diff --git a/package/src/components/Attachment/Gallery.tsx b/package/src/components/Attachment/Gallery.tsx
index ff41031538..41c4731020 100644
--- a/package/src/components/Attachment/Gallery.tsx
+++ b/package/src/components/Attachment/Gallery.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import { getUrlWithoutParams } from '../../utils/utils';
 export type GalleryPropsWithContext = Pick<ImageGalleryContextValue, 'imageGalleryStateStore'> &
   Pick<
     MessageContextValue,
+    | 'alignment'
     | 'images'
     | 'videos'
     | 'onLongPress'
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export type GalleryPropsWithContext = Pick<ImageGalleryContextValue, 'imageGalle
 const GalleryWithContext = (props: GalleryPropsWithContext) => {
   const {
     additionalPressableProps,
+    alignment,
     imageGalleryStateStore,
     ImageLoadingFailedIndicator,
     ImageLoadingIndicator,
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ const GalleryWithContext = (props: GalleryPropsWithContext) => {
         styles.container,
         {
           flexDirection: invertedDirections ? 'column' : 'row',
+          alignSelf: alignment === 'right' ? 'flex-end' : 'flex-start',
         },
         images.length !== 1
           ? { width: gridWidth, height: gridHeight }
@@ -439,18 +442,25 @@ const GalleryImageThumbnail = ({
 
 const areEqual = (prevProps: GalleryPropsWithContext, nextProps: GalleryPropsWithContext) => {
   const {
+    alignment: prevAlignment,
     images: prevImages,
     message: prevMessage,
     myMessageTheme: prevMyMessageTheme,
     videos: prevVideos,
   } = prevProps;
   const {
+    alignment: nextAlignment,
     images: nextImages,
     message: nextMessage,
     myMessageTheme: nextMyMessageTheme,
     videos: nextVideos,
   } = nextProps;
 
+  const alignmentEqual = prevAlignment === nextAlignment;
+  if (!alignmentEqual) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const messageEqual =
     prevMessage?.id === nextMessage?.id &&
     `${prevMessage?.updated_at}` === `${nextMessage?.updated_at}`;
@@ -498,6 +508,7 @@ export type GalleryProps = Partial<GalleryPropsWithContext>;
  */
 export const Gallery = (props: GalleryProps) => {
   const {
+    alignment: propAlignment,
     additionalPressableProps: propAdditionalPressableProps,
     ImageLoadingFailedIndicator: PropImageLoadingFailedIndicator,
     ImageLoadingIndicator: PropImageLoadingIndicator,
@@ -517,6 +528,7 @@ export const Gallery = (props: GalleryProps) => {
 
   const { imageGalleryStateStore } = useImageGalleryContext();
   const {
+    alignment: contextAlignment,
     images: contextImages,
     message: contextMessage,
     onLongPress: contextOnLongPress,
@@ -539,7 +551,7 @@ export const Gallery = (props: GalleryProps) => {
   const images = propImages || contextImages;
   const videos = propVideos || contextVideos;
   const message = propMessage || contextMessage;
-
+  const alignment = propAlignment || contextAlignment;
   if (!images.length && !videos.length) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -568,6 +580,7 @@ export const Gallery = (props: GalleryProps) => {
     <MemoizedGallery
       {...{
         additionalPressableProps,
+        alignment,
         channelId: message?.cid,
         imageGalleryStateStore,
         ImageLoadingFailedIndicator,
@@ -608,7 +621,6 @@ const useStyles = () => {
       },
       container: {
         flexDirection: 'row',
-        justifyContent: 'center',
         gap: primitives.spacingXxs,
       },
       imageContainer: {},
diff --git a/package/src/components/Attachment/GalleryImage.tsx b/package/src/components/Attachment/GalleryImage.tsx
index f8e252c98f..fa174b0831 100644
--- a/package/src/components/Attachment/GalleryImage.tsx
+++ b/package/src/components/Attachment/GalleryImage.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export type GalleryImageWithContextProps = GalleryImageProps &
   Pick<ChatContextValue, 'ImageComponent'>;
 
 export const GalleryImageWithContext = (props: GalleryImageWithContextProps) => {
-  const { ImageComponent = Image, uri, ...rest } = props;
+  const { ImageComponent = Image, uri, style, ...rest } = props;
 
   // Caching image components such as FastImage will not work with local images.
   // This for the case of local uris, we use the default Image component.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const GalleryImageWithContext = (props: GalleryImageWithContextProps) =>
       <ImageComponent
         {...rest}
         accessibilityLabel='Gallery Image'
-        style={[styles.image, rest.style]}
+        style={[styles.image, style]}
         source={{
           uri: makeImageCompatibleUrl(uri),
         }}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const GalleryImageWithContext = (props: GalleryImageWithContextProps) =>
     <Image
       {...rest}
       accessibilityLabel='Gallery Image'
-      style={[styles.image, rest.style]}
+      style={[styles.image, style]}
       source={{
         uri: makeImageCompatibleUrl(uri),
       }}
diff --git a/package/src/components/Attachment/utils/buildGallery/buildGalleryOfSingleImage.ts b/package/src/components/Attachment/utils/buildGallery/buildGalleryOfSingleImage.ts
index c6d5b40935..728bc9ad88 100644
--- a/package/src/components/Attachment/utils/buildGallery/buildGalleryOfSingleImage.ts
+++ b/package/src/components/Attachment/utils/buildGallery/buildGalleryOfSingleImage.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export function buildGalleryOfSingleImage({
     image,
     resizableCDNHosts,
     flex: 1,
+    resizeMode: 'cover',
     ...container,
   });
 
diff --git a/package/src/components/Message/MessageSimple/MessageContent.tsx b/package/src/components/Message/MessageSimple/MessageContent.tsx
index 0b78302170..caf378e4cf 100644
--- a/package/src/components/Message/MessageSimple/MessageContent.tsx
+++ b/package/src/components/Message/MessageSimple/MessageContent.tsx
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ const MessageContentWithContext = (props: MessageContentPropsWithContext) => {
                   return (
                     <View
                       key={`gallery_${messageContentOrderIndex}`}
-                      style={[styles.galleryContainer]}
+                      style={styles.galleryContainer}
                     >
                       <Gallery />
                     </View>