diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Style/Table.php b/src/PhpWord/Style/Table.php
index a3d454f3aa..b7d778dc9c 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Style/Table.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Style/Table.php
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ class Table extends Border
      */
     private $unit = self::WIDTH_AUTO;
 
+    /**
+     * Fixes the width of columns with long text without delimiters
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $fixedColsWidth = true;
+
     /**
      * Create new table style
      *
@@ -582,6 +589,18 @@ public function setUnit($value = null)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function setFixedColsWidth($value = true)
+    {
+        $this->fixedColsWidth = $this->setBoolVal($value, $this->fixedColsWidth);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function isFixedColsWidth()
+    {
+        return $this->fixedColsWidth;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get table style only property by checking if it's a firstRow
      *
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Style/Table.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Style/Table.php
index 620e4fbf62..19d9a2738b 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Style/Table.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Style/Table.php
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ private function writeStyle(XMLWriter $xmlWriter, TableStyle $style)
             $xmlWriter->endElement();
         }
 
+        // Table fixed columns width
+        if ($style->isFixedColsWidth()) {
+            $xmlWriter->startElement('w:tblLayout');
+            $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('w:type', 'fixed');
+            $xmlWriter->endElement();
+        }
+
         $this->writeWidth($xmlWriter, $style->getWidth(), $style->getUnit());
         $this->writeMargin($xmlWriter, $style);
         $this->writeBorder($xmlWriter, $style);