diff --git a/src/Html2OpenXml/Expressions/Image/ImageExpressionBase.cs b/src/Html2OpenXml/Expressions/Image/ImageExpressionBase.cs
index 3cf0422..0f77f42 100644
--- a/src/Html2OpenXml/Expressions/Image/ImageExpressionBase.cs
+++ b/src/Html2OpenXml/Expressions/Image/ImageExpressionBase.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using DocumentFormat.OpenXml;
-using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging;
 using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;
 
 using a = DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing;
@@ -26,6 +25,12 @@ namespace HtmlToOpenXml.Expressions;
 /// </summary>
 abstract class ImageExpressionBase(AngleSharp.Dom.IElement node)  : HtmlDomExpression
 {
+    private readonly RunProperties runProperties = new();
+    private readonly ParagraphProperties paraProperties = new();
+    // some style attributes, such as borders, will convert this node to a framed container
+    private bool renderAsFramed;
+
+
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public override IEnumerable<OpenXmlElement> Interpret (ParsingContext context)
     {
@@ -35,16 +40,17 @@ public override IEnumerable<OpenXmlElement> Interpret (ParsingContext context)
             return [];
 
         Run run = new(drawing);
-        Border border = ComposeStyles();
-        if (border.Val?.Equals(BorderValues.None) == false)
-        {
-            run.RunProperties ??= new();
-            run.RunProperties.Border = border;
-        }
+        ComposeStyles();
+
+        if (runProperties.HasChildren)
+            run.RunProperties = runProperties;
+
+        if (renderAsFramed)
+            return [new Paragraph(paraProperties, run)];
         return [run];
     }
 
-    private Border ComposeStyles ()
+    private void ComposeStyles ()
     {
         var styleAttributes = node.GetStyles();
         var border = new Border() { Val = BorderValues.None };
@@ -66,7 +72,22 @@ private Border ComposeStyles ()
                 border.Size = (uint) borderWidth.ValueInPx * 4;
             }
         }
-        return border;
+
+        if (border.Val?.Equals(BorderValues.None) == false)
+        {
+            runProperties.Border = border;
+        }
+
+        // if the layout is not inline and both left and right are auto, image appears centered
+        // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/margin-left
+        var margin = styleAttributes.GetMargin("margin");
+        if (margin.Left.Type == UnitMetric.Auto 
+            && margin.Right.Type == UnitMetric.Auto
+            && !AngleSharpExtensions.IsInlineLayout(styleAttributes["display"]))
+        {
+            paraProperties.Justification = new() { Val = JustificationValues.Center };
+            renderAsFramed = true;
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Html2OpenXml/Utilities/AngleSharpExtensions.cs b/src/Html2OpenXml/Utilities/AngleSharpExtensions.cs
index 3d89624..bb397a2 100644
--- a/src/Html2OpenXml/Utilities/AngleSharpExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Html2OpenXml/Utilities/AngleSharpExtensions.cs
@@ -153,4 +153,13 @@ public static string CollapseLineBreaks(this string str)
 
         return new string(chars, 0, length);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determines whether the layout mode is inline vs block or flex.
+    /// </summary>
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+    public static bool IsInlineLayout(string? displayMode)
+    {
+        return displayMode?.StartsWith("inline", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == true;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Html2OpenXml/Utilities/OpenXmlExtensions.cs b/src/Html2OpenXml/Utilities/OpenXmlExtensions.cs
index 5242f49..905ba21 100755
--- a/src/Html2OpenXml/Utilities/OpenXmlExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Html2OpenXml/Utilities/OpenXmlExtensions.cs
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
  * PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  */
-using System;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using DocumentFormat.OpenXml;
 using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;
-using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Wordprocessing;
 
 namespace HtmlToOpenXml;
 
diff --git a/test/HtmlToOpenXml.Tests/ImgTests.cs b/test/HtmlToOpenXml.Tests/ImgTests.cs
index 15e5596..f335991 100644
--- a/test/HtmlToOpenXml.Tests/ImgTests.cs
+++ b/test/HtmlToOpenXml.Tests/ImgTests.cs
@@ -219,6 +219,21 @@ public async Task ParseIntoDocumentPart_ReturnsImageParentedToPart (Type openXml
             AssertThatOpenXmlDocumentIsValid();
         }
 
+        [TestCase("block", ExpectedResult = true)]
+        [TestCase("flex", ExpectedResult = true)]
+        [TestCase("inline", ExpectedResult = false)]
+        public bool CenterImg_ReturnsFramedImg(string displayMode)
+        {
+            var elements = converter.Parse($@"<img style=""display: {displayMode}; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;""
+                src=""data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="" width=""32"" height=""32"">");
+
+            Assert.That(elements, Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
+            Assert.That(elements[0], Is.TypeOf<Paragraph>());
+            AssertIsImg(mainPart, elements[0]);
+            return elements[0].GetFirstChild<ParagraphProperties>()?.
+                Justification?.Val?.Value == JustificationValues.Center;
+        }
+
         private static (Drawing, ImagePart) AssertIsImg (OpenXmlPartContainer container, OpenXmlElement paragraph)
         {
             var run = paragraph.GetFirstChild<Run>();