diff --git a/src/resources/filters/quarto-post/html.lua b/src/resources/filters/quarto-post/html.lua
index 0f36a8ed20..b0c2fb70d5 100644
--- a/src/resources/filters/quarto-post/html.lua
+++ b/src/resources/filters/quarto-post/html.lua
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ function render_html_fixups()
       -- CSS we use for FloatRefTargets
 
       local lst = quarto.utils.match(".cell-output-display/:child/{Para}/:child/{Image}")(div)
+      -- ideally, we'd do the lightbox processing after this fixup, but ordering matters,
+      -- so we need to check for a potential output of the lightbox filter here
+      if not lst or #lst == 0 then
+        lst = quarto.utils.match(".cell-output-display/:child/{Para}/:child/Link/:child/{Image}")(div)
+      end
       if not lst or #lst == 0 then
         return
       end
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2023/11/15/7516-b.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2023/11/15/7516-b.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9dbbc5af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2023/11/15/7516-b.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+format: 
+  html:
+    lightbox: true    
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureHtmlElements:
+        - 
+          - ".quarto-figure-left>figure>div"
+          - ".quarto-figure-center>figure>p"
+          - ".quarto-figure-right>figure>p"
+---
+
+```{r}
+#| fig-align: right
+library(ggplot2)
+ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = cyl, y = mpg)) +
+    geom_point()
+```
+
+
+```{r}
+#| fig-align: center
+library(ggplot2)
+ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = cyl, y = mpg)) +
+    geom_point()
+```
+
+
+```{r}
+#| label: fig-1
+#| fig-align: left
+#| fig-cap: Hello this works.
+library(ggplot2)
+ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = cyl, y = mpg)) +
+    geom_point()
+```
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