diff --git a/demo/31-tables.ts b/demo/31-tables.ts
index 7daec1506d..24fc6030f8 100644
--- a/demo/31-tables.ts
+++ b/demo/31-tables.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Example of how you would create a table and add data to it
 // Import from 'docx' rather than '../build' if you install from npm
 import * as fs from "fs";
-import { Document, HeadingLevel, Packer, Paragraph, Table, TableCell, TableRow, VerticalAlign } from "../build";
+import { Document, HeadingLevel, Packer, Paragraph, Table, TableCell, TableRow, VerticalAlign, TextDirection } from "../build";
 
 const doc = new Document();
 
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ const table = new Table({
                     children: [new Paragraph({}), new Paragraph({})],
                     verticalAlign: VerticalAlign.CENTER,
                 }),
+                new TableCell({
+                    children: [new Paragraph({ text: "bottom to top" }), new Paragraph({})],
+                    textDirection: TextDirection.BOTTOM_TO_TOP_LEFT_TO_RIGHT,
+                }),
+                new TableCell({
+                    children: [new Paragraph({ text: "top to bottom" }), new Paragraph({})],
+                    textDirection: TextDirection.TOP_TO_BOTTOM_RIGHT_TO_LEFT,
+                }),
             ],
         }),
         new TableRow({
@@ -38,6 +46,22 @@ const table = new Table({
                     ],
                     verticalAlign: VerticalAlign.CENTER,
                 }),
+                new TableCell({
+                    children: [
+                        new Paragraph({
+                            text: "Text above should be vertical from bottom to top",
+                        }),
+                    ],
+                    verticalAlign: VerticalAlign.CENTER,
+                }),
+                new TableCell({
+                    children: [
+                        new Paragraph({
+                            text: "Text above should be vertical from top to bottom",
+                        }),
+                    ],
+                    verticalAlign: VerticalAlign.CENTER,
+                }),
             ],
         }),
     ],
diff --git a/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell-components.ts b/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell-components.ts
index e16c2f6885..f3ebe570e9 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell-components.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell-components.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,31 @@ export class VAlign extends XmlComponent {
     }
 }
 
+export enum TextDirection {
+    BOTTOM_TO_TOP_LEFT_TO_RIGHT = "btLr",
+    LEFT_TO_RIGHT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM = "lrTb",
+    TOP_TO_BOTTOM_RIGHT_TO_LEFT = "tbRl",
+}
+
+class TDirectionAttributes extends XmlAttributeComponent<{ readonly val: TextDirection }> {
+    protected readonly xmlKeys = { val: "w:val" };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Text Direction within a table cell
+ */
+export class TDirection extends XmlComponent {
+    constructor(value: TextDirection) {
+        super("w:textDirection");
+
+        this.root.push(
+            new TDirectionAttributes({
+                val: value,
+            }),
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 export enum WidthType {
     /** Auto. */
     AUTO = "auto",
diff --git a/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell-properties.ts b/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell-properties.ts
index aed56aaeda..e248290294 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell-properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell-properties.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import {
     GridSpan,
     TableCellBorders,
     TableCellWidth,
+    TDirection,
+    TextDirection,
     VAlign,
     VerticalAlign,
     VerticalMerge,
@@ -61,4 +63,10 @@ export class TableCellProperties extends IgnoreIfEmptyXmlComponent {
 
         return this;
     }
+
+    public setTextDirection(type: TextDirection): TableCellProperties {
+        this.root.push(new TDirection(type));
+
+        return this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell.spec.ts b/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell.spec.ts
index a4c316f7ba..2ba34bc9d4 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { BorderStyle } from "file/styles";
 
 import { ShadingType } from "../shading";
 import { TableCell } from "./table-cell";
-import { TableCellBorders, TableCellWidth, VerticalAlign, VerticalMergeType, WidthType } from "./table-cell-components";
+import { TableCellBorders, TableCellWidth, TextDirection, VerticalAlign, VerticalMergeType, WidthType } from "./table-cell-components";
 
 describe("TableCellBorders", () => {
     describe("#prepForXml", () => {
@@ -271,6 +271,34 @@ describe("TableCell", () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it("should create with text direction", () => {
+            const cell = new TableCell({
+                children: [],
+                textDirection: TextDirection.BOTTOM_TO_TOP_LEFT_TO_RIGHT,
+            });
+
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(cell);
+
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:tc": [
+                    {
+                        "w:tcPr": [
+                            {
+                                "w:textDirection": {
+                                    _attr: {
+                                        "w:val": "btLr",
+                                    },
+                                },
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "w:p": {},
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+
         it("should create with vertical merge", () => {
             const cell = new TableCell({
                 children: [],
diff --git a/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell.ts b/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell.ts
index fe8f8b5868..c809c157ad 100644
--- a/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell.ts
+++ b/src/file/table/table-cell/table-cell.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import { File } from "../../file";
 import { ITableShadingAttributesProperties } from "../shading";
 import { Table } from "../table";
 import { ITableCellMarginOptions } from "./cell-margin/table-cell-margins";
-import { VerticalAlign, VerticalMergeType, WidthType } from "./table-cell-components";
+import { TextDirection, VerticalAlign, VerticalMergeType, WidthType } from "./table-cell-components";
 import { TableCellProperties } from "./table-cell-properties";
 
 export interface ITableCellOptions {
     readonly shading?: ITableShadingAttributesProperties;
     readonly margins?: ITableCellMarginOptions;
     readonly verticalAlign?: VerticalAlign;
+    readonly textDirection?: TextDirection;
     readonly verticalMerge?: VerticalMergeType;
     readonly width?: {
         readonly size: number | string;
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ export class TableCell extends XmlComponent {
             this.properties.setVerticalAlign(options.verticalAlign);
         }
 
+        if (options.textDirection) {
+            this.properties.setTextDirection(options.textDirection);
+        }
+
         if (options.verticalMerge) {
             this.properties.addVerticalMerge(options.verticalMerge);
         }