diff --git a/demo/26-paragraph-borders.ts b/demo/26-paragraph-borders.ts
index 788bbfafcf..6b81954456 100644
--- a/demo/26-paragraph-borders.ts
+++ b/demo/26-paragraph-borders.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Creates two paragraphs, one with a border and one without
 // Import from 'docx' rather than '../build' if you install from npm
 import * as fs from "fs";
-import { BorderStyle, Document, Packer, Paragraph } from "../build";
+import { BorderStyle, Document, Packer, Paragraph, TextRun } from "../build";
 
 const doc = new Document({
     sections: [
@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ const doc = new Document({
                         },
                     },
                 }),
+                new Paragraph({
+                    children: [
+                        new TextRun({
+                            text: "This will ",
+                        }),
+                        new TextRun({
+                            text: "have a border.",
+                            border: {
+                                color: "auto",
+                                space: 1,
+                                style: BorderStyle.SINGLE,
+                                size: 6,
+                            },
+                        }),
+                        new TextRun({
+                            text: " This will not.",
+                        }),
+                    ],
+                }),
             ],
         },
     ],
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/run/properties.ts b/src/file/paragraph/run/properties.ts
index 7b5d2418cd..29e67479a8 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/run/properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/run/properties.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ChangeAttributes, IChangedAttributesProperties } from "../../track-revision/track-revision";
 
+import { BorderElement, IBorderOptions } from "file/border";
 import { IShadingAttributesProperties, Shading } from "file/shading";
 import { HpsMeasureElement, IgnoreIfEmptyXmlComponent, OnOffElement, StringValueElement, XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 import { EmphasisMark, EmphasisMarkType } from "./emphasis-mark";
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export interface IRunStylePropertiesOptions {
     readonly emboss?: boolean;
     readonly imprint?: boolean;
     readonly revision?: IRunPropertiesChangeOptions;
+    readonly border?: IBorderOptions;
 }
 
 export interface IRunPropertiesOptions extends IRunStylePropertiesOptions {
@@ -209,6 +211,10 @@ export class RunProperties extends IgnoreIfEmptyXmlComponent {
         if (options.revision) {
             this.push(new RunPropertiesChange(options.revision));
         }
+
+        if (options.border) {
+            this.push(new BorderElement("w:bdr", options.border));
+        }
     }
 
     public push(item: XmlComponent): void {
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/run/run.spec.ts b/src/file/paragraph/run/run.spec.ts
index 3e67e88793..09af5a524d 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/run/run.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/run/run.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { Formatter } from "export/formatter";
+import { BorderStyle } from "file/border";
 // import { FootnoteReferenceRun } from "file/footnotes/footnote/run/reference-run";
 import { ShadingType } from "file/shading";
 
@@ -488,4 +489,36 @@ describe("Run", () => {
             });
         });
     });
+
+    describe("#border", () => {
+        it("should correctly set the border", () => {
+            const run = new Run({
+                border: {
+                    color: "auto",
+                    space: 1,
+                    style: BorderStyle.SINGLE,
+                    size: 6,
+                },
+            });
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(run);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:r": [
+                    {
+                        "w:rPr": [
+                            {
+                                "w:bdr": {
+                                    _attr: {
+                                        "w:color": "auto",
+                                        "w:space": 1,
+                                        "w:sz": 6,
+                                        "w:val": "single",
+                                    },
+                                },
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });