diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d229326309..9af4cbce4c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-05  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtknotebook.c (gtk_notebook_set_menu_label_text): Left-align
+	menu labels.  (#393255, Michail Crayson)
+
 2007-01-05  Kristian Rietveld  <kris@gtk.org>
 
 	* gtk/gtktreeview.c (gtk_tree_view_dy_to_top_row): handle tree
diff --git a/gtk/gtknotebook.c b/gtk/gtknotebook.c
index c8edb873df..8b64b93f4c 100644
--- a/gtk/gtknotebook.c
+++ b/gtk/gtknotebook.c
@@ -7014,7 +7014,10 @@ gtk_notebook_set_menu_label_text (GtkNotebook *notebook,
   g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_NOTEBOOK (notebook));
 
   if (menu_text)
-    menu_label = gtk_label_new (menu_text);
+    {
+      menu_label = gtk_label_new (menu_text);
+      gtk_misc_set_alignment (GTK_MISC (menu_label), 0.0, 0.5);
+    }
   gtk_notebook_set_menu_label (notebook, child, menu_label);
   gtk_widget_child_notify (child, "menu-label");
 }