diff --git a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFDocument.cs b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFDocument.cs
index 48d6794df..e5102d8bf 100644
--- a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFDocument.cs
+++ b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFDocument.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace NPOI.XWPF.UserModel
     using System.Xml.Serialization;
     using System.Diagnostics;
     using NPOI.OOXML.XWPF.Util;
+    using System.Linq;
 
     /**
      * <p>High(ish) level class for working with .docx files.</p>
@@ -217,6 +218,11 @@ private void InitHyperlinks()
             {
                 throw new POIXMLException(e);
             }
+            hyperlinks.AddRange(footers.SelectMany(footer => footer.GetHyperlinks()));
+            if (footnotes != null)
+            {
+                hyperlinks.AddRange(footnotes.GetHyperlinks());
+            }
         }
 
         private void InitFootnotes()
diff --git a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFFooter.cs b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFFooter.cs
index 6e69e27e4..934a1ab27 100644
--- a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFFooter.cs
+++ b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFFooter.cs
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ namespace NPOI.XWPF.UserModel
     using System.IO;
     using System.Xml;
     using System.Xml.Serialization;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
 
     /**
      * Sketch of XWPF footer class
      */
     public class XWPFFooter : XWPFHeaderFooter
     {
+        protected List<XWPFHyperlink> hyperlinks = new List<XWPFHyperlink>();
         public XWPFFooter()
             //: base()
         {
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ public XWPFFooter(XWPFDocument doc, CT_HdrFtr hdrFtr)
                     tables.Add(t);
                 }
             }
+
         }
 
         public XWPFFooter(POIXMLDocumentPart parent, PackagePart part)
@@ -112,7 +115,8 @@ internal override void OnDocumentRead()
         {
             base.OnDocumentRead();
             FtrDocument ftrDocument = null;
-            try {
+            try
+            {
                 XmlDocument xmldoc = ConvertStreamToXml(GetPackagePart().GetInputStream());
                 ftrDocument = FtrDocument.Parse(xmldoc, NamespaceManager);
                 headerFooter = ftrDocument.Ftr;
@@ -138,9 +142,48 @@ internal override void OnDocumentRead()
                         bodyElements.Add(c);
                     }
                 }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
                 throw new POIXMLException(e);
             }
+            InitHyperlinks();
+        }
+
+        private void InitHyperlinks()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                IEnumerator<PackageRelationship> relIter =
+                    GetPackagePart().GetRelationshipsByType(XWPFRelation.HYPERLINK.Relation).GetEnumerator();
+                while (relIter.MoveNext())
+                {
+                    PackageRelationship rel = relIter.Current;
+                    hyperlinks.Add(new XWPFHyperlink(rel.Id, rel.TargetUri.OriginalString));
+                }
+            }
+            catch (InvalidDataException e)
+            {
+                throw new POIXMLException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public List<XWPFHyperlink> GetHyperlinks()
+        {
+            return hyperlinks;
+        }
+
+        public XWPFHyperlink GetHyperlinkByID(string id)
+        {
+            IEnumerator<XWPFHyperlink> iter = hyperlinks.GetEnumerator();
+            while (iter.MoveNext())
+            {
+                XWPFHyperlink link = iter.Current;
+                if (link.Id.Equals(id))
+                    return link;
+            }
+
+            return null;
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFFootnotes.cs b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFFootnotes.cs
index 4aba717ab..b4fcc3237 100644
--- a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFFootnotes.cs
+++ b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFFootnotes.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class XWPFFootnotes : POIXMLDocumentPart
     {
         private List<XWPFFootnote> listFootnote = new List<XWPFFootnote>();
         private CT_Footnotes ctFootnotes;
+        private List<XWPFHyperlink> hyperlinks = new List<XWPFHyperlink>();
 
         protected XWPFDocument document;
 
@@ -96,8 +97,26 @@ internal override void OnDocumentRead()
                     listFootnote.Add(new XWPFFootnote(note, this));
                 }
             }
+            InitHyperlinks();
         }
 
+        private void InitHyperlinks()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                IEnumerator<PackageRelationship> relIter =
+                    GetPackagePart().GetRelationshipsByType(XWPFRelation.HYPERLINK.Relation).GetEnumerator();
+                while (relIter.MoveNext())
+                {
+                    PackageRelationship rel = relIter.Current;
+                    hyperlinks.Add(new XWPFHyperlink(rel.Id, rel.TargetUri.OriginalString));
+                }
+            }
+            catch (InvalidDataException e)
+            {
+                throw new POIXMLException(e);
+            }
+        }
 
         protected internal override void Commit()
         {
@@ -220,6 +239,23 @@ public XWPFDocument GetXWPFDocument()
             }
         }
 
+        public XWPFHyperlink GetHyperlinkByID(String id)
+        {
+            IEnumerator<XWPFHyperlink> iter = hyperlinks.GetEnumerator();
+            while (iter.MoveNext())
+            {
+                XWPFHyperlink link = iter.Current;
+                if (link.Id.Equals(id))
+                    return link;
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public List<XWPFHyperlink> GetHyperlinks()
+        {
+            return hyperlinks;
+        }
 
     }//end class
 
diff --git a/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/Model/TestXWPFDecorators.cs b/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/Model/TestXWPFDecorators.cs
index ab7c94136..8f060c5e7 100644
--- a/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/Model/TestXWPFDecorators.cs
+++ b/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/Model/TestXWPFDecorators.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace TestCases.XWPF.Model
     using NPOI.XWPF.Model;
     using NPOI.XWPF.UserModel;
     using NUnit.Framework;
+    using System.Linq;
 
     /**
      * Tests for the various XWPF decorators
@@ -30,12 +31,17 @@ public class TestXWPFDecorators
         private XWPFDocument simple;
         private XWPFDocument hyperlink;
         private XWPFDocument comments;
+        private XWPFDocument footerhyperlink;
+        private XWPFDocument footnotehyperlink;
+
         [SetUp]
         public void SetUp()
         {
             simple = XWPFTestDataSamples.OpenSampleDocument("SampleDoc.docx");
             hyperlink = XWPFTestDataSamples.OpenSampleDocument("TestDocument.docx");
             comments = XWPFTestDataSamples.OpenSampleDocument("WordWithAttachments.docx");
+            footerhyperlink = XWPFTestDataSamples.OpenSampleDocument("TestHyperlinkInFooterDocument.docx");
+            footnotehyperlink = XWPFTestDataSamples.OpenSampleDocument("TestHyperlinkInFootnotes.docx");
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -66,6 +72,50 @@ public void TestHyperlink()
             Assert.AreEqual("http://poi.apache.org/", link.GetHyperlink(hyperlink).URL);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestHyperlinkInFooter()
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, footerhyperlink.Paragraphs.Count);
+
+            // Simple text
+            XWPFParagraph paragraph = footerhyperlink.Paragraphs[(0)];
+            Assert.AreEqual("This is a test document.", paragraph.ParagraphText);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, paragraph.Runs.Count);
+            
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, footerhyperlink.FooterList.Count);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, footerhyperlink.GetHyperlinks().Length);
+
+            XWPFHyperlinkRun run = (XWPFHyperlinkRun)((XWPFParagraph)footerhyperlink.FooterList[2].BodyElements[0]).Runs[1];
+            Assert.AreEqual("http://poi.apache.org/", run.GetHyperlink(footerhyperlink).URL);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, footerhyperlink.FooterList[2].GetHyperlinks().Count);
+
+            XWPFHyperlink link = footerhyperlink.GetHyperlinks().First();
+            Assert.AreEqual("http://poi.apache.org/", link.URL);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestHyperlinkInFootnotes()
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, footerhyperlink.Paragraphs.Count);
+
+            // Simple text
+            XWPFParagraph paragraph = footnotehyperlink.Paragraphs[(0)];
+            Assert.AreEqual("This is a test document.[footnoteRef:1]", paragraph.ParagraphText);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, paragraph.Runs.Count);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, footnotehyperlink.GetFootnotes().Count);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, footnotehyperlink.GetHyperlinks().Length);
+
+            XWPFHyperlinkRun run = (XWPFHyperlinkRun)footnotehyperlink.GetFootnotes()[2].Paragraphs[0].Runs[3];
+            Assert.AreEqual("http://poi.apache.org/", run.GetHyperlink(footerhyperlink).URL);
+
+            XWPFHyperlink link = footnotehyperlink.GetHyperlinks().First();
+            Assert.AreEqual("http://poi.apache.org/", link.URL);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestComments()
         {
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