diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_grid.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_grid.js
index 03350122af..20eefdf991 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_grid.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_grid.js
@@ -509,6 +509,10 @@ var et2_grid = et2_DOMWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM], {
 				tr.height(this.rowData[y].height);
 			}
 
+			if (this.rowData[y].valign)
+			{
+				tr.attr("valign", this.rowData[y].valign);
+			}
 			// Create the cells. x is incremented by the colSpan value of the
 			// cell.
 			for (var x = 0; x < w;)