diff --git a/src/plugins/verticalAlign.js b/src/plugins/verticalAlign.js
index 3adae6a08..195aa7d2c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/verticalAlign.js
+++ b/src/plugins/verticalAlign.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-export default function({ variants }) {
-  return function({ addUtilities }) {
+export default function() {
+  return function({ addUtilities, config }) {
     addUtilities(
       {
         '.align-baseline': { 'vertical-align': 'baseline' },
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default function({ variants }) {
         '.align-text-top': { 'vertical-align': 'text-top' },
         '.align-text-bottom': { 'vertical-align': 'text-bottom' },
       },
-      variants
+      config('variants.verticalAlign')
     )
   }
 }