diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGCustomText.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGCustomText.cpp
index c52aecf3f7..8df5d73b4f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGCustomText.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGCustomText.cpp
@@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ QGCustomText::QGCustomText()
 
 void QGCustomText::centerAt(QPointF centerPos)
 {
-    QRectF box = boundingRect();
-    double width = box.width();
-    double height = box.height();
-    double newX = centerPos.x() - width/2.;
-    double newY = centerPos.y() - height/2.;
-    setPos(newX,newY);
+      centerAt(centerPos.x(),centerPos.y());
+//    QRectF box = boundingRect();
+//    double width = box.width();
+//    double height = box.height();
+//    double newX = centerPos.x() - width/2.;
+//    double newY = centerPos.y() - height/2.;
+//    setPos(newX,newY);
 }
 
 void QGCustomText::centerAt(double cX, double cY)
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewAnnotation.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewAnnotation.cpp
index c474952a07..2f4ae2bc4d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewAnnotation.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewAnnotation.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ void QGIViewAnnotation::drawAnnotation()
     m_textItem->setTextWidth(Rez::guiX(viewAnno->MaxWidth.getValue()));
     QString qs = QString::fromUtf8(ss.str().c_str());
     m_textItem->setHtml(qs);
-    m_textItem->setPos(0.,0.);
+    m_textItem->centerAt(0.,0.);
 }
 
+void QGIViewAnnotation::rotateView(void)
+{
+    QRectF r = m_textItem->boundingRect();
+    m_textItem->setTransformOriginPoint(r.center());
+    double rot = getViewObject()->Rotation.getValue();
+    m_textItem->setRotation(-rot);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewAnnotation.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewAnnotation.h
index 6a8ffba995..99891c8e32 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewAnnotation.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIViewAnnotation.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public:
     void setViewAnnoFeature(TechDraw::DrawViewAnnotation *obj);
 
     virtual void draw() override;
+    virtual void rotateView(void) override;
 
 protected:
     void drawAnnotation();