diff --git a/graf2d/graf/src/TMathText.cxx b/graf2d/graf/src/TMathText.cxx
index 3d636ebcde231be7897728af8cbdc0a381622632..25dc909f36d98c2155498415b8043662753ef100 100644
--- a/graf2d/graf/src/TMathText.cxx
+++ b/graf2d/graf/src/TMathText.cxx
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ void TMathText::PaintMathText(Double_t x, Double_t y, Double_t angle,
 
    if (newText.Length() == 0) return;
 
-   // Compatibility with TLatex
+   // Compatibility with TLatex and Latex
    newText.ReplaceAll("\\omicron","o");
    newText.ReplaceAll("\\Alpha","A");
    newText.ReplaceAll("\\Beta","B");
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ void TMathText::PaintMathText(Double_t x, Double_t y, Double_t angle,
    newText.ReplaceAll("\\Tau","T");
    newText.ReplaceAll("\\Chi","X");
    newText.ReplaceAll("\\varomega","\\varpi");
+   newText.ReplaceAll("\\mbox","\\hbox");
    if (newText.Contains("\\frac")) {
       Int_t len,i1,i2;
       TString str;