diff --git a/src/osgText/Text.cpp b/src/osgText/Text.cpp
index 514cb271e..60eb5c740 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Text.cpp
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@ void Text::computePositions(unsigned int contextID) const
     case CENTER_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set((_textBB.xMax()+_textBB.xMin())*0.5f,0.0f,0.0f); break;
     case RIGHT_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(_textBB.xMax(),0.0f,0.0f); break;
     
-    case LEFT_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(0.0f,-_characterHeight*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
-    case CENTER_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set((_textBB.xMax()+_textBB.xMin())*0.5f,-_characterHeight*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
-    case RIGHT_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(_textBB.xMax(),-_characterHeight*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
+    case LEFT_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(0.0f,-_characterHeight*(1.0 + _lineSpacing)*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
+    case CENTER_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set((_textBB.xMax()+_textBB.xMin())*0.5f,-_characterHeight*(1.0 + _lineSpacing)*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
+    case RIGHT_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(_textBB.xMax(),-_characterHeight*(1.0 + _lineSpacing)*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
     }
     
     AutoTransformCache& atc = _autoTransformCache[contextID];
diff --git a/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp b/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
index a4ae86666..04aee6b65 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ void Text3D::computePositions(unsigned int contextID) const
     case CENTER_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set((_textBB.xMax()+_textBB.xMin())*0.5f,0.0f,0.0f); break;
     case RIGHT_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(_textBB.xMax(),0.0f,0.0f); break;
 
-    case LEFT_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(0.0f,-_characterHeight*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
-    case CENTER_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set((_textBB.xMax()+_textBB.xMin())*0.5f,-_characterHeight*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
-    case RIGHT_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(_textBB.xMax(),-_characterHeight*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
+    case LEFT_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(0.0f,-_characterHeight*(1.0 + _lineSpacing)*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
+    case CENTER_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set((_textBB.xMax()+_textBB.xMin())*0.5f,-_characterHeight*(1.0 + _lineSpacing)*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
+    case RIGHT_BOTTOM_BASE_LINE:  _offset.set(_textBB.xMax(),-_characterHeight*(1.0 + _lineSpacing)*(_lineCount-1),0.0f); break;
     }
 
     AutoTransformCache& atc = _autoTransformCache[contextID];