diff --git a/demo/11-declaritive-styles-2.ts b/demo/11-declaritive-styles-2.ts
index 3881e2f258..1035faab45 100644
--- a/demo/11-declaritive-styles-2.ts
+++ b/demo/11-declaritive-styles-2.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
     TableRow,
     TabStopPosition,
     UnderlineType,
+    LevelFormat,
 } from "../build";
 
 const table = new Table({
@@ -51,6 +52,19 @@ const table = new Table({
 });
 
 const doc = new Document({
+    numbering:{
+        config:[{
+            reference: 'ref1',
+            levels: [
+            {
+                level: 0,
+                format: LevelFormat.DECIMAL,
+                text: '%1)',
+                start: 50,
+            }
+            ],
+        }]
+    },
     styles: {
         default: {
             heading1: {
@@ -155,6 +169,28 @@ const doc = new Document({
                     spacing: { line: 276, before: 20 * 72 * 0.1, after: 20 * 72 * 0.05 },
                 },
             },
+            {
+                id: "numberedPara",
+                name: "Numbered Para",
+                basedOn: "Normal",
+                next: "Normal",
+                quickFormat: true,
+                run: {
+                    font: "Calibri",
+                    size: 26,
+                    bold: true,
+                },
+                paragraph: {
+                    spacing: { line: 276, before: 20 * 72 * 0.1, after: 20 * 72 * 0.05 },
+                    rightTabStop: TabStopPosition.MAX,
+                    leftTabStop: 453.543307087,
+                    numbering : {
+                        reference: 'ref1',
+                        instance: 0,
+                        level: 0,
+                    }
+                },
+            },
         ],
     },
     sections: [
@@ -260,6 +296,14 @@ const doc = new Document({
                     text: "Test 2",
                     style: "normalPara2",
                 }),
+                new Paragraph({
+                    text: "Numbered paragraph that has numbering attached to custom styles",
+                    style: "numberedPara",
+                }),
+                new Paragraph({
+                    text: "Numbered para would show up in the styles pane at Word",
+                    style: "numberedPara",
+                }),
             ],
         },
     ],
diff --git a/src/export/packer/next-compiler.ts b/src/export/packer/next-compiler.ts
index 3311301a61..24cf9d3186 100644
--- a/src/export/packer/next-compiler.ts
+++ b/src/export/packer/next-compiler.ts
@@ -123,19 +123,23 @@ export class Compiler {
                 path: "word/document.xml",
             },
             Styles: {
-                data: xml(
-                    this.formatter.format(file.Styles, {
-                        viewWrapper: file.Document,
-                        file,
-                    }),
-                    {
-                        indent: prettify,
-                        declaration: {
-                            standalone: "yes",
-                            encoding: "UTF-8",
+                data: (() => {
+                    const xmlStyles = xml(
+                        this.formatter.format(file.Styles, {
+                            viewWrapper: file.Document,
+                            file,
+                        }),
+                        {
+                            indent: prettify,
+                            declaration: {
+                                standalone: "yes",
+                                encoding: "UTF-8",
+                            },
                         },
-                    },
-                ),
+                    );
+                    const referencedXmlStyles = this.numberingReplacer.replace(xmlStyles, file.Numbering.ConcreteNumbering);
+                    return referencedXmlStyles;
+                })(),
                 path: "word/styles.xml",
             },
             Properties: {
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
index bafac51776..6a2537f839 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ export interface IParagraphStylePropertiesOptions {
     readonly keepNext?: boolean;
     readonly keepLines?: boolean;
     readonly outlineLevel?: number;
+    readonly numbering?: {
+        readonly reference: string;
+        readonly level: number;
+        readonly instance?: number;
+        readonly custom?: boolean;
+    };
 }
 
 export interface IParagraphPropertiesOptions extends IParagraphStylePropertiesOptions {
@@ -40,12 +46,6 @@ export interface IParagraphPropertiesOptions extends IParagraphStylePropertiesOp
     readonly bullet?: {
         readonly level: number;
     };
-    readonly numbering?: {
-        readonly reference: string;
-        readonly level: number;
-        readonly instance?: number;
-        readonly custom?: boolean;
-    };
     readonly shading?: IShadingAttributesProperties;
     readonly widowControl?: boolean;
     readonly frame?: IFrameOptions;