diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
index 9c01961471..62e079657d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ InteractiveMessageBox::InteractiveMessageBox(MessageBoxManager& parMessageBoxMan
         mMainWidget->setCoord(absCoord);
         mMainWidget->setSize(mainWidgetSize);
         
+        
+        MyGUI::IntCoord messageWidgetCoord;
+        messageWidgetCoord.left = (mainWidgetSize.width - textSize.width)/2;
+        messageWidgetCoord.top = textPadding;
+        mMessageWidget->setCoord(messageWidgetCoord);
+        
         mMessageWidget->setSize(textSize);
         
         MyGUI::IntCoord buttonCord;