diff --git a/sites/all/modules/contrib/views_nivo_slider/views_nivo_slider.module b/sites/all/modules/contrib/views_nivo_slider/views_nivo_slider.module
index 567656a..867e17c 100755
--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/views_nivo_slider/views_nivo_slider.module
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/views_nivo_slider/views_nivo_slider.module
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_nivo_slider_view_nivo_sliderfields(&$vars) {
       //$image_url = $field_output;
       $field_image_name = "field_{$options['image_field']}";
       $image_url = $field_output = $row->{$field_image_name}[0]['raw']['uri'];
+      $image_alt = check_plain($row->{$field_image_name}[0]['raw']['alt']);
       break;
 
     case $options['title_field']:
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_nivo_slider_view_nivo_sliderfields(&$vars) {
     'path' => $image_url,
     'title' => $title_id,
     'attributes' => $attributes,
+    'alt' => $image_alt,
   );
 
   $img = theme('image_style', $params);