diff --git a/format-master.xml b/format-master.xml
index a685767..56e9320 100755
--- a/format-master.xml
+++ b/format-master.xml
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@
 	<!-- Figures & tables (in the LaTeX sense, i.e., "floating" items). -->
 	<template name="figure" match="figure">
 		<latex>
-			\begin{figure}
+			\begin{figure}<xsl:if test="@latex-placement">[<xsl:value-of select="@latex-placement"/>]</xsl:if>
 				\centering
 				<xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::caption)]"/>
 				<xsl:if test="count(caption) != 0">
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@
 	
 	<template name="table" match="table">
 		<latex>
-			\begin{table}
+			\begin{table}<xsl:if test="@latex-placement">[<xsl:value-of select="@latex-placement"/>]</xsl:if>
 				\centering
 				<xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::caption)]"/>
 				<xsl:if test="count(caption) != 0">