diff --git a/packages/tldraw/src/lib/ui/hooks/clipboard/pasteExcalidrawContent.ts b/packages/tldraw/src/lib/ui/hooks/clipboard/pasteExcalidrawContent.ts
index c5e787aeb..34b4a3eed 100644
--- a/packages/tldraw/src/lib/ui/hooks/clipboard/pasteExcalidrawContent.ts
+++ b/packages/tldraw/src/lib/ui/hooks/clipboard/pasteExcalidrawContent.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 	TLDefaultFontStyle,
 	TLDefaultHorizontalAlignStyle,
 	TLDefaultSizeStyle,
+	TLDefaultTextAlignStyle,
 	TLOpacityType,
 	TLShapeId,
 	Vec,
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ export async function pasteExcalidrawContent(editor: Editor, clipboard: any, poi
 						font: fontFamilyToFontType[element.fontFamily] ?? 'draw',
 						color: colorsToColors[element.strokeColor] ?? 'black',
 						text: element.text,
-						textAlign: textAlignToAlignTypes[element.textAlign],
+						textAlign: textAlignToTextAlignTypes[element.textAlign],
 					},
 				})
 				break
@@ -472,6 +473,12 @@ const textAlignToAlignTypes: Record<string, TLDefaultHorizontalAlignStyle> = {
 	right: 'end',
 }
 
+const textAlignToTextAlignTypes: Record<string, TLDefaultTextAlignStyle> = {
+	left: 'start',
+	center: 'middle',
+	right: 'end',
+}
+
 const arrowheadsToArrowheadTypes: Record<string, TLArrowShapeArrowheadStyle> = {
 	arrow: 'arrow',
 	dot: 'dot',