diff --git a/OpenXmlFormats/Wordprocessing/Table.cs b/OpenXmlFormats/Wordprocessing/Table.cs
index 9c0d769c3..137ab626b 100644
--- a/OpenXmlFormats/Wordprocessing/Table.cs
+++ b/OpenXmlFormats/Wordprocessing/Table.cs
@@ -1176,6 +1176,10 @@ public class CT_TblPrBase
 
         private CT_ShortHexNumber tblLookField;
 
+        private CT_String tblCaptionField;
+
+        private CT_String tblDescriptionField;
+
         public CT_TblPrBase()
         {
         }
@@ -1216,6 +1220,10 @@ public static CT_TblPrBase Parse(XmlNode node, XmlNamespaceManager namespaceMana
                     ctObj.tblCellMar = CT_TblCellMar.Parse(childNode, namespaceManager);
                 else if (childNode.LocalName == "tblLook")
                     ctObj.tblLook = CT_ShortHexNumber.Parse(childNode, namespaceManager);
+                else if (childNode.LocalName == "tblCaption")
+                    ctObj.tblCaption = CT_String.Parse(childNode, namespaceManager);
+                else if (childNode.LocalName == "tblDescription")
+                    ctObj.tblDescription = CT_String.Parse(childNode, namespaceManager);
             }
             return ctObj;
         }
@@ -1256,6 +1264,10 @@ internal void Write(StreamWriter sw, string nodeName)
                 this.tblCellMar.Write(sw, "tblCellMar");
             if (this.tblLook != null)
                 this.tblLook.Write(sw, "tblLook");
+            if (this.tblCaption != null)
+                this.tblCaption.Write(sw, "tblCaption");
+            if (this.tblDescription != null)
+                this.tblDescription.Write(sw, "tblDescription");
             sw.Write(string.Format("</w:{0}>", nodeName));
         }
 
@@ -1454,6 +1466,32 @@ public CT_ShortHexNumber tblLook
             }
         }
 
+        [XmlElement(Order = 15)]
+        public CT_String tblCaption
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return this.tblCaptionField;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                this.tblCaptionField = value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [XmlElement(Order = 16)]
+        public CT_String tblDescription
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return this.tblDescriptionField;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                this.tblDescriptionField = value;
+            }
+        }
+
         public bool IsSetTblW()
         {
             return this.tblW != null;
@@ -2776,6 +2814,10 @@ public class CT_TblPr : CT_TblPrBase
                     ctObj.tblCellMar = CT_TblCellMar.Parse(childNode, namespaceManager);
                 else if (childNode.LocalName == "tblLook")
                     ctObj.tblLook = CT_ShortHexNumber.Parse(childNode, namespaceManager);
+                else if (childNode.LocalName == "tblCaption")
+                    ctObj.tblCaption = CT_String.Parse(childNode, namespaceManager);
+                else if (childNode.LocalName == "tblDescription")
+                    ctObj.tblDescription = CT_String.Parse(childNode, namespaceManager);
             }
             return ctObj;
         }
@@ -2818,6 +2860,10 @@ public class CT_TblPr : CT_TblPrBase
                 this.tblCellMar.Write(sw, "tblCellMar");
             if (this.tblLook != null)
                 this.tblLook.Write(sw, "tblLook");
+            if (this.tblCaption != null)
+                this.tblCaption.Write(sw, "tblCaption");
+            if (this.tblDescription != null)
+                this.tblDescription.Write(sw, "tblDescription");
             sw.Write(string.Format("</w:{0}>", nodeName));
         }
 
diff --git a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFTable.cs b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFTable.cs
index 7c9941cd7..5b64de3d0 100644
--- a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFTable.cs
+++ b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFTable.cs
@@ -654,6 +654,58 @@ public int CellMarginRight
             }
         }
 
+        public string TableCaption
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                CT_TblPr tblPr = GetTrPr();
+                if (tblPr.tblCaption != null)
+                    return tblPr.tblCaption.val;
+                else
+                    return string.Empty;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                CT_TblPr tblPr = GetTrPr();
+                if (tblPr.tblCaption == null)
+                {
+                    CT_String caption = new CT_String();
+                    caption.val = value;
+                    tblPr.tblCaption = caption;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    tblPr.tblCaption.val = value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public string TableDescription
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                CT_TblPr tblPr = GetTrPr();
+                if (tblPr.tblDescription != null)
+                    return tblPr.tblDescription.val;
+                else
+                    return string.Empty;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                CT_TblPr tblPr = GetTrPr();
+                if (tblPr.tblDescription == null)
+                {
+                    CT_String desc = new CT_String();
+                    desc.val = value;
+                    tblPr.tblDescription = desc;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    tblPr.tblDescription.val = value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public void SetCellMargins(int top, int left, int bottom, int right)
         {
             CT_TblPr tblPr = GetTrPr();
@@ -807,6 +859,7 @@ public XWPFTableRow GetRow(CT_Row row)
             }
             return null;
         }
+
     }// end class
 
 }
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diff --git a/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/UserModel/TestXWPFTable.cs b/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/UserModel/TestXWPFTable.cs
index 30d7718fd..1bc83ff05 100644
--- a/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/UserModel/TestXWPFTable.cs
+++ b/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/UserModel/TestXWPFTable.cs
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ public void TestSetGetMargins()
             int r = table.CellMarginRight;
             Assert.AreEqual(450, r);
         }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestSetGetHBorders()
         {
@@ -266,5 +267,53 @@ public void TestCreateTable()
             }
             doc.Package.Revert();
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSetTableCaption()
+        {
+            // create a table
+            XWPFDocument doc = new XWPFDocument();
+            CT_Tbl ctTable = new CT_Tbl();
+            XWPFTable table = new XWPFTable(ctTable, doc);
+
+            //Set Caption
+            table.TableCaption = "%TABLECAPTION%";
+
+            //Check
+            CT_String tblCaption = table.GetCTTbl().tblPr.tblCaption;
+            Assert.IsNotNull(tblCaption);
+            Assert.AreEqual("%TABLECAPTION%", tblCaption.val);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSetTableDescription()
+        {
+            // create a table
+            XWPFDocument doc = new XWPFDocument();
+            CT_Tbl ctTable = new CT_Tbl();
+            XWPFTable table = new XWPFTable(ctTable, doc);
+
+            //Set Description
+            table.TableDescription = "%TABLEDESCRIPTION%";
+
+            //Check
+            CT_String tblDesc = table.GetCTTbl().tblPr.tblDescription;
+            Assert.IsNotNull(tblDesc);
+            Assert.AreEqual("%TABLEDESCRIPTION%", tblDesc.val);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestReadTableCaptionAndDescription()
+        {
+            // open an document with table containing Table caption and Table Description
+            XWPFDocument doc = XWPFTestDataSamples.OpenSampleDocument("table_properties.docx");
+
+            //Get Table
+            var table = doc.Tables[0];
+
+            //Assert Table Caption & Description
+            Assert.AreEqual("Table Title", table.TableCaption);
+            Assert.AreEqual("Table Description", table.TableDescription);
+        }
     }
 }
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