diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
index 266a946..83bc694 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import writer2latex.util.Misc;
 
 public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
     // Implement configuration methods
-    protected int getOptionCount() { return 63; }
+    protected int getOptionCount() { return 64; }
     protected String getDefaultConfigPath() { return "/writer2latex/xhtml/config/"; }
 	
     // Override setOption: To be backwards compatible, we must accept options
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
     private static final int PAGE_TAGS = 60;
     private static final int MIN_LETTER_SPACING = 61;
     private static final int PAGE_BREAK_STYLE = 62;
+    private static final int ALIGN_SPLITS_TO_PAGES = 63;
 
     protected ComplexOption xheading = addComplexOption("heading-map");
     protected ComplexOption xpar = addComplexOption("paragraph-map");
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
         options[MIN_LETTER_SPACING] = new Option("min_letter_spacing","0.15");
         options[PAGE_BREAK_STYLE] = new Option("page_break_style","");
         options[CSS_INLINE] = new BooleanOption("css_inline","true");
+        options[ALIGN_SPLITS_TO_PAGES] = new BooleanOption("align_splits_to_pages","false");
 
 
     }
@@ -439,6 +441,8 @@ public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
     		return "none";
     	}
     	return options[HEADING_TAGS].getString(); }
+		public boolean getAlignSplitsToPages() { return ((BooleanOption) options[ALIGN_SPLITS_TO_PAGES]).getValue(); }
+
     public String getPageTags() { return options[PAGE_TAGS].getString(); }
     public String getMinLetterSpacing() { return ( options[MIN_LETTER_SPACING]).getString(); }
     public String getPageBreakStyle() { return ( options[PAGE_BREAK_STYLE]).getString(); }
diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/Separator.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/Separator.java
index e634b3a..60df5f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/Separator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/content/Separator.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class Separator {
 	private static final String SECTIONS = "sections";
 	private static final String DIV = "div";
 	private int splitLevel = 0;
-	private boolean alignSplitToPages = false;
+	private boolean alignSplitToPages;
 	private int lastSplitPageNum = 1;
 	private Integer pageNumber = null;
 	private String breakStyle = null;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class Separator {
 		headingSeparation = config.getHeadingTags();
 		pageSeparation = config.getPageTags();
 		splitLevel = config.getXhtmlSplitLevel();
-		alignSplitToPages = pageSeparation.equals(DIV) ? true : false;
+		alignSplitToPages = config.getAlignSplitsToPages();
 		breakStyle = config.getPageBreakStyle();
 		pageContainer = converter.pageContainer;
 	}