diff --git a/DropDown/helpers/DPDConstants.swift b/DropDown/helpers/DPDConstants.swift
index 52047beb..c32aa2b2 100644
--- a/DropDown/helpers/DPDConstants.swift
+++ b/DropDown/helpers/DPDConstants.swift
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ internal struct DPDConstant {
 		static let CornerRadius: CGFloat = 2
 		static let RowHeight: CGFloat = 44
 		static let HeightPadding: CGFloat = 20
+        static let TextAlignment: NSTextAlignment = .left
 
 		struct Shadow {
 
diff --git a/DropDown/src/DropDown+Appearance.swift b/DropDown/src/DropDown+Appearance.swift
index 7ac057da..49271103 100644
--- a/DropDown/src/DropDown+Appearance.swift
+++ b/DropDown/src/DropDown+Appearance.swift
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ extension DropDown {
 		appearance.textColor = DPDConstant.UI.TextColor
         appearance.selectedTextColor = DPDConstant.UI.SelectedTextColor
 		appearance.textFont = DPDConstant.UI.TextFont
+        appearance.textAlignment = DPDConstant.UI.TextAlignment
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/DropDown/src/DropDown.swift b/DropDown/src/DropDown.swift
index f41e8ddd..285d5d2a 100644
--- a/DropDown/src/DropDown.swift
+++ b/DropDown/src/DropDown.swift
@@ -324,6 +324,15 @@ public final class DropDown: UIView {
 	public var downScaleTransform = DPDConstant.Animation.DownScaleTransform {
 		willSet { tableViewContainer.transform = newValue }
 	}
+    
+    /**
+    The text alignment of the optionLabel for each cells of the drop down.
+
+    Changing the alignment color automatically reloads the drop down.
+    */
+    @objc public dynamic var textAlignment = DPDConstant.UI.TextAlignment {
+        didSet { reloadAllComponents() }
+    }
 
 	/**
 	The color of the text for each cells of the drop down.
@@ -1078,6 +1087,7 @@ extension DropDown: UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate {
 		cell.selectedBackgroundColor = selectionBackgroundColor
         cell.highlightTextColor = selectedTextColor
         cell.normalTextColor = textColor
+        cell.optionLabel.textAlignment = textAlignment
 		
 		if let cellConfiguration = cellConfiguration {
 			cell.optionLabel.text = cellConfiguration(index, dataSource[index])