diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 664f582ff5..a886f7da67 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 2001-01-13  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
 
+	* paragraph.C (SimpleTeXOnePar) Put \protect before paragraph
+	alignment commands (when needed).
+
 	* text.C (InsertChar): Add ':' to number separator chars.
 
diff --git a/src/paragraph.C b/src/paragraph.C
index 68c85766bc..4178582b70 100644
--- a/src/paragraph.C
+++ b/src/paragraph.C
@@ -2563,6 +2563,8 @@ bool LyXParagraph::SimpleTeXOnePar(Buffer const * buf,
 			case LYX_ALIGN_SPECIAL:
 				break;
 			case LYX_ALIGN_LEFT:
+				if (moving_arg)
+					os << "\\protect";
 				if (getParLanguage(bparams)->babel() != "hebrew") {
 					os << "\\raggedright ";
 					column+= 13;
@@ -2572,6 +2574,8 @@ bool LyXParagraph::SimpleTeXOnePar(Buffer const * buf,
 				}
 				break;
 			case LYX_ALIGN_RIGHT:
+				if (moving_arg)
+					os << "\\protect";
 				if (getParLanguage(bparams)->babel() != "hebrew") {
 					os << "\\raggedleft ";
 					column+= 12;
@@ -2581,6 +2585,8 @@ bool LyXParagraph::SimpleTeXOnePar(Buffer const * buf,
 				}
 				break;
 			case LYX_ALIGN_CENTER:
+				if (moving_arg)
+					os << "\\protect";
 				os << "\\centering ";
 				column+= 11;
 				break;