diff --git a/src/components/ContentNode.vue b/src/components/ContentNode.vue
index 05c41b40f..c8a6d9ed3 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentNode.vue
+++ b/src/components/ContentNode.vue
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ const TableHeaderStyle = {
   row: 'row',
 };
 
+const TableColumnAlignments = {
+  left: 'left',
+  right: 'right',
+  center: 'center',
+  unset: 'unset',
+};
+
 // The point after which a TabNavigator turns to vertical mode.
 const TabNavigatorVerticalThreshold = 5;
 
@@ -115,17 +122,22 @@ function renderNode(createElement, references) {
   ));
 
   const renderTableCell = (
-    element, attrs, data, cellIndex, rowIndex, extendedData,
+    element, attrs, data, cellIndex, rowIndex, extendedData, alignments,
   ) => {
     const { colspan, rowspan } = extendedData[`${rowIndex}_${cellIndex}`] || {};
     // if either is `0`, then its spanned over and should not be rendered
     if (colspan === 0 || rowspan === 0) return null;
-    return createElement(element, { attrs: { ...attrs, colspan, rowspan } }, (
+    const align = alignments[cellIndex] || TableColumnAlignments.unset;
+    let classes = null;
+    if (align !== TableColumnAlignments.unset) classes = `${align}-cell`;
+    return createElement(element, { attrs: { ...attrs, colspan, rowspan }, class: classes }, (
       renderChildren(data)
     ));
   };
 
-  const renderTableChildren = (rows, headerStyle = TableHeaderStyle.none, extendedData = {}) => {
+  const renderTableChildren = (
+    rows, headerStyle = TableHeaderStyle.none, extendedData = {}, alignments = [],
+  ) => {
     // build the matrix for the array
     switch (headerStyle) {
     // thead with first row and th for each first row cell
@@ -135,14 +147,16 @@ function renderNode(createElement, references) {
       return [
         createElement('thead', {}, [
           createElement('tr', {}, firstRow.map((cell, cellIndex) => (
-            renderTableCell('th', { scope: 'col' }, cell, cellIndex, 0, extendedData)
+            renderTableCell('th', { scope: 'col' }, cell, cellIndex, 0, extendedData, alignments)
           ))),
         ]),
         createElement('tbody', {}, otherRows.map(([firstCell, ...otherCells], rowIndex) => (
           createElement('tr', {}, [
-            renderTableCell('th', { scope: 'row' }, firstCell, 0, rowIndex + 1, extendedData),
+            renderTableCell(
+              'th', { scope: 'row' }, firstCell, 0, rowIndex + 1, extendedData, alignments,
+            ),
             ...otherCells.map((cell, cellIndex) => (
-              renderTableCell('td', {}, cell, cellIndex + 1, rowIndex + 1, extendedData)
+              renderTableCell('td', {}, cell, cellIndex + 1, rowIndex + 1, extendedData, alignments)
             )),
           ])
         ))),
@@ -153,9 +167,11 @@ function renderNode(createElement, references) {
       return [
         createElement('tbody', {}, rows.map(([firstCell, ...otherCells], rowIndex) => (
           createElement('tr', {}, [
-            renderTableCell('th', { scope: 'row' }, firstCell, 0, rowIndex, extendedData),
+            renderTableCell(
+              'th', { scope: 'row' }, firstCell, 0, rowIndex, extendedData, alignments,
+            ),
             ...otherCells.map((cell, cellIndex) => (
-              renderTableCell('td', {}, cell, cellIndex + 1, rowIndex, extendedData)
+              renderTableCell('td', {}, cell, cellIndex + 1, rowIndex, extendedData, alignments)
             )),
           ])
         ))),
@@ -167,12 +183,12 @@ function renderNode(createElement, references) {
       return [
         createElement('thead', {}, [
           createElement('tr', {}, firstRow.map((cell, cellIndex) => renderTableCell(
-            'th', { scope: 'col' }, cell, cellIndex, 0, extendedData,
+            'th', { scope: 'col' }, cell, cellIndex, 0, extendedData, alignments,
           ))),
         ]),
         createElement('tbody', {}, otherRows.map((row, rowIndex) => (
           createElement('tr', {}, row.map((cell, cellIndex) => (
-            renderTableCell('td', {}, cell, cellIndex, rowIndex + 1, extendedData)
+            renderTableCell('td', {}, cell, cellIndex, rowIndex + 1, extendedData, alignments)
           )))
         ))),
       ];
@@ -184,7 +200,7 @@ function renderNode(createElement, references) {
           rows.map((row, rowIndex) => (
             createElement('tr', {}, (
               row.map((cell, cellIndex) => (
-                renderTableCell('td', {}, cell, cellIndex, rowIndex, extendedData)
+                renderTableCell('td', {}, cell, cellIndex, rowIndex, extendedData, alignments)
               ))
             ))
           ))
@@ -269,7 +285,7 @@ function renderNode(createElement, references) {
           spanned: !!node.extendedData,
         },
       }, (
-        renderTableChildren(node.rows, node.header, node.extendedData)
+        renderTableChildren(node.rows, node.header, node.extendedData, node.alignments)
       ));
     case BlockType.termList:
       return createElement('dl', {}, node.items.map(({ term, definition }) => [
@@ -417,7 +433,7 @@ function renderNode(createElement, references) {
 
 export default {
   name: 'ContentNode',
-  constants: { TableHeaderStyle },
+  constants: { TableHeaderStyle, TableColumnAlignments },
   render: function render(createElement) {
     // Dynamically map each content item and any children to their
     // corresponding components, and wrap the whole tree in a <div>
diff --git a/src/components/ContentNode/Table.vue b/src/components/ContentNode/Table.vue
index b3d653013..b86645934 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentNode/Table.vue
+++ b/src/components/ContentNode/Table.vue
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ table {
     border-style: solid;
     border-width: var(--table-border-width, 1px 1px);
     padding: rem(10px);
+
+    &.left-cell {
+      text-align: left;
+    }
+
+    &.right-cell {
+      text-align: right;
+    }
+
+    &.center-cell {
+      text-align: center;
+    }
   }
 }
 </style>
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/ContentNode.spec.js b/tests/unit/components/ContentNode.spec.js
index a48875cda..4ef53e40b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/ContentNode.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/components/ContentNode.spec.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import Column from '@/components/ContentNode/Column.vue';
 import TabNavigator from '@/components/ContentNode/TabNavigator.vue';
 import TaskList from 'docc-render/components/ContentNode/TaskList.vue';
 
-const { TableHeaderStyle } = ContentNode.constants;
+const { TableHeaderStyle, TableColumnAlignments } = ContentNode.constants;
 
 const mountWithContent = (content = [], provide = { references: {} }) => (
   shallowMount(ContentNode, {
@@ -1414,6 +1414,145 @@ describe('ContentNode', () => {
         `);
       });
     });
+
+    describe('and column alignments', () => {
+      const alignedRows = [
+        [
+          [{ type: 'text', text: 'row0col0' }],
+          [{ type: 'text', text: 'row0col1' }],
+          [{ type: 'text', text: 'row0col2' }],
+          [{ type: 'text', text: 'row0col3' }],
+        ],
+        [
+          [{ type: 'text', text: 'row1col0' }],
+          [{ type: 'text', text: 'row1col1' }],
+          [{ type: 'text', text: 'row1col2' }],
+          [{ type: 'text', text: 'row1col3' }],
+        ],
+      ];
+      const alignments = [
+        TableColumnAlignments.left,
+        TableColumnAlignments.right,
+        TableColumnAlignments.center,
+        TableColumnAlignments.unset,
+      ];
+
+      it('renders header="none" style tables, with column alignments', () => {
+        const wrapper = mountWithItem({
+          type: 'table',
+          header: TableHeaderStyle.none,
+          alignments,
+          rows: alignedRows,
+        });
+        const table = wrapper.find('.content').find(Table);
+        expect(table.html()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          <table-stub>
+            <tbody>
+              <tr>
+                <td class="left-cell">row0col0</td>
+                <td class="right-cell">row0col1</td>
+                <td class="center-cell">row0col2</td>
+                <td>row0col3</td>
+              </tr>
+              <tr>
+                <td class="left-cell">row1col0</td>
+                <td class="right-cell">row1col1</td>
+                <td class="center-cell">row1col2</td>
+                <td>row1col3</td>
+              </tr>
+            </tbody>
+          </table-stub>
+        `);
+      });
+
+      it('renders header="both" style tables, with column alignments', () => {
+        const wrapper = mountWithItem({
+          type: 'table',
+          header: TableHeaderStyle.both,
+          alignments,
+          rows: alignedRows,
+        });
+        const table = wrapper.find('.content').find(Table);
+        expect(table.html()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          <table-stub>
+            <thead>
+              <tr>
+                <th scope="col" class="left-cell">row0col0</th>
+                <th scope="col" class="right-cell">row0col1</th>
+                <th scope="col" class="center-cell">row0col2</th>
+                <th scope="col">row0col3</th>
+              </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+              <tr>
+                <th scope="row" class="left-cell">row1col0</th>
+                <td class="right-cell">row1col1</td>
+                <td class="center-cell">row1col2</td>
+                <td>row1col3</td>
+              </tr>
+            </tbody>
+          </table-stub>
+        `);
+      });
+
+      it('renders header="row" style tables, with column alignments', () => {
+        const wrapper = mountWithItem({
+          type: 'table',
+          header: TableHeaderStyle.row,
+          alignments,
+          rows: alignedRows,
+        });
+        const table = wrapper.find('.content').find(Table);
+        expect(table.html()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          <table-stub>
+            <thead>
+              <tr>
+                <th scope="col" class="left-cell">row0col0</th>
+                <th scope="col" class="right-cell">row0col1</th>
+                <th scope="col" class="center-cell">row0col2</th>
+                <th scope="col">row0col3</th>
+              </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+              <tr>
+                <td class="left-cell">row1col0</td>
+                <td class="right-cell">row1col1</td>
+                <td class="center-cell">row1col2</td>
+                <td>row1col3</td>
+              </tr>
+            </tbody>
+          </table-stub>
+        `);
+      });
+
+      it('renders header="column" style tables, with column alignments', () => {
+        const wrapper = mountWithItem({
+          type: 'table',
+          header: TableHeaderStyle.column,
+          alignments,
+          rows: alignedRows,
+        });
+        const table = wrapper.find('.content').find(Table);
+        expect(table.html()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          <table-stub>
+            <tbody>
+              <tr>
+                <th scope="row" class="left-cell">row0col0</th>
+                <td class="right-cell">row0col1</td>
+                <td class="center-cell">row0col2</td>
+                <td>row0col3</td>
+              </tr>
+              <tr>
+                <th scope="row" class="left-cell">row1col0</th>
+                <td class="right-cell">row1col1</td>
+                <td class="center-cell">row1col2</td>
+                <td>row1col3</td>
+              </tr>
+            </tbody>
+          </table-stub>
+        `);
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('with type="termList"', () => {