diff --git a/src/widget.cpp b/src/widget.cpp
index 5e02ed8317..1e50cdf6fd 100644
--- a/src/widget.cpp
+++ b/src/widget.cpp
@@ -533,16 +533,18 @@ void DrawCaption(const Rect &r, Colours colour, Owner owner, StringID str)
  */
 static inline void DrawButtonDropdown(const Rect &r, Colours colour, bool clicked_button, bool clicked_dropdown, StringID str)
 {
+	int text_offset = max(0, ((int)(r.bottom - r.top + 1) - FONT_HEIGHT_NORMAL) / 2); // Offset for rendering the text vertically centered
+
 	if (_current_text_dir == TD_LTR) {
 		DrawFrameRect(r.left, r.top, r.right - 12, r.bottom, colour, clicked_button ? FR_LOWERED : FR_NONE);
 		DrawFrameRect(r.right - 11, r.top, r.right, r.bottom, colour, clicked_dropdown ? FR_LOWERED : FR_NONE);
 		DrawString(r.right - (clicked_dropdown ? 10 : 11), r.right, r.top + (clicked_dropdown ? 2 : 1), DOWNARROW, TC_BLACK, SA_HOR_CENTER);
-		if (str != STR_NULL) DrawString(r.left + WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_LEFT + clicked_button, r.right - WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_RIGHT + clicked_button, r.top + WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_TOP + clicked_button, str, TC_BLACK);
+		if (str != STR_NULL) DrawString(r.left + WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_LEFT + clicked_button, r.right - WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_RIGHT + clicked_button, r.top + text_offset + clicked_button, str, TC_BLACK);
 	} else {
 		DrawFrameRect(r.left + 12, r.top, r.right, r.bottom, colour, clicked_button ? FR_LOWERED : FR_NONE);
 		DrawFrameRect(r.left, r.top, r.left + 11, r.bottom, colour, clicked_dropdown ? FR_LOWERED : FR_NONE);
 		DrawString(r.left + clicked_dropdown, r.left + 11, r.top + (clicked_dropdown ? 2 : 1), DOWNARROW, TC_BLACK, SA_HOR_CENTER);
-		if (str != STR_NULL) DrawString(r.left + WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_RIGHT + clicked_button, r.right - WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_LEFT + clicked_button, r.top + WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_TOP + clicked_button, str, TC_BLACK);
+		if (str != STR_NULL) DrawString(r.left + WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_RIGHT + clicked_button, r.right - WD_DROPDOWNTEXT_LEFT + clicked_button, r.top + text_offset + clicked_button, str, TC_BLACK);
 	}
 }