diff --git a/scribble-lib/scribble/latex-render.rkt b/scribble-lib/scribble/latex-render.rkt
index 34d64c4cd3..2b1763936b 100644
--- a/scribble-lib/scribble/latex-render.rkt
+++ b/scribble-lib/scribble/latex-render.rkt
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
                                      ((box-mode-selector as-box-mode) a)))
                               (style-properties
                                (paragraph-style p)))
-                       "hbox")]
+                       (format "adjustbox{valign=~a}" as-box-mode))]
                      [(eq? sn 'author) "SAuthor"]
                      [(eq? sn 'pretitle) #f]
                      [(eq? sn 'wraps) #f]
diff --git a/scribble-lib/scribble/scribble-load.tex b/scribble-lib/scribble/scribble-load.tex
index ee07af012f..1fbb4902c1 100644
--- a/scribble-lib/scribble/scribble-load.tex
+++ b/scribble-lib/scribble/scribble-load.tex
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 \newcommand{\doHypersetup}{\hypersetup{bookmarks=true,bookmarksopen=true,bookmarksnumbered=true}}
 \newcommand{\packageTocstyle}{\IfFileExists{tocstyle.sty}{\usepackage{tocstyle}\usetocstyle{standard}}{}}
 \newcommand{\packageCJK}{\IfFileExists{CJK.sty}{\usepackage{CJK}}{}}
+\newcommand{\packageAdjustbox}{\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}}
diff --git a/scribble-lib/scribble/scribble.tex b/scribble-lib/scribble/scribble.tex
index 3b4baac2bf..b68e47f8c9 100644
--- a/scribble-lib/scribble/scribble.tex
+++ b/scribble-lib/scribble/scribble.tex
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 \doHypersetup
 \packageTocstyle
 \packageCJK
+\packageAdjustbox
 
 
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