diff --git a/sd/qa/unit/SdrPdfImportTest.cxx b/sd/qa/unit/SdrPdfImportTest.cxx
index da4298d5fe7c..14c88f88d7fa 100644
--- a/sd/qa/unit/SdrPdfImportTest.cxx
+++ b/sd/qa/unit/SdrPdfImportTest.cxx
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(SdrPdfImportTest, testImportSimpleText)
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(pImportedObject);
 
     // Check the object position
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(tools::Rectangle(Point(2011, 2102), Size(2106 + 1, 298 + 1)),
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(tools::Rectangle(Point(2011, 2018), Size(2107, 470)),
                          pImportedObject->GetLogicRect());
 
     // Object should be a text object containing one paragraph with
diff --git a/svx/source/svdraw/svdpdf.cxx b/svx/source/svdraw/svdpdf.cxx
index a6fcb118951f..bb41623618ab 100644
--- a/svx/source/svdraw/svdpdf.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/svdraw/svdpdf.cxx
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ ImpSdrPdfImport::ImpSdrPdfImport(SdrModel& rModel, SdrLayerID nLay, const tools:
     mpVD->SetLineColor();
     mpVD->SetFillColor();
     maOldLineColor.SetRed(mpVD->GetLineColor().GetRed() + 1);
+
+    // Get TextBounds relative to baseline
+    vcl::Font aFnt = mpVD->GetFont();
+    aFnt.SetAlignment(ALIGN_BASELINE);
+    mpVD->SetFont(aFnt);
+
     mpLineAttr = std::make_unique<SfxItemSet>(
         SfxItemSet::makeFixedSfxItemSet<XATTR_LINE_FIRST, XATTR_LINE_LAST>(rModel.GetItemPool()));
     mpFillAttr = std::make_unique<SfxItemSet>(
@@ -783,20 +789,20 @@ void ImpSdrPdfImport::InsertTextObject(const Point& rPos, const Size& rSize, con
 
     FontMetric aFontMetric(mpVD->GetFontMetric());
     vcl::Font aFont(mpVD->GetFont());
-    TextAlign eAlignment(aFont.GetAlignment());
+    assert(aFont.GetAlignment() == ALIGN_BASELINE);
 
-    // sal_Int32 nTextWidth = static_cast<sal_Int32>(mpVD->GetTextWidth(rStr) * mfScaleX);
-    sal_Int32 nTextHeight = static_cast<sal_Int32>(mpVD->GetTextHeight() * mfScaleY);
+    tools::Rectangle aOurRect;
+    (void)mpVD->GetTextBoundRect(aOurRect, rStr);
 
-    Point aPosition(basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(rPos.X() * mfScaleX + maOfs.X()),
-                    basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(rPos.Y() * mfScaleY + maOfs.Y()));
-    Size aSize(basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(rSize.Width() * mfScaleX),
-               basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(rSize.Height() * mfScaleY));
+    auto nDiff = aFontMetric.GetDescent() - aOurRect.Bottom();
+    Point aPos(rPos.X(), rPos.Y() + nDiff);
 
-    if (eAlignment == ALIGN_BASELINE)
-        aPosition.AdjustY(basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(aFontMetric.GetAscent() * -mfScaleY));
-    else if (eAlignment == ALIGN_BOTTOM)
-        aPosition.AdjustY(-nTextHeight);
+    Size aBoundsSize(rSize.Width(), -aFontMetric.GetLineHeight());
+
+    Point aPosition(basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(aPos.X() * mfScaleX + maOfs.X()),
+                    basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(aPos.Y() * mfScaleY + maOfs.Y()));
+    Size aSize(basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(aBoundsSize.Width() * mfScaleX),
+               basegfx::fround<tools::Long>(aBoundsSize.Height() * mfScaleY));
 
     tools::Rectangle aTextRect(aPosition, aSize);
     rtl::Reference<SdrRectObj> pText = new SdrRectObj(*mpModel, aTextRect, SdrObjKind::Text);