diff --git a/examples/graphic-name.html b/examples/graphic-name.html
index d45a0b11cc..dbed70dab4 100644
--- a/examples/graphic-name.html
+++ b/examples/graphic-name.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         // user custom graphicname
         
         OpenLayers.Renderer.symbol.lightning = [0,0, 4,2, 6,0, 10,5, 6,3, 4,5, 0,0];
-        OpenLayers.Renderer.symbol.rectangle = [0,0, 10,0, 10,4, 0,4, 0,0];
+        OpenLayers.Renderer.symbol.rectangle = [0,0, 4,0, 4,10, 0,10, 0,0];
             
         var map;
 
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js
index 10d305e540..bf85306a86 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js
@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer.VML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements, {
             symbolExtent.bottom = symbolExtent.bottom - diff;
             symbolExtent.top = symbolExtent.top + diff;
         } else {
-            symbolExtent.left = symbolExtent.left - diff;
-            symbolExtent.right = symbolExtent.right + diff;
+            symbolExtent.left = symbolExtent.left + diff;
+            symbolExtent.right = symbolExtent.right - diff;
         }
         
         cache = {
diff --git a/tests/Renderer/VML.html b/tests/Renderer/VML.html
index 2199dcf1e2..4ebd374729 100644
--- a/tests/Renderer/VML.html
+++ b/tests/Renderer/VML.html
@@ -360,8 +360,11 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        t.plan(2);
+        t.plan(4);
         
+        OpenLayers.Renderer.symbol.rect1 = [0,0, 10,0, 10,4, 0,4, 0,0];
+        OpenLayers.Renderer.symbol.rect2 = [0,0, 4,0, 4,10, 0,10, 0,0];
+
         var r = new OpenLayers.Renderer.VML(document.body);
 
         var cache = r.importSymbol("square");
@@ -369,6 +372,15 @@
         t.eq(cache.path, "m 0 0 l 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 x e", "Square symbol rendered correctly");
         t.ok(r.symbolCache["-square"], "Symbol has been cached correctly.");
         
+        cache = r.importSymbol("rect1");
+        t.eq(cache.bottom, -3, "coordorigin bottom of landscape symbol set to -3 to move topmost part to the bottom (we are flipping y!)");
+        
+        cache = r.importSymbol("rect2");
+        t.eq(cache.left, -3, "coordorigin left of portrait symbol set to -3 to move leftmost part to the right");
+        
+        delete OpenLayers.Renderer.symbol.rect1;
+        delete OpenLayers.Renderer.symbol.rect2;
+        
     }
     
     function test_vml_dashstyle(t) {