diff --git a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
index 6775d5fc53..7fa71bab38 100644
--- a/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/datavcmn.cpp
@@ -1002,12 +1002,17 @@ wxDataViewCustomRendererBase::RenderText(const wxString& text,
     if ( !GetOwner()->GetOwner()->IsEnabled() )
         flags |= wxCONTROL_DISABLED;
 
+    // Notice that we intentionally don't use any alignment here: it is not
+    // necessary because the cell rectangle had been already adjusted to
+    // account for the alignment in WXCallRender() and using the alignment here
+    // results in problems with ellipsization when using native MSW renderer,
+    // see http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/17363, so just don't do it.
     wxRendererNative::Get().DrawItemText(
         GetOwner()->GetOwner(),
         *dc,
         text,
         rectText,
-        GetEffectiveAlignment(),
+        wxALIGN_NOT,
         flags,
         GetEllipsizeMode());
 }