diff --git a/ts/docx/paragraph/index.ts b/ts/docx/paragraph/index.ts
index c2b3c5ef37..b2fe66db93 100644
--- a/ts/docx/paragraph/index.ts
+++ b/ts/docx/paragraph/index.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ export class Paragraph extends XmlComponent {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public createRun(text: string): TextRun {
+        const run = new TextRun(text);
+        this.addText(run);
+        return run;
+    }
+
     public heading1(): Paragraph {
         this.properties.push(new Style("Heading1"));
         return this;
diff --git a/ts/tests/docx/paragraph/paragraphTests.ts b/ts/tests/docx/paragraph/paragraphTests.ts
index 4866246361..b58819dbb7 100644
--- a/ts/tests/docx/paragraph/paragraphTests.ts
+++ b/ts/tests/docx/paragraph/paragraphTests.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ describe("Paragraph", () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe("#createRun", () => {
+        it("should add a new run to the paragraph and return it", () => {
+            const run = paragraph.createRun("this is a test run");
+            expect(run).to.be.instanceof(docx.TextRun);
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(paragraph)["w:p"];
+            expect(tree).to.be.an("array").which.includes({
+                "w:r": [
+                    {"w:rPr": []},
+                    {"w:t": ["this is a test run"]},
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
     describe("#heading1()", () => {
         it("should add heading style to JSON", () => {
             paragraph.heading1();