diff --git a/share/keys/inkscape.xml b/share/keys/inkscape.xml
index 523b9fadbe288e7f83fae0c7ed9bb9d2fa9a930d..d5f4fb646a19e6d37898d9b200cdaf22286727e9 100644
--- a/share/keys/inkscape.xml
+++ b/share/keys/inkscape.xml
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@ override) the bindings in the main default.xml.
   <bind gaction="app.object-flip-horizontal"             keys="h" />
   <bind gaction="app.object-flip-vertical"               keys="v" />
 
-  <bind gaction="app.object-align('hcenter')"            keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;h" />
-  <bind gaction="app.object-align('vcenter')"            keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;t" />
-  <bind gaction="app.object-align('bottom')"             keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_2" />
-  <bind gaction="app.object-align('left')"               keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_4" />
-  <bind gaction="app.object-align('hcenter vcenter')"    keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_5" />
-  <bind gaction="app.object-align('right')"              keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_6" />
-  <bind gaction="app.object-align('top')"                keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_8" />
+  <bind gaction="app.object-align('hcenter pref')"         keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;h" />
+  <bind gaction="app.object-align('vcenter pref')"         keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;t" />
+  <bind gaction="app.object-align('bottom pref')"          keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_2" />
+  <bind gaction="app.object-align('left pref')"            keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_4" />
+  <bind gaction="app.object-align('hcenter vcenter pref')" keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_5" />
+  <bind gaction="app.object-align('right pref')"           keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_6" />
+  <bind gaction="app.object-align('top pref')"             keys="&lt;primary&gt;&lt;alt&gt;KP_8" />
 
   <!-- Object Transform -->
   <bind gaction="app.transform-remove"                   keys="&lt;shift&gt;&lt;alt&gt;t" />