diff --git a/demo/32-merge-and-shade-table-cells.ts b/demo/32-merge-and-shade-table-cells.ts
index 77d6815d1e..db3174aeaf 100644
--- a/demo/32-merge-and-shade-table-cells.ts
+++ b/demo/32-merge-and-shade-table-cells.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Example of how you would merge cells together (Rows and Columns) and apply shading
+// Also includes an example on how to center tables
 // Import from 'docx' rather than '../build' if you install from npm
 import * as fs from "fs";
-import { Document, HeadingLevel, Packer, Paragraph, ShadingType, Table, TableCell, TableRow, WidthType } from "../build";
+import { AlignmentType, Document, HeadingLevel, Packer, Paragraph, ShadingType, Table, TableCell, TableRow, WidthType } from "../build";
 
 const doc = new Document();
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ const table = new Table({
 });
 
 const table2 = new Table({
+    alignment: AlignmentType.CENTER,
     rows: [
         new TableRow({
             children: [
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ const table2 = new Table({
 });
 
 const table3 = new Table({
+    alignment: AlignmentType.CENTER,
     rows: [
         new TableRow({
             children: [
diff --git a/src/file/table/table-properties/table-properties.spec.ts b/src/file/table/table-properties/table-properties.spec.ts
index 960d117b7c..1c10e09b6a 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table-properties/table-properties.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table-properties/table-properties.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { Formatter } from "export/formatter";
 
+import { AlignmentType } from "../../paragraph";
 import { ShadingType } from "../shading";
 import { WidthType } from "../table-cell";
 import { TableLayoutType } from "./table-layout";
@@ -92,4 +93,23 @@ describe("TableProperties", () => {
             });
         });
     });
+
+    describe("#setAlignment", () => {
+        it("sets the shading of the table", () => {
+            const tp = new TableProperties();
+            tp.setAlignment(AlignmentType.CENTER);
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(tp);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:tblPr": [
+                    {
+                        "w:jc": {
+                            _attr: {
+                                "w:val": "center",
+                            },
+                        },
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/file/table/table-properties/table-properties.ts b/src/file/table/table-properties/table-properties.ts
index 6744558d1a..f78d225cbd 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table-properties/table-properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table-properties/table-properties.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { IgnoreIfEmptyXmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 
+import { Alignment, AlignmentType } from "../../paragraph";
 import { ITableShadingAttributesProperties, TableShading } from "../shading";
 import { WidthType } from "../table-cell";
 import { ITableBordersOptions, TableBorders } from "./table-borders";
@@ -46,4 +47,8 @@ export class TableProperties extends IgnoreIfEmptyXmlComponent {
 
         return this;
     }
+
+    public setAlignment(type: AlignmentType): void {
+        this.root.push(new Alignment(type));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/file/table/table.spec.ts b/src/file/table/table.spec.ts
index d2aec26051..d2098fb1e4 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { Formatter } from "export/formatter";
 
-import { Paragraph } from "../paragraph";
+import { AlignmentType, Paragraph } from "../paragraph";
 import { Table } from "./table";
 // import { WidthType } from "./table-cell";
 import { RelativeHorizontalPosition, RelativeVerticalPosition, TableAnchorType } from "./table-properties";
@@ -211,6 +211,29 @@ describe("Table", () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it("should center the table", () => {
+            const table = new Table({
+                rows: [
+                    new TableRow({
+                        children: [
+                            new TableCell({
+                                children: [new Paragraph("hello")],
+                            }),
+                        ],
+                    }),
+                ],
+                alignment: AlignmentType.CENTER,
+            });
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(table);
+            expect(tree)
+                .to.have.property("w:tbl")
+                .which.is.an("array")
+                .with.has.length.at.least(1);
+            expect(tree["w:tbl"][0]).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:tblPr": [DEFAULT_TABLE_PROPERTIES, BORDERS, WIDTHS, { "w:jc": { _attr: { "w:val": "center" } } }],
+            });
+        });
+
         it("should set the table to provided width", () => {
             const table = new Table({
                 rows: [
diff --git a/src/file/table/table.ts b/src/file/table/table.ts
index 17c5f4fefd..a0e6dab88f 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // http://officeopenxml.com/WPtableGrid.php
 import { XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
+
+import { AlignmentType } from "../paragraph";
 import { TableGrid } from "./grid";
 import { TableCell, VerticalMergeType, WidthType } from "./table-cell";
 import { ITableBordersOptions, ITableFloatOptions, TableProperties } from "./table-properties";
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export interface ITableOptions {
     readonly float?: ITableFloatOptions;
     readonly layout?: TableLayoutType;
     readonly borders?: ITableBordersOptions;
+    readonly alignment?: AlignmentType;
 }
 
 export class Table extends XmlComponent {
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ export class Table extends XmlComponent {
         float,
         layout,
         borders,
+        alignment,
     }: ITableOptions) {
         super("w:tbl");
         this.properties = new TableProperties();
@@ -103,5 +107,9 @@ export class Table extends XmlComponent {
         if (layout) {
             this.properties.setLayout(layout);
         }
+
+        if (alignment) {
+            this.properties.setAlignment(alignment);
+        }
     }
 }