diff --git a/assets/css/src/components/newsletterEditor/components/_resize.scss b/assets/css/src/components/newsletterEditor/components/_resize.scss
index 94ef1b2117..957f2ab61d 100644
--- a/assets/css/src/components/newsletterEditor/components/_resize.scss
+++ b/assets/css/src/components/newsletterEditor/components/_resize.scss
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ $resize-handle-z-index: 2;
   width: 24px;
 }
 
+.mailpoet_image_resize_handle_container_left {
+  left: 0;
+  right: auto;
+  transform: rotate(90deg);
+}
+
 .mailpoet_image_resize_handle {
   background: $editor-content-color;
   border-radius: 6px 0 0;
@@ -78,6 +84,10 @@ $resize-handle-z-index: 2;
   .mailpoet_image_resize_handle_icon {
     pointer-events: none;
   }
+
+  .mailpoet_image_resize_handle_container_left & {
+    cursor: nesw-resize;
+  }
 }
 
 .mailpoet_image_resize_handle_icon {
diff --git a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/image.js b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/image.js
index fdc0f4e3da..cf44715d6e 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/image.js
+++ b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/image.js
@@ -46,9 +46,14 @@ Module.ImageBlockView = base.BlockView.extend({
       elementSelector: '.mailpoet_image',
       resizeHandleSelector: '.mailpoet_image_resize_handle',
       onResize: function (event) {
+        var alignment = this.view.model.get('styles.block.textAlign');
         var corner = this.$('.mailpoet_image').offset();
-        var width = event.pageX - corner.left;
-        this.view.model.set('width', width + 'px');
+        var currentWidth = this.$('.mailpoet_image').width();
+        var newWidth = event.pageX - corner.left;
+        if (alignment === 'right') {
+          newWidth = currentWidth + corner.left - event.pageX;
+        }
+        this.view.model.set('width', newWidth + 'px');
       },
     },
     ShowSettingsBehavior: {
diff --git a/views/newsletter/templates/blocks/image/block.hbs b/views/newsletter/templates/blocks/image/block.hbs
index 079ea6b31b..574e38d981 100644
--- a/views/newsletter/templates/blocks/image/block.hbs
+++ b/views/newsletter/templates/blocks/image/block.hbs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		<a href="{{ model.link }}" onClick="return false;">
 			<img src="{{#ifCond model.src '!=' ''}}{{ model.src }}{{ else }}{{ imageMissingSrc }}{{/ifCond}}" alt="{{ model.alt }}" onerror="if(this.src != '{{ imageMissingSrc }}') {this.src = '{{ imageMissingSrc }}';}" width="{{model.width}}" />
 		</a>
-		<div class="mailpoet_image_resize_handle_container">
+		<div class="mailpoet_image_resize_handle_container{{#ifCond model.styles.block.textAlign '==' 'right'}} mailpoet_image_resize_handle_container_left{{/ifCond}}">
 		    <div class="mailpoet_image_resize_handle">
 		        <span class="mailpoet_image_resize_handle_icon"><%= source('newsletter/templates/svg/block-tools/resize.svg') %></span>
 		    </div>