diff --git a/src/expat b/src/expat
index b99766ce61..ff2299e5f0 160000
--- a/src/expat
+++ b/src/expat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b99766ce61f2cefa0ada22204765c1bf08802216
+Subproject commit ff2299e5f093beb3d218cf095078869b59aeb98d
diff --git a/src/qt/stattext.cpp b/src/qt/stattext.cpp
index 2eb50b5f18..f6d2bcde63 100644
--- a/src/qt/stattext.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/stattext.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ bool wxStaticText::Create(wxWindow *parent,
     m_qtLabel->setBuddy( m_qtLabel );
     m_qtLabel->setTextInteractionFlags( Qt::NoTextInteraction );
 
+    // Translate the WX horizontal alignment flags to Qt alignment flags
+    // (notice that wxALIGN_LEFT is default and has the value of 0).
+    if ( style & wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL )
+        m_qtLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignHCenter);
+    else if ((style & wxALIGN_MASK) == wxALIGN_RIGHT)
+        m_qtLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignRight);
+    else
+        m_qtLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft);
+
     return QtCreateControl( parent, id, pos, size, style, wxDefaultValidator, name );
 }