diff --git a/ts/docx/table/index.ts b/ts/docx/table/index.ts
index 995fd2224b..ec9d2dcfe0 100644
--- a/ts/docx/table/index.ts
+++ b/ts/docx/table/index.ts
@@ -86,17 +86,28 @@ class TableRowProperties extends XmlComponent {
 }
 
 class TableCell extends XmlComponent {
-    public content: Paragraph;
     private properties: TableCellProperties;
 
     constructor() {
         super("w:tc");
         this.properties = new TableCellProperties();
         this.root.push(this.properties);
-        // Table cells can have any block-level content, but for now
-        // we only allow a single paragraph:
-        this.content = new Paragraph();
-        this.root.push(this.content);
+    }
+
+    public push(content: Paragraph | Table): TableCell {
+        this.root.push(content);
+        return this
+    }
+
+    public prepForXml(): object {
+        // Cells must end with a paragraph
+        const retval = super.prepForXml();
+        const content = retval["w:tc"];
+        if (!content[content.length - 1]["w:p"]) {
+            content.push(new Paragraph().prepForXml());
+        }
+        return retval
+    }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ts/tests/docx/table/testTable.ts b/ts/tests/docx/table/testTable.ts
index aa108cf396..1c1eb0aba6 100644
--- a/ts/tests/docx/table/testTable.ts
+++ b/ts/tests/docx/table/testTable.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from "chai";
+import { Paragraph } from "../../../docx/paragraph";
 import { Table } from "../../../docx/table";
 import { Formatter } from "../../../export/formatter";
 
@@ -26,10 +27,10 @@ describe("Table", () => {
     describe("#getRow and Row#getCell", () => {
         it("returns the correct row", () => {
             const table = new Table(2, 2);
-            table.getRow(0).getCell(0).content.createTextRun("A1");
-            table.getRow(0).getCell(1).content.createTextRun("B1");
-            table.getRow(1).getCell(0).content.createTextRun("A2");
-            table.getRow(1).getCell(1).content.createTextRun("B2");
+            table.getRow(0).getCell(0).push(new Paragraph("A1"));
+            table.getRow(0).getCell(1).push(new Paragraph("B1"));
+            table.getRow(1).getCell(0).push(new Paragraph("A2"));
+            table.getRow(1).getCell(1).push(new Paragraph("B2"));
             const tree = new Formatter().format(table);
             const cell = (c) => ({"w:tc": [
                 {"w:tcPr": []},
@@ -55,10 +56,10 @@ describe("Table", () => {
     describe("#getCell", () => {
         it("returns the correct cell", () => {
             const table = new Table(2, 2);
-            table.getCell(0, 0).content.createTextRun("A1");
-            table.getCell(0, 1).content.createTextRun("B1");
-            table.getCell(1, 0).content.createTextRun("A2");
-            table.getCell(1, 1).content.createTextRun("B2");
+            table.getCell(0, 0).push(new Paragraph("A1"));
+            table.getCell(0, 1).push(new Paragraph("B1"));
+            table.getCell(1, 0).push(new Paragraph("A2"));
+            table.getCell(1, 1).push(new Paragraph("B2"));
             const tree = new Formatter().format(table);
             const cell = (c) => ({"w:tc": [
                 {"w:tcPr": []},
@@ -106,4 +107,57 @@ describe("Table", () => {
             });
         });
     });
+
+    describe("Cell", () => {
+        describe("#prepForXml", () => {
+            it("inserts a paragraph at the end of the cell if it is empty", () => {
+                const table = new Table(1, 1);
+                const tree = new Formatter().format(table);
+                expect(tree).to.have.property("w:tbl").which.is.an("array");
+                const row = tree["w:tbl"].find((x) => x["w:tr"]);
+                expect(row).not.to.be.undefined;
+                expect(row["w:tr"]).to.be.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+                expect(row["w:tr"].find((x) => x["w:tc"])).to.deep.equal({
+                    "w:tc": [
+                        {"w:tcPr": []},
+                        {"w:p": [{"w:pPr": []}]},
+                    ],
+                });
+            });
+
+            it("inserts a paragraph at the end of the cell even if it has a child table", () => {
+                const parentTable = new Table(1, 1);
+                parentTable.getCell(0, 0).push(new Table(1, 1));
+                const tree = new Formatter().format(parentTable);
+                expect(tree).to.have.property("w:tbl").which.is.an("array");
+                const row = tree["w:tbl"].find((x) => x["w:tr"]);
+                expect(row).not.to.be.undefined;
+                expect(row["w:tr"]).to.be.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+                const cell = row["w:tr"].find((x) => x["w:tc"]);
+                expect(cell).not.to.be.undefined;
+                expect(cell["w:tc"][cell["w:tc"].length - 1]).to.deep.equal({
+                    "w:p": [{"w:pPr": []}],
+                });
+            });
+
+            it("does not insert a paragraph if it already ends with one", () => {
+                const parentTable = new Table(1, 1);
+                parentTable.getCell(0, 0).push(new Paragraph("Hello"));
+                const tree = new Formatter().format(parentTable);
+                expect(tree).to.have.property("w:tbl").which.is.an("array");
+                const row = tree["w:tbl"].find((x) => x["w:tr"]);
+                expect(row).not.to.be.undefined;
+                expect(row["w:tr"]).to.be.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+                expect(row["w:tr"].find((x) => x["w:tc"])).to.deep.equal({
+                    "w:tc": [
+                        {"w:tcPr": []},
+                        {"w:p": [
+                            {"w:pPr": []},
+                            {"w:r": [{"w:rPr": []}, {"w:t": ["Hello"]}]},
+                        ]},
+                    ],
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });