diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c4158a..25f30b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var svg = ctx.getSvg();
 
 Updates
 ==========
+- v1.0.6 basic support for text baseline (contribution from KoKuToru)
 - v1.0.5 fixes for #5 and #6 (with contributions from KoKuToru)
 - v1.0.4 generate ids that start with a letter
 - v1.0.3 fixed #4 where largeArcFlag was set incorrectly in some cases 
diff --git a/canvas2svg.js b/canvas2svg.js
index 16d6a75..d276d1c 100644
--- a/canvas2svg.js
+++ b/canvas2svg.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!!
- *  Canvas 2 Svg v1.0.5
+ *  Canvas 2 Svg v1.0.6
  *  A low level canvas to SVG converter. Uses a mock canvas context to build an SVG document.
  *
  *  Licensed under the MIT license:
diff --git a/jasmine-tests/spec/canvas2svgspec.js b/jasmine-tests/spec/canvas2svgspec.js
index 00674c9..1477d50 100755
--- a/jasmine-tests/spec/canvas2svgspec.js
+++ b/jasmine-tests/spec/canvas2svgspec.js
@@ -228,4 +228,67 @@ describe("canvas2svg", function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe("supports text baseline", function() {
+
+      it("not specifying a value defaults to alphabetic", function() {
+          var ctx = new C2S();
+          ctx.font = "normal 36px Times";
+          ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";
+          ctx.fillText("A Text Example", 0, 50);
+          var svg = ctx.getSvg();
+          expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("dominant-baseline")).toBe("alphabetic");
+      });
+
+      it("not specifying a valid value defaults to alphabetic", function() {
+          var ctx = new C2S();
+          ctx.font = "normal 36px Times";
+          ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";
+          ctx.textBaseline = "werwerwer";
+          ctx.fillText("A Text Example", 0, 50);
+          var svg = ctx.getSvg();
+          expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("dominant-baseline")).toBe("alphabetic");
+      });
+
+      it("hanging maps to hanging ", function() {
+          var ctx = new C2S();
+          ctx.font = "normal 36px Times";
+          ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";
+          ctx.textBaseline = "hanging";
+          ctx.fillText("A Text Example", 0, 50);
+          var svg = ctx.getSvg();
+          expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("dominant-baseline")).toBe("hanging");
+      });
+
+      it("top maps to text-before-edge ", function() {
+          var ctx = new C2S();
+          ctx.font = "normal 36px Times";
+          ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";
+          ctx.textBaseline = "top";
+          ctx.fillText("A Text Example", 0, 50);
+          var svg = ctx.getSvg();
+          expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("dominant-baseline")).toBe("text-before-edge");
+      });
+
+      it("bottom maps to text-after-edge ", function() {
+          var ctx = new C2S();
+          ctx.font = "normal 36px Times";
+          ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";
+          ctx.textBaseline = "bottom";
+          ctx.fillText("A Text Example", 0, 50);
+          var svg = ctx.getSvg();
+          expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("dominant-baseline")).toBe("text-after-edge");
+      });
+
+      it("middle maps to central ", function() {
+          var ctx = new C2S();
+          ctx.font = "normal 36px Times";
+          ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";
+          ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
+          ctx.fillText("A Text Example", 0, 50);
+          var svg = ctx.getSvg();
+          expect(svg.querySelector("text").getAttribute("dominant-baseline")).toBe("central");
+      });
+
+  });
+
 });