diff --git a/src/styles.c b/src/styles.c
index d2cb71e5..5aadfbdf 100644
--- a/src/styles.c
+++ b/src/styles.c
@@ -1045,13 +1045,16 @@ _write_alignment(lxw_styles *self, lxw_format *format)
 
     LXW_INIT_ATTRIBUTES();
 
-    /* Indent is only allowed for horizontal left, right and distributed. */
+    /* Indent is only allowed for some alignment properties. */
     /* If it is defined for any other alignment or no alignment has been  */
     /* set then default to left alignment. */
     if (format->indent
         && format->text_h_align != LXW_ALIGN_LEFT
         && format->text_h_align != LXW_ALIGN_RIGHT
-        && format->text_h_align != LXW_ALIGN_DISTRIBUTED) {
+        && format->text_h_align != LXW_ALIGN_DISTRIBUTED
+        && format->text_v_align != LXW_ALIGN_VERTICAL_TOP
+        && format->text_v_align != LXW_ALIGN_VERTICAL_BOTTOM
+        && format->text_v_align != LXW_ALIGN_VERTICAL_DISTRIBUTED) {
         format->text_h_align = LXW_ALIGN_LEFT;
     }
 
@@ -1110,9 +1113,6 @@ _write_alignment(lxw_styles *self, lxw_format *format)
     if (format->text_v_align == LXW_ALIGN_VERTICAL_DISTRIBUTED)
         LXW_PUSH_ATTRIBUTES_STR("vertical", "distributed");
 
-    if (format->indent)
-        LXW_PUSH_ATTRIBUTES_INT("indent", format->indent);
-
     /* Map rotation to Excel values. */
     if (rotation) {
         if (rotation == 270)
@@ -1123,6 +1123,9 @@ _write_alignment(lxw_styles *self, lxw_format *format)
         LXW_PUSH_ATTRIBUTES_INT("textRotation", rotation);
     }
 
+    if (format->indent)
+        LXW_PUSH_ATTRIBUTES_INT("indent", format->indent);
+
     if (format->text_wrap)
         LXW_PUSH_ATTRIBUTES_STR("wrapText", "1");
 
diff --git a/test/functional/src/test_format24.c b/test/functional/src/test_format24.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10d6a0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/src/test_format24.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Test cases for libxlsxwriter.
+ *
+ * Test to compare output against Excel files.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014-2024, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "xlsxwriter.h"
+
+int main() {
+
+    lxw_workbook  *workbook  = workbook_new("test_format24.xlsx");
+    lxw_worksheet *worksheet = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
+
+    lxw_format *format1 = workbook_add_format(workbook);
+
+    /*
+        'rotation': 270,
+        'indent': 1,
+        'align': "center",
+        'valign': "top"
+    */
+
+
+    format_set_rotation(format1, 270);
+    format_set_indent(format1, 1);
+    format_set_align(format1, LXW_ALIGN_CENTER);
+    format_set_align(format1, LXW_ALIGN_VERTICAL_TOP);
+
+    worksheet_set_row(worksheet, 0, 75, NULL);
+
+    worksheet_write_string(worksheet, 0, 0, "ABCD", format1);
+
+    return workbook_close(workbook);
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/test_formatting.py b/test/functional/test_formatting.py
index 4807f0b8..077a83f5 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_formatting.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_formatting.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class TestCompareXLSXFiles(base_test_class.XLSXBaseTest):
     def test_format18(self):
         self.run_exe_test('test_format18')
 
+    def test_format24(self):
+        self.run_exe_test('test_format24')
+
     def test_format50(self):
         self.run_exe_test('test_format50')
 
diff --git a/test/functional/xlsx_files/format24.xlsx b/test/functional/xlsx_files/format24.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e3117b2
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/functional/xlsx_files/format24.xlsx differ