diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_button.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_button.cc
index eab462f902..3d5ab4c994 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_button.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_button.cc
@@ -400,9 +400,9 @@ ArdourButton::render (cairo_t* cr, cairo_rectangle_t *)
 			 * TODO this should be generalized incl rotation.
 			 * currently only 'user' of this API is meter_strip.cc
 			 */
-			if (_xalign < 0) xa = .5 + (ww * fabs(_xalign) + text_margin);
+			if (_xalign < 0) xa = ceil(.5 + (ww * fabs(_xalign) + text_margin));
 
-			cairo_move_to (cr, rint(xa), rint(ya));
+			cairo_move_to (cr, xa, ya);
 			pango_cairo_update_layout(cr, _layout->gobj());
 			pango_cairo_show_layout (cr, _layout->gobj());
 			cairo_restore (cr);