diff --git a/src/GL.cc b/src/GL.cc
index 37b39fe..d913816 100644
--- a/src/GL.cc
+++ b/src/GL.cc
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static VALUE GL_draw_text(VALUE klass,
                           VALUE r, VALUE g, VALUE b, VALUE a)
 {
     int x_int = FIX2INT(x);
+    int y_int = FIX2INT(y) + FIX2INT(rb_iv_get(font, "@baseline_offset"));
     glUseProgram(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->id);
     glUniform1i(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->uniforms[UNIFORM_TEXTURE], 0);
     glUniform4f(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->uniforms[UNIFORM_COLOR],
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ static VALUE GL_draw_text(VALUE klass,
     int advance = FIX2INT(rb_iv_get(font, "@advance"));
     for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
     {
-        glUniform2i(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->uniforms[UNIFORM_POSITION], x_int, FIX2INT(y));
+        glUniform2i(programs[PROGRAM_TEXT]->uniforms[UNIFORM_POSITION], x_int, y_int);
         Font_RenderGlyph(font, string_ptr[i]);
         x_int += advance;
     }