diff --git a/core/Container/Block_Container.php b/core/Container/Block_Container.php
index 23762ea5..84b3a871 100644
--- a/core/Container/Block_Container.php
+++ b/core/Container/Block_Container.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class Block_Container extends Container {
 			'template_lock' => null,
 			'allowed_blocks' => null,
 		),
+		'align' => false,
+		'align_default' => false,
 		'category' => array(
 			'slug' => 'common',
 		),
@@ -304,6 +306,22 @@ public function set_inner_blocks( $inner_blocks = true ) {
 		return $this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the align options available for this block.
+	 *
+	 * Either pass a boolean or an array of values `left`, `center`, `right`, `wide`, and `full`.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array|boolean $inner_blocks
+	 * @param  string|boolean $default
+	 * @return Block_Container
+	 */
+	public function set_align( $align = false, $default = false ) {
+		$this->settings[ 'align' ] = $align;
+		$this->settings[ 'align_default' ] = $default;
+
+		return $this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the position of the inner blocks to be rendered
 	 * above or below the fields.
diff --git a/packages/blocks/index.js b/packages/blocks/index.js
index 583df01f..298ea24d 100644
--- a/packages/blocks/index.js
+++ b/packages/blocks/index.js
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ get( window.cf, 'preloaded.blocks', [] ).forEach( ( container ) => {
 	containerDefinitions[ name ] = container;
 	fieldDefinitions[ name ] = container.fields.map( ( field ) => ( { ...field } ) );
 
+	let attributes = {};
+
+	let alignDefault = getBlockSetting( 'align_default', false );
+	if(alignDefault) {
+		attributes['align'] = {
+			'type': 'string',
+			'default': alignDefault
+		};
+	}
+
 	registerBlockType( `carbon-fields/${ name }`, {
 		title: container.title,
 		icon: getBlockSetting( 'icon' ),
@@ -52,13 +62,14 @@ get( window.cf, 'preloaded.blocks', [] ).forEach( ( container ) => {
 			data: {
 				type: 'object',
 				default: fields
-			}
+			},
+			...attributes
 		},
 		supports: {
 			tabs: isPlainObject( getBlockSetting( 'tabs' ) ),
 			preview: getBlockSetting( 'preview' ),
 			innerBlocks: getBlockSetting( 'inner_blocks.enabled' ),
-			alignWide: false,
+			align: getBlockSetting( 'align', false ),
 			anchor: false,
 			html: false
 		},