diff --git a/docs/code-quality.txt b/docs/code-quality.txt
index c8b4b8c3..33751ca4 100644
--- a/docs/code-quality.txt
+++ b/docs/code-quality.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ AttrDef
         out for mailto scheme, IPv6 validation is broken (fringe), unintuitive
         variable overwriting, missing validation for query, fragment and path,
         no percent-encode fixing
+    CSS - parser doesn't accept advanced CSS (fringe)
 AttrTransform - doesn't accept AttrContext, non-validating
     Lang - invalid xml:lang value can overwrite valid lang value (fringe)
 ChildDef - not-allowed nodes translated to text, likely invalid handling
diff --git a/docs/progress.html b/docs/progress.html
index 06913f68..8ab1adf3 100644
--- a/docs/progress.html
+++ b/docs/progress.html
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ thead th {text-align:left;padding:0.1em;background-color:#EEE;}
 <tr class="css1"><td>margin-*</td><td>-</td></tr>
 <tr class="css1"><td>padding</td><td>-</td></tr>
 <tr class="css1"><td>padding-*</td><td>-</td></tr>
-<tr class="css1"><td>text-align</td><td>-</td></tr>
+<tr class="css1 impl-yes"><td>text-align</td><td>-</td></tr>
 <tr class="css1"><td>text-decoration</td><td>No blink (argh my eyes)</td></tr>
 <tr class="css1"><td>text-indent</td><td>-</td></tr>
 <tr class="css1"><td>text-transform</td><td>-</td></tr>
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrDef/CSS.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrDef/CSS.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a0f60ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrDef/CSS.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrDef.php';
+require_once 'HTMLPurifier/CSSDefinition.php';
+
+class HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_CSS
+{
+    
+    function validate($css, $config, &$context) {
+        
+        $definition = HTMLPurifier_CSSDefinition::instance();
+        
+        // we're going to break the spec and explode by semicolons.
+        // This is because semicolon rarely appears in escaped form
+        
+        $declarations = explode(';', $css);
+        $new_declarations = '';
+        
+        foreach ($declarations as $declaration) {
+            if (!$declaration) continue;
+            if (!strpos($declaration, ':')) continue;
+            list($property, $value) = explode(':', $declaration, 2);
+            if (!isset($definition->info[$property])) continue;
+            $result = $definition->info[$property]->validate($value,$config,$context);
+            if ($result === false) continue;
+            $new_declarations .= "$property:$result;";
+        }
+        
+        return $new_declarations ? $new_declarations : false;
+        
+    }
+    
+}
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/CSSDefinition.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/CSSDefinition.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e47b8de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/CSSDefinition.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+class HTMLPurifier_CSSDefinition
+{
+    
+    var $info = array();
+    
+    function &instance($prototype = null) {
+        static $instance = null;
+        if ($prototype) {
+            $instance = $prototype;
+        } elseif (!$instance) {
+            $instance = new HTMLPurifier_CSSDefinition();
+            $instance->setup();
+        }
+        return $instance;
+    }
+    
+    function HTMLPurifier_CSSDefinition() {}
+    
+    function setup() {
+        
+        $this->info['text-align'] = new HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_Enum(
+            array('left', 'right', 'center', 'justify'), false);
+        
+    }
+    
+}
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/Definition.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/Definition.php
index 418f04c7..9ae93b9f 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/Definition.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/Definition.php
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Definition
             'id'    => new HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_ID(),
             'class' => new HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_Class(),
             'title' => $e_Text,
+            'style' => new HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_CSS(),
             // i18n
             'dir'   => new HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_Enum(array('ltr','rtl'), false),
             'lang'  => new HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_Lang(),
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/Generator.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/Generator.php
index 19295dbc..1d2cdaab 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/Generator.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/Generator.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
+// pretty-printing with indentation would be pretty cool
+
 class HTMLPurifier_Generator
 {
     
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/AttrDef/CSSTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/AttrDef/CSSTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58272a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/AttrDef/CSSTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once 'HTMLPurifier/AttrDef/CSS.php';
+
+class HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_CSSTest extends HTMLPurifier_AttrDefHarness
+{
+    
+    function test() {
+        
+        $this->def = new HTMLPurifier_AttrDef_CSS();
+        
+        $this->assertDef('text-align:right;');
+        
+    }
+    
+}
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/ValidateAttributesTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/ValidateAttributesTest.php
index ff1488f4..beb847dc 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/ValidateAttributesTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/ValidateAttributesTest.php
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Strategy_ValidateAttributesTest extends
         $expect[11] = '<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">La soupe.</span>';
         
         // test align (won't work till CSS validation is implemented)
-        // $inputs[12] = '<h1 align="center">Centered Headline</h1>';
-        // $expect[12] = '<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Headline</h1>';
+        $inputs[12] = '<h1 align="center">Centered Headline</h1>';
+        $expect[12] = '<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Headline</h1>';
         
         // test table
         $inputs[13] = <<<HTML
diff --git a/tests/index.php b/tests/index.php
index 103b08b1..dfc1a0f7 100644
--- a/tests/index.php
+++ b/tests/index.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ $test_files[] = 'AttrDef/PixelsTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrDef/LengthTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrDef/NumberSpanTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrDef/URITest.php';
+$test_files[] = 'AttrDef/CSSTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'IDAccumulatorTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'TagTransformTest.php';
 $test_files[] = 'AttrTransform/LangTest.php';