diff --git a/src/VectorEncoder.ts b/src/VectorEncoder.ts
index 57df0a5..eefed95 100644
--- a/src/VectorEncoder.ts
+++ b/src/VectorEncoder.ts
@@ -523,7 +523,8 @@ export default class VectorEncoder {
         label: textStyle.getText(),
         fontFamily: textStyle.getFont() ? textStyle.getFont() : 'sans-serif',
         labelXOffset: textStyle.getOffsetX(),
-        labelYOffset: textStyle.getOffsetY(),
+        // OL and MFP behaves differently on the Y offset
+        labelYOffset: -textStyle.getOffsetY(),
         labelAlign: 'cm',
       } as MFPSymbolizerText;
       const fillStyle = textStyle.getFill();
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 78fa666..c13cbd4 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const styleFn = (feature) => {
     text: new Text({
       text: feature.get('name'),
       font: '12px sans-serif',
-      offsetY: 12,
+      offsetY: -12,
     }),
     image: new Circle({
       fill,