diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
index e8f1ff9c3bb..ae73607aab0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/css/base.css
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ label.error {
 }
 
 .openerp .oe_forms label.oe_label, .openerp .oe_forms label.oe_label_help {
-    text-align: right;
     margin: 3px 0 0 10px;
 }
 .openerp label.oe_label_help span {
@@ -885,6 +884,18 @@ label.error {
     top: -4px;
     padding: 0 2px;
 }
+.openerp .oe_align_left {
+    text-align: left;
+}
+.openerp .oe_align_right {
+    text-align: right;
+}
+.openerp .oe_align_center {
+    text-align: center;
+}
+.openerp .oe_forms .oe_form_paragraph {
+    margin: 3px 0 0 0;
+}
 
 /* Inputs */
 .openerp .oe_forms input[type="text"], .openerp .oe_forms input[type="password"], .openerp .oe_forms select, .openerp .oe_forms textarea {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index b864365df99..6f499a0adf7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -717,6 +717,16 @@ openerp.web.form.Widget = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.form.
         this.invisible = this.modifiers['invisible'] === true;
         this.classname = 'oe_form_' + this.type;
 
+        this.align = parseFloat(this.node.attrs.align);
+        if (isNaN(this.align) || this.align === 1) {
+            this.align = 'right';
+        } else if (this.align === 0) {
+            this.align = 'left';
+        } else {
+            this.align = 'center';
+        }
+
+
         this.width = this.node.attrs.width;
     },
     start: function() {
@@ -1046,8 +1056,7 @@ openerp.web.form.WidgetLabel = openerp.web.form.Widget.extend({
 
         this._super(view, node);
 
-        // TODO fme: support for attrs.align
-        if (this.node.tag == 'label' && (this.node.attrs.colspan || (this.string && this.string.length > 32))) {
+        if (this.node.tag == 'label' && (this.align === 'left' || this.node.attrs.colspan || (this.string && this.string.length > 32))) {
             this.template = "WidgetParagraph";
             this.colspan = parseInt(this.node.attrs.colspan || 1, 10);
         } else {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index dbee68fdb83..8984daffeb3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@
 </t>
 <t t-name="WidgetLabel">
     <label t-att-for="widget.element_id"
-           t-att-class="'oe_label' + (widget.help ? '_help' : '')"
+           t-attf-class="oe_label#{widget.help ? '_help' : ''} oe_align_#{widget.align}"
            t-att-title="widget.help">
         <t t-esc="widget.string"/>
         <span t-if="widget.help">?</span>
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
     </label>
 </t>
 <t t-name="WidgetParagraph">
-    <p class="oe_form_paragraph"><t t-esc="widget.string"/></p>
+    <p t-attf-class="oe_form_paragraph oe_align_#{widget.align}"><t t-esc="widget.string"/></p>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldChar">
     <input t-att-type="widget.password ? 'password' : 'text'" size="1"