diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a724275c..1e11eaec6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## main
 
 ### ✨ Features and improvements
+- Add `vertical-align` option to `format` expression ([#832](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-style-spec/issues/832))
 - _...Add new stuff here..._
 
 ### 🐞 Bug fixes
diff --git a/src/expression/definitions/format.ts b/src/expression/definitions/format.ts
index 1d340c0ad..038813fb2 100644
--- a/src/expression/definitions/format.ts
+++ b/src/expression/definitions/format.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
     ColorType,
     ResolvedImageType,
 } from '../types';
-import {Formatted, FormattedSection} from '../types/formatted';
+import {Formatted, FormattedSection, VERTICAL_ALIGN_OPTIONS, VerticalAlign} from '../types/formatted';
 import {valueToString, typeOf} from '../values';
 
 import type {Expression} from '../expression';
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type FormattedSectionExpression = {
     scale: Expression | null;
     font: Expression | null;
     textColor: Expression | null;
+    verticalAlign: Expression | null;
 };
 
 export class FormatExpression implements Expression {
@@ -69,10 +70,21 @@ export class FormatExpression implements Expression {
                     if (!textColor) return null;
                 }
 
+                let verticalAlign = null;
+                if (arg['vertical-align']) {
+                    if (typeof arg['vertical-align'] === 'string' && !VERTICAL_ALIGN_OPTIONS.includes(arg['vertical-align'] as VerticalAlign)) {
+                        return context.error(`'vertical-align' must be one of: 'bottom', 'center', 'top' but found '${arg['vertical-align']}' instead.`) as null;
+                    }
+
+                    verticalAlign = context.parse(arg['vertical-align'], 1, StringType);
+                    if (!verticalAlign) return null;
+                }
+
                 const lastExpression = sections[sections.length - 1];
                 lastExpression.scale = scale;
                 lastExpression.font = font;
                 lastExpression.textColor = textColor;
+                lastExpression.verticalAlign = verticalAlign;
             } else {
                 const content = context.parse(args[i], 1, ValueType);
                 if (!content) return null;
@@ -82,7 +94,7 @@ export class FormatExpression implements Expression {
                     return context.error('Formatted text type must be \'string\', \'value\', \'image\' or \'null\'.') as null;
 
                 nextTokenMayBeObject = true;
-                sections.push({content, scale: null, font: null, textColor: null});
+                sections.push({content, scale: null, font: null, textColor: null, verticalAlign: null});
             }
         }
 
@@ -93,7 +105,14 @@ export class FormatExpression implements Expression {
         const evaluateSection = section => {
             const evaluatedContent = section.content.evaluate(ctx);
             if (typeOf(evaluatedContent) === ResolvedImageType) {
-                return new FormattedSection('', evaluatedContent, null, null, null);
+                return new FormattedSection(
+                    '',
+                    evaluatedContent,
+                    null,
+                    null,
+                    null,
+                    section.verticalAlign ? section.verticalAlign.evaluate(ctx) : null
+                );
             }
 
             return new FormattedSection(
@@ -101,7 +120,8 @@ export class FormatExpression implements Expression {
                 null,
                 section.scale ? section.scale.evaluate(ctx) : null,
                 section.font ? section.font.evaluate(ctx).join(',') : null,
-                section.textColor ? section.textColor.evaluate(ctx) : null
+                section.textColor ? section.textColor.evaluate(ctx) : null,
+                section.verticalAlign ? section.verticalAlign.evaluate(ctx) : null
             );
         };
 
@@ -120,6 +140,9 @@ export class FormatExpression implements Expression {
             if (section.textColor) {
                 fn(section.textColor);
             }
+            if (section.verticalAlign) {
+                fn(section.verticalAlign);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/expression/types/formatted.ts b/src/expression/types/formatted.ts
index 0c5c283c8..81780b004 100644
--- a/src/expression/types/formatted.ts
+++ b/src/expression/types/formatted.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 import type {Color} from '../../expression/types/color';
 import type {ResolvedImage} from '../types/resolved_image';
 
+export const VERTICAL_ALIGN_OPTIONS = ['bottom', 'center', 'top'] as const;
+export type VerticalAlign = typeof VERTICAL_ALIGN_OPTIONS[number];
+
 export class FormattedSection {
     text: string;
     image: ResolvedImage | null;
     scale: number | null;
     fontStack: string | null;
     textColor: Color | null;
+    verticalAlign: VerticalAlign | null;
 
-    constructor(text: string, image: ResolvedImage | null, scale: number | null, fontStack: string | null, textColor: Color | null) {
+    constructor(text: string, image: ResolvedImage | null, scale: number | null, fontStack: string | null, textColor: Color | null, verticalAlign: VerticalAlign | null) {
         this.text = text;
         this.image = image;
         this.scale = scale;
         this.fontStack = fontStack;
         this.textColor = textColor;
+        this.verticalAlign = verticalAlign;
     }
 }
 
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ export class Formatted {
     }
 
     static fromString(unformatted: string): Formatted {
-        return new Formatted([new FormattedSection(unformatted, null, null, null, null)]);
+        return new Formatted([new FormattedSection(unformatted, null, null, null, null, null)]);
     }
 
     isEmpty(): boolean {
diff --git a/src/reference/v8.json b/src/reference/v8.json
index c3f11a169..d4ad8ce8e 100644
--- a/src/reference/v8.json
+++ b/src/reference/v8.json
@@ -3226,13 +3226,13 @@
         }
       },
       "format": {
-        "doc": "Returns a `formatted` string for displaying mixed-format text in the `text-field` property. The input may contain a string literal or expression, including an [`'image'`](#image) expression. Strings may be followed by a style override object that supports the following properties:\n\n- `\"text-font\"`: Overrides the font stack specified by the root layout property.\n\n- `\"text-color\"`: Overrides the color specified by the root paint property.\n\n- `\"font-scale\"`: Applies a scaling factor on `text-size` as specified by the root layout property.\n\n - [Change the case of labels](https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/examples/change-case-of-labels/)\n\n - [Display and style rich text labels](https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/examples/display-and-style-rich-text-labels/)",
+        "doc": "Returns a `formatted` string for displaying mixed-format text in the `text-field` property. The input may contain a string literal or expression, including an [`'image'`](#image) expression. Strings may be followed by a style override object that supports the following properties:\n\n- `\"text-font\"`: Overrides the font stack specified by the root layout property.\n\n- `\"text-color\"`: Overrides the color specified by the root paint property.\n\n- `\"font-scale\"`: Applies a scaling factor on `text-size` as specified by the root layout property.\n\n- `\"vertical-align\"`: Aligns vertically text section or image in relation to the row it belongs to. Possible values are: \n\t- `\"bottom\"` *default*: align the bottom of this section with the bottom of other sections.\n<img alt=\"Visual representation of bottom alignment\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0474a2fd-a4b2-417c-9187-7a13a28695bc\"/>\n\t- `\"center\"`: align the center of this section with the center of other sections.\n<img alt=\"Visual representation of center alignment\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/92237455-be6d-4c5d-b8f6-8127effc1950\"/>\n\t- `\"top\"`: align the top of this section with the top of other sections.\n<img alt=\"Visual representation of top alignment\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/45dccb28-d977-4abb-a006-4ea9792b7c53\"/>\n\t- Refer to [the design proposal](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-style-spec/issues/832) for more details.\n\n - [Change the case of labels](https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/examples/change-case-of-labels/)\n\n - [Display and style rich text labels](https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/examples/display-and-style-rich-text-labels/)",
         "example": {
           "syntax": {
-            "method": ["value", "{ \"text-font\": string, \"text-color\": color, \"font-scale\": number }", "..."],
+            "method": ["value", "{ \"text-font\": string, \"text-color\": color, \"font-scale\": number, \"vertical-align\": \"bottom\" | \"center\" | \"top\" }", "..."],
             "result": "formatted"
           },
-          "value": ["format", ["upcase", ["get", "FacilityName"]], {"font-scale": 0.8}, "\n\n", {}, ["downcase", ["get", "Comments"]], {"font-scale": 0.6}]
+          "value": ["format", ["upcase", ["get", "FacilityName"]], {"font-scale": 0.8}, "\n\n", {}, ["downcase", ["get", "Comments"]], {"font-scale": 0.6, "vertical-align": "center"}]
         },
         "group": "Types",
         "sdk-support": {
@@ -3256,6 +3256,11 @@
             "android": "7.3.0",
             "ios": "4.10.0"
           },
+          "vertical-align": {
+            "js": "https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-js/issues/5043",
+            "android": "https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/issues/3055",
+            "ios": "https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native/issues/3055"
+          },
           "image": {
             "js": "1.6.0",
             "android": "8.6.0",
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/basic/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/basic/test.json
index 203bcd228..4b133bace 100644
--- a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/basic/test.json
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/basic/test.json
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
     "d",
     {
       "text-color": "rgb(0, 255, 0)"
+    },
+    "e",
+    {
+      "vertical-align": "center"
     }
   ],
   "inputs": [
@@ -43,21 +47,24 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           },
           {
             "text": "b",
             "image": null,
             "scale": 2,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           },
           {
             "text": "c",
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": "a,b",
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           },
           {
             "text": "d",
@@ -69,7 +76,16 @@
               "g": 1,
               "b": 0,
               "a": 1
-            }
+            },
+            "verticalAlign": null
+          },
+          {
+            "text": "e",
+            "image": null,
+            "scale": null,
+            "fontStack": null,
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": "center"
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/coercion/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/coercion/test.json
index 1e4851022..712638454 100644
--- a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/coercion/test.json
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/coercion/test.json
@@ -44,21 +44,24 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           },
           {
             "text": "1",
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           },
           {
             "text": "true",
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/data-driven-font/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/data-driven-font/test.json
index 25f380e1f..333441d21 100644
--- a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/data-driven-font/test.json
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/data-driven-font/test.json
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": 1.5,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": 0.5,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/data-driven-vertical-align/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/data-driven-vertical-align/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3f8516e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/data-driven-vertical-align/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  "expression": [
+    "format",
+    "a",
+    {
+      "vertical-align": [
+        "get",
+        "vertical-align"
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "inputs": [
+    [
+      {},
+      {
+        "properties": {
+          "vertical-align": "center"
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {},
+      {
+        "properties": {
+          "vertical-align": "top"
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  ],
+  "expected": {
+    "compiled": {
+      "result": "success",
+      "isFeatureConstant": false,
+      "isZoomConstant": true,
+      "type": "formatted"
+    },
+    "outputs": [
+      {
+        "sections": [
+          {
+            "text": "a",
+            "image": null,
+            "scale": null,
+            "fontStack": null,
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": "center"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "sections": [
+          {
+            "text": "a",
+            "image": null,
+            "scale": null,
+            "fontStack": null,
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": "top"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/image-sections/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/image-sections/test.json
index 7bb844352..c769c5dd0 100644
--- a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/image-sections/test.json
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/image-sections/test.json
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
     [
       "image",
       "beach-11"
-    ]
+    ],
+    {
+      "vertical-align": "center"
+    }
   ],
   "inputs": [
     [
@@ -38,7 +41,8 @@
             },
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           },
           {
             "text": "",
@@ -48,7 +52,8 @@
             },
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": "center"
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit-coerce/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit-coerce/test.json
index d365f6ed8..4433dc0d6 100644
--- a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit-coerce/test.json
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit-coerce/test.json
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -78,7 +80,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit-omit/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit-omit/test.json
index 1d253a3e6..6c094c603 100644
--- a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit-omit/test.json
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit-omit/test.json
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit/test.json
index 93fe5924b..97d824d2c 100644
--- a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit/test.json
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/implicit/test.json
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -75,7 +77,8 @@
             "image": null,
             "scale": null,
             "fontStack": null,
-            "textColor": null
+            "textColor": null,
+            "verticalAlign": null
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/test/integration/expression/tests/format/unknown-vertical-align/test.json b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/unknown-vertical-align/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2d1cc0d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/expression/tests/format/unknown-vertical-align/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "expression": [
+    "format",
+    "a",
+    {
+      "vertical-align": "unknown"
+    }
+  ],
+  "expected": {
+    "compiled": {
+      "result": "error",
+      "errors": [
+        {
+          "key": "",
+          "error": "'vertical-align' must be one of: 'bottom', 'center', 'top' but found 'unknown' instead."
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file