diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 2c586993cb..dda8f8f279 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ All (GUI):
 - Added wxEditableListBox XRC handler.
 - Added multiple selection support to wxDirCtrl (Steve Lamerton).
 - wxGrid: add possibility to prevent resizing of individual rows/columns.
+- wxGrid: allow changing the horizontal alignment of numeric cells.
 - wxHTML: add support for table borders width (Laurent Humbertclaude).
 - Added wxMouseEventsManager.
 - Building OpenGL library is now enabled by default.
diff --git a/include/wx/generic/grid.h b/include/wx/generic/grid.h
index 32c3f39e53..2f1877c215 100644
--- a/include/wx/generic/grid.h
+++ b/include/wx/generic/grid.h
@@ -449,6 +449,15 @@ public:
     const wxColour& GetBackgroundColour() const;
     const wxFont& GetFont() const;
     void GetAlignment(int *hAlign, int *vAlign) const;
+
+    // unlike GetAlignment() which always overwrites its output arguments with
+    // the alignment values to use, falling back on default alignment if this
+    // attribute doesn't have any, this function will preserve the values of
+    // parameters on entry if the corresponding alignment is not set in this
+    // attribute meaning that they can be initialized to default alignment (and
+    // also that they must be initialized, unlike with GetAlignment())
+    void GetNonDefaultAlignment(int *hAlign, int *vAlign) const;
+
     void GetSize(int *num_rows, int *num_cols) const;
     bool GetOverflow() const
         { return m_overflow != SingleCell; }
diff --git a/interface/wx/grid.h b/interface/wx/grid.h
index 27cd239a6e..65ae9e76ce 100644
--- a/interface/wx/grid.h
+++ b/interface/wx/grid.h
@@ -527,7 +527,21 @@ public:
     void DecRef();
 
     /**
-        See SetAlignment() for the returned values.
+        Get the alignment to use for the cell with the given attribute.
+
+        If this attribute doesn't specify any alignment, the default attribute
+        alignment is used (which can be changed using
+        wxGrid::SetDefaultCellAlignment() but is left and top by default).
+
+        Notice that @a hAlign and @a vAlign values are always overwritten by
+        this function, use GetNonDefaultAlignment() if this is not desirable.
+
+        @param hAlign
+            Horizontal alignment is returned here if this argument is non-@NULL.
+            It is one of wxALIGN_LEFT, wxALIGN_CENTRE or wxALIGN_RIGHT.
+        @param vAlign
+            Vertical alignment is returned here if this argument is non-@NULL.
+            It is one of wxALIGN_TOP, wxALIGN_CENTRE or wxALIGN_BOTTOM.
     */
     void GetAlignment(int* hAlign, int* vAlign) const;
 
@@ -546,6 +560,29 @@ public:
     */
     const wxFont& GetFont() const;
 
+    /**
+        Get the alignment defined by this attribute.
+
+        Unlike GetAlignment() this function only modifies @a hAlign and @a
+        vAlign if this attribute does define a non-default alignment. This
+        means that they must be initialized before calling this function and
+        that their values will be preserved unchanged if they are different
+        from wxALIGN_INVALID.
+
+        For example, the following fragment can be used to use the cell
+        alignment if one is defined but right-align its contents by default
+        (instead of left-aligning it by default) while still using the default
+        vertical alignment:
+        @code
+            int hAlign = wxALIGN_RIGHT,
+                vAlign = wxALIGN_INVALID;
+            attr.GetNonDefaultAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
+        @endcode
+
+        @since 2.9.1
+     */
+    void GetNonDefaultAlignment(int *hAlign, int *vAlign) const;
+
     /**
         Returns the cell renderer.
     */
diff --git a/samples/grid/griddemo.cpp b/samples/grid/griddemo.cpp
index 34518418f6..89b6030fef 100644
--- a/samples/grid/griddemo.cpp
+++ b/samples/grid/griddemo.cpp
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ GridFrame::GridFrame()
     grid->SetCellValue(0, 8, "17");
     grid->SetCellValue(1, 8, "0");
     grid->SetCellValue(2, 8, "-666");
+    grid->SetCellAlignment(2, 8, wxALIGN_CENTRE, wxALIGN_TOP);
+    grid->SetCellValue(2, 9, "<- This numeric cell should be centred");
 
     const wxString choices[] =
     {
diff --git a/src/generic/grid.cpp b/src/generic/grid.cpp
index e0d9dc6c37..04fbd31efe 100644
--- a/src/generic/grid.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/grid.cpp
@@ -476,6 +476,15 @@ void wxGridCellAttr::GetAlignment(int *hAlign, int *vAlign) const
     }
 }
 
+void wxGridCellAttr::GetNonDefaultAlignment(int *hAlign, int *vAlign) const
+{
+    if ( hAlign && m_hAlign != wxALIGN_INVALID )
+        *hAlign = m_hAlign;
+
+    if ( vAlign && m_vAlign != wxALIGN_INVALID )
+        *vAlign = m_vAlign;
+}
+
 void wxGridCellAttr::GetSize( int *num_rows, int *num_cols ) const
 {
     if ( num_rows )
diff --git a/src/generic/gridctrl.cpp b/src/generic/gridctrl.cpp
index e4d2608d21..fdf63a20ff 100644
--- a/src/generic/gridctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/gridctrl.cpp
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ void wxGridCellDateTimeRenderer::Draw(wxGrid& grid,
     SetTextColoursAndFont(grid, attr, dc, isSelected);
 
     // draw the text right aligned by default
-    int hAlign, vAlign;
-    attr.GetAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
-    hAlign = wxRIGHT;
+    int hAlign = wxALIGN_RIGHT,
+        vAlign = wxALIGN_INVALID;
+    attr.GetNonDefaultAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
 
     wxRect rect = rectCell;
     rect.Inflate(-1);
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ void wxGridCellEnumRenderer::Draw(wxGrid& grid,
     SetTextColoursAndFont(grid, attr, dc, isSelected);
 
     // draw the text right aligned by default
-    int hAlign, vAlign;
-    attr.GetAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
-    hAlign = wxRIGHT;
+    int hAlign = wxALIGN_RIGHT,
+        vAlign = wxALIGN_INVALID;
+    attr.GetNonDefaultAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
 
     wxRect rect = rectCell;
     rect.Inflate(-1);
@@ -576,9 +576,9 @@ void wxGridCellNumberRenderer::Draw(wxGrid& grid,
     SetTextColoursAndFont(grid, attr, dc, isSelected);
 
     // draw the text right aligned by default
-    int hAlign, vAlign;
-    attr.GetAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
-    hAlign = wxALIGN_RIGHT;
+    int hAlign = wxALIGN_RIGHT,
+        vAlign = wxALIGN_INVALID;
+    attr.GetNonDefaultAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
 
     wxRect rect = rectCell;
     rect.Inflate(-1);
@@ -679,9 +679,9 @@ void wxGridCellFloatRenderer::Draw(wxGrid& grid,
     SetTextColoursAndFont(grid, attr, dc, isSelected);
 
     // draw the text right aligned by default
-    int hAlign, vAlign;
-    attr.GetAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
-    hAlign = wxALIGN_RIGHT;
+    int hAlign = wxALIGN_RIGHT,
+        vAlign = wxALIGN_INVALID;
+    attr.GetNonDefaultAlignment(&hAlign, &vAlign);
 
     wxRect rect = rectCell;
     rect.Inflate(-1);