diff --git a/examples/word/make_docx.js b/examples/word/make_docx.js
index 3566479f..b97a1ad5 100644
--- a/examples/word/make_docx.js
+++ b/examples/word/make_docx.js
@@ -69,6 +69,23 @@ pObj.addText('Those two lines are in the same paragraph,')
 pObj.addLineBreak()
 pObj.addText('but they are separated by a line break.')
 
+pObj = docx.createP({border:{
+    bottom:{
+      color: '000088',
+      val: 'dashed',
+      space: "8",
+      sz : '4'
+    }
+  },})
+pObj.addText('This is a paragraph with a bottom border, and the blue dotted lines are spaced 8. You can also extend the border in other directions.')
+pObj = docx.createP({border:{
+    left:{},
+    right:{},
+    top:{},
+    bottom:{}
+  },})
+pObj.addText('This is a paragraph with a border around it,top right bottom left')
+
 docx.putPageBreak()
 
 pObj = docx.createP()
diff --git a/lib/docx/gendocx.js b/lib/docx/gendocx.js
index 0132de17..d27f5887 100644
--- a/lib/docx/gendocx.js
+++ b/lib/docx/gendocx.js
@@ -348,7 +348,26 @@ function makeDocx(genobj, new_type, options, gen_private, type_info) {
             objs_list[i].options.backline +
             '" w:fill="auto"/></w:pPr>'
         } // Endif.
-
+        if (objs_list[i].options.border) {
+          pPrData +='<w:pBdr>'
+          var directions = ['top','bottom','left','right']
+          var szDef = 4
+          var spaceDef = 8
+          var valDef = 'single'
+          var colorDef = '000000'
+          for (var direction of directions) {
+            if(objs_list[i].options.border[direction]){
+              var borderSetting = objs_list[i].options.border[direction]
+              var val = borderSetting.val ||valDef
+              var sz = borderSetting.sz ||szDef
+              var space = borderSetting.space ||spaceDef
+              var color = borderSetting.color ||colorDef
+              pPrData += '<w:' + direction + ' w:val="' + val + '" w:sz="' + sz + '" w:space="'+space
+                + '" w:color="' + color + '"/>'
+            }
+          }
+          pPrData += '</w:pBdr>'
+        }
         if (objs_list[i].options.spacing) {
           var pSpacing = objs_list[i].options.spacing
           if (typeof pSpacing === 'object') {