diff --git a/spec/row-chart-spec.js b/spec/row-chart-spec.js
index 687e99082..e2f538a4d 100644
--- a/spec/row-chart-spec.js
+++ b/spec/row-chart-spec.js
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ describe('dc.rowChart', function () {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('with renderTitleLabel', function () {
+        beforeEach(function () {
+            chart.group(positiveGroupHolder.group);
+            chart.x(d3.scale.linear());
+            chart.title(function () {
+                return 'test title';
+            });
+            chart.renderTitleLabel(true);
+            chart.render();
+        });
+
+        it('should render title label centered', function () {
+            expect(chart.select('g.row .titlerow').attr('dy')).toBeDefined();
+        });
+    });
+
     function itShouldBehaveLikeARowChartWithGroup (groupHolder, N) {
         describe('for ' + groupHolder.groupType + ' data', function () {
             beforeEach(function () {
@@ -344,4 +360,3 @@ describe('dc.rowChart', function () {
     itShouldBehaveLikeARowChartWithGroup(mixedGroupHolder, 5);
     itShouldBehaveLikeARowChartWithGroup(largerGroupHolder, 7);
 });
-
diff --git a/src/row-chart.js b/src/row-chart.js
index 699338e43..a70605f16 100644
--- a/src/row-chart.js
+++ b/src/row-chart.js
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ dc.rowChart = function (parent, chartGroup) {
             var titlelab = rows.select('.' + _titleRowCssClass)
                     .attr('x', _chart.effectiveWidth() - _titleLabelOffsetX)
                     .attr('y', _labelOffsetY)
+                    .attr('dy', _dyOffset)
                     .attr('text-anchor', 'end')
                     .on('click', onClick)
                     .attr('class', function (d, i) {