diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 4c9f134..b792c88 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -28,14 +28,16 @@ type Table struct {
 	// Separator is the seperator for columns in the table. Default is "\t"
 	Separator string
 
-	mtx *sync.RWMutex
+	mtx        *sync.RWMutex
+	rightAlign map[int]bool
 }
 
 // New returns a new Table with default values
 func New() *Table {
 	return &Table{
-		Separator: Separator,
-		mtx:       new(sync.RWMutex),
+		Separator:  Separator,
+		mtx:        new(sync.RWMutex),
+		rightAlign: map[int]bool{},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +55,12 @@ func (t *Table) Bytes() []byte {
 	return []byte(t.String())
 }
 
+func (t *Table) RightAlign(col int) {
+	t.mtx.Lock()
+	t.rightAlign[col] = true
+	t.mtx.Unlock()
+}
+
 // String returns the string value of table
 func (t *Table) String() string {
 	t.mtx.RLock()
@@ -87,6 +95,7 @@ func (t *Table) String() string {
 		for i, cell := range row.Cells {
 			cell.Width = colwidths[i]
 			cell.Wrap = t.Wrap
+			cell.RightAlign = t.rightAlign[i]
 		}
 		lines = append(lines, row.String())
 	}
@@ -158,6 +167,9 @@ type Cell struct {
 	// Wrap when true wraps the contents of the cell when the lenght exceeds the width
 	Wrap bool
 
+	// RightAlign when true aligns contents to the right
+	RightAlign bool
+
 	// Data is the cell data
 	Data interface{}
 }
@@ -180,11 +192,12 @@ func (c *Cell) String() string {
 		return strutil.PadLeft(" ", int(c.Width), ' ')
 	}
 	s := fmt.Sprintf("%v", c.Data)
-	switch {
-	case c.Width > 0 && c.Wrap:
-		return wordwrap.WrapString(s, c.Width)
-	case c.Width > 0:
-		return strutil.Resize(s, c.Width)
+	if c.Width > 0 {
+		if c.Wrap && uint(len(s)) > c.Width {
+			return wordwrap.WrapString(s, c.Width)
+		} else {
+			return strutil.Resize(s, c.Width, c.RightAlign)
+		}
 	}
 	return s
 }
diff --git a/table_test.go b/table_test.go
index 5905365..f8f1ffc 100644
--- a/table_test.go
+++ b/table_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,25 @@ func TestRow(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAlign(t *testing.T) {
+	table := New()
+	table.AddRow("foo", "bar baz")
+	table.Rows = []*Row{{
+		Separator: "\t",
+		Cells: []*Cell{
+			{Data: "foo", Width: 5, Wrap: true},
+			{Data: "bar baz", Width: 10, Wrap: true},
+		},
+	}}
+	table.RightAlign(1)
+	got := table.String()
+	need := "foo  \t   bar baz"
+
+	if got != need {
+		t.Fatalf("need: %q | got: %q ", need, got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAddRow(t *testing.T) {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	table := New()
diff --git a/util/strutil/strutil.go b/util/strutil/strutil.go
index 7f5d8fe..cb35bce 100644
--- a/util/strutil/strutil.go
+++ b/util/strutil/strutil.go
@@ -35,14 +35,18 @@ func PadLeft(str string, length int, pad byte) string {
 
 // Resize resizes the string with the given length. It ellipses with '...' when the string's length exceeds
 // the desired length or pads spaces to the right of the string when length is smaller than desired
-func Resize(s string, length uint) string {
+func Resize(s string, length uint, rightAlign bool) string {
 	slen := runewidth.StringWidth(s)
 	n := int(length)
 	if slen == n {
 		return s
 	}
 	// Pads only when length of the string smaller than len needed
-	s = PadRight(s, n, ' ')
+	if rightAlign {
+		s = PadLeft(s, n, ' ')
+	} else {
+		s = PadRight(s, n, ' ')
+	}
 	if slen > n {
 		rs := []rune(s)
 		var buf bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/util/strutil/strutil_test.go b/util/strutil/strutil_test.go
index a63c555..e7356d0 100644
--- a/util/strutil/strutil_test.go
+++ b/util/strutil/strutil_test.go
@@ -6,18 +6,30 @@ import (
 
 func TestResize(t *testing.T) {
 	s := "foo"
-	got := Resize(s, 5)
+	got := Resize(s, 5, false)
 	if len(got) != 5 {
 		t.Fatal("want", 5, "got", len(got))
 	}
 	s = "foobar"
-	got = Resize(s, 5)
+	got = Resize(s, 5, false)
 
 	if got != "fo..." {
 		t.Fatal("want", "fo...", "got", got)
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAlign(t *testing.T) {
+	s := "foo"
+	got := Resize(s, 5, false)
+	if got != "foo  " {
+		t.Fatal("want", "foo  ", "got", got)
+	}
+	got = Resize(s, 5, true)
+	if got != "  foo" {
+		t.Fatal("want", "  foo", "got", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestJoin(t *testing.T) {
 	got := Join([]string{"foo", "bar"}, ",")
 	if got != "foo,bar" {