diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
index 8536a3e84e..2d55dc46bb 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
@@ -598,6 +598,36 @@ describe("Paragraph", () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it("should add a style to the list paragraph when provided", () => {
+            const paragraph = new Paragraph({
+                numbering: {
+                    reference: "test id",
+                    level: 0,
+                },
+                style: "myFancyStyle",
+            });
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(paragraph);
+            expect(tree).to.have.property("w:p").which.is.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+            expect(tree["w:p"][0]).to.have.property("w:pPr").which.is.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+            expect(tree["w:p"][0]["w:pPr"][0]).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:pStyle": { _attr: { "w:val": "myFancyStyle" } },
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("should not add ListParagraph style to a list when using custom numbering", () => {
+            const paragraph = new Paragraph({
+                numbering: {
+                    reference: "test id",
+                    level: 0,
+                    custom: true,
+                },
+            });
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(paragraph);
+            expect(tree).to.have.property("w:p").which.is.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+            expect(tree["w:p"][0]).to.have.property("w:pPr").which.is.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+            expect(tree["w:p"][0]["w:pPr"][0]).to.not.have.property("w:pStyle");
+        });
+
         it("it should add numbered properties", () => {
             const paragraph = new Paragraph({
                 numbering: {
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
index b12bfedd8e..2f08ce48d7 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ export class ParagraphProperties extends IgnoreIfEmptyXmlComponent {
         }
 
         if (options.numbering) {
-            if (!options.numbering.custom) {
-                this.push(new Style("ListParagraph"));
+            if (!options.style && !options.heading) {
+                if (!options.numbering.custom) {
+                    this.push(new Style("ListParagraph"));
+                }
             }
             this.push(new NumberProperties(options.numbering.reference, options.numbering.level));
         }