diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/TODO.txt b/src/tex2lyx/TODO.txt
index 1066f1206c..fb38407842 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/TODO.txt
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/TODO.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Format LaTeX feature                        LyX feature
 332    ?                                    InsetGraphics groupId
 336    ?                                    \font_cjk
 343    ?                                    \use_default_options
-347    tabular valign                       InsetTabular
 350    ?                                    \default_output_format
 353    \printsubindex                       InsetIndex
 354    \printindex*, \printsubindex*        InsetIndex
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
index e5862d0434..a16aeeb6a2 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/table.cpp
@@ -773,14 +773,20 @@ void handle_hline_below(RowInfo & ri, vector<CellInfo> & ci)
 void handle_tabular(Parser & p, ostream & os, bool is_long_tabular,
 		    Context & context)
 {
+	string tabularvalignment("middle");
 	string posopts = p.getOpt();
 	if (!posopts.empty()) {
 		// FIXME: Convert this to ERT
 		if (is_long_tabular)
-			cerr << "horizontal longtable";
+			cerr << "horizontal longtable positioning '"
+			     << posopts << "' ignored\n";
+		else if (posopts == "[t]")
+			tabularvalignment = "top";
+		else if (posopts == "[b]")
+			tabularvalignment = "bottom";
 		else
-			cerr << "vertical tabular";
-		cerr << " positioning '" << posopts << "' ignored\n";
+			cerr << "vertical tabular positioning '"
+			     << posopts << "' ignored\n";
 	}
 
 	vector<ColInfo> colinfo;
@@ -1106,8 +1112,10 @@ void handle_tabular(Parser & p, ostream & os, bool is_long_tabular,
 	   << "\" columns=\"" << colinfo.size() << "\">\n";
 	os << "<features"
 	   << write_attribute("rotate", false)
-	   << write_attribute("islongtable", is_long_tabular)
-	   << ">\n";
+	   << write_attribute("islongtable", is_long_tabular);
+	if (!is_long_tabular)
+		os << write_attribute("tabularvalignment", tabularvalignment);
+	os << ">\n";
 
 	//cerr << "// after header\n";
 	for (size_t col = 0; col < colinfo.size(); ++col) {
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/test/test-structure.tex b/src/tex2lyx/test/test-structure.tex
index 4f394d6ea7..e19e002669 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/test/test-structure.tex
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/test/test-structure.tex
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ some parts remain
 \caption{rotated table, spanning all columns}
 
 \centering{}%
-\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
+\begin{tabular}[b]{|c|c|}
 \hline 
 a  & b\tabularnewline
 \hline