diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js
index f934f80d65..cd32810be9 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js
@@ -990,12 +990,14 @@ OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.Filter.v1_0_0, {
             },
             "LabelPlacement": function(symbolizer) {
                 var node = this.createElementNSPlus("sld:LabelPlacement");
-                if (symbolizer.labelAnchorPointX != null ||
+                // PointPlacement and LinePlacement are choices, so don't output both
+                if ((symbolizer.labelAnchorPointX != null ||
                     symbolizer.labelAnchorPointY != null ||
                     symbolizer.labelAlign != null ||
                     symbolizer.labelXOffset != null ||
                     symbolizer.labelYOffset != null ||
-                    symbolizer.labelRotation != null) {
+                    symbolizer.labelRotation != null) && 
+                    symbolizer.labelPerpendicularOffset == null) {
                         this.writeNode("PointPlacement", symbolizer, node);
                 }
                 if (symbolizer.labelPerpendicularOffset != null) {
diff --git a/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html b/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html
index af58c30c7d..46794902f0 100644
--- a/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html
+++ b/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html
@@ -538,7 +538,8 @@
                         }),
                         new OpenLayers.Symbolizer.Text({
                             label: "${FOO}",
-                            labelPerpendicularOffset: 10
+                            labelPerpendicularOffset: 10,
+                            labelAlign: "rb"
                         })
                     ]
                 })