingContainer;
             m_enclosingContainer = c = m_WParser->OpenContainer();
+            SetTableAlignment(c, tag);
 
             m_Table = new wxHtmlTableCell(c, tag, m_WParser->GetPixelScale());
 
@@ -759,8 +777,6 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(TABLE, "TABLE,TR,TD,TH")
                     m_Table->SetWidthFloat(0, wxHTML_UNITS_PIXELS);
             }
             int oldAlign = m_WParser->GetAlign();
-            if (!tag.GetParamAsString(wxT("ALIGN"), &m_tAlign))
-                m_tAlign.clear();
 
             CallParseInnerWithBg(tag, m_Table->GetBackgroundColour());
 
@@ -769,6 +785,7 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(TABLE, "TABLE,TR,TD,TH")
             m_WParser->CloseContainer();
 
             m_Table = oldt;
+            m_rAlign = oldRowAlign;
             m_enclosingContainer = oldEnclosing;
 
             return true; // ParseInner() called
@@ -781,8 +798,8 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(TABLE, "TABLE,TR,TD,TH")
             if (tag.GetName() == wxT("TR"))
             {
                 m_Table->AddRow(tag);
-                if (!tag.GetParamAsString(wxT("ALIGN"), &m_rAlign))
-                    m_rAlign = m_tAlign;
+                if ( !tag.GetParamAsString("ALIGN", &m_rAlign) )
+                    m_rAlign.clear();
             }
 
             // new cell
diff --git a/tests/html/htmlparser.cpp b/tests/html/htmlparser.cpp
index 79854c7a03..a576116fbd 100644
--- a/tests/html/htmlparser.cpp
+++ b/tests/html/htmlparser.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
+    #include "wx/bitmap.h"
     #include "wx/dcmemory.h"
     #include "wx/log.h"
 #endif // WX_PRECOMP
@@ -25,6 +26,20 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
+namespace
+{
+
+const wxHtmlCell *GetFirstNonFormattingChild(const wxHtmlContainerCell *cell)
+{
+    const wxHtmlCell *child = cell->GetFirstChild();
+    while ( child && child->IsFormattingCell() )
+        child = child->GetNext();
+
+    return child;
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
 // Test that parsing invalid HTML simply fails but doesn't crash for example.
 TEST_CASE("wxHtmlParser::ParseInvalid", "[html][parser][error]")
 {
@@ -134,4 +149,58 @@ TEST_CASE("wxHtmlCell::Detach", "[html][cell]")
     }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("wxHtmlParser::TableAlign", "[html][parser][table]")
+{
+    wxBitmap bmp(400, 400);
+    wxMemoryDC dc(bmp);
+
+    wxHtmlWinParser parser;
+    parser.SetDC(&dc);
+
+    std::unique_ptr<wxHtmlContainerCell> const root(
+        static_cast<wxHtmlContainerCell*>(
+            parser.Parse(
+                "<table align=\"center\"><tr><td>test</td><td>ok</td></tr></table>"
+            )
+        )
+    );
+    REQUIRE( root );
+
+    root->Layout(200);
+
+    const wxHtmlCell *cell = GetFirstNonFormattingChild(root.get());
+    REQUIRE( cell );
+
+    const wxHtmlContainerCell *body =
+        static_cast<const wxHtmlContainerCell*>(cell);
+
+    cell = GetFirstNonFormattingChild(body);
+    REQUIRE( cell );
+
+    const wxHtmlContainerCell *tableWrapper =
+        static_cast<const wxHtmlContainerCell*>(cell);
+
+    cell = GetFirstNonFormattingChild(tableWrapper);
+    REQUIRE( cell );
+
+    const wxHtmlContainerCell *table =
+        static_cast<const wxHtmlContainerCell*>(cell);
+
+    CHECK( table->GetPosX() > 0 );
+
+    cell = GetFirstNonFormattingChild(table);
+    REQUIRE( cell );
+
+    const wxHtmlContainerCell *td =
+        static_cast<const wxHtmlContainerCell*>(cell);
+
+    cell = GetFirstNonFormattingChild(td);
+    REQUIRE( cell );
+
+    const wxHtmlContainerCell *tdContent =
+        static_cast<const wxHtmlContainerCell*>(cell);
+
+    CHECK( tdContent->GetAlignHor() == wxHTML_ALIGN_LEFT );
+}
+
 #endif //wxUSE_HTML