diff --git a/src/main/java/org/docx4j/wml/TextDirection.java b/src/main/java/org/docx4j/wml/TextDirection.java
index 7bbfffbade..a0b1e7e631 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/docx4j/wml/TextDirection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/docx4j/wml/TextDirection.java
@@ -64,6 +64,29 @@
 public class TextDirection implements Child
 {
 
+/**
+     * Define the TextDirection for a cell
+     * (see org.docx4j.wml.TcPr.setTextDirection() )
+     */
+    public enum TextOrientation {
+            LEFT_TO_RIGHT_tOP_TO_BOTTOM("lrTb"),
+            TOP_TO_BOTTOM_RIGHT_TO_LEFT("tbRl"),
+            BOTTOM_TO_TOP_LEFT_TO_RIGHT("btLr"),
+            LEFT_TO_RIGHT_TOP_TO_BOTTOM_ROTATED("lrTbV"),
+            TOP_TO_BOTTOM_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_ROTATED("tbRlV"),
+            TOP_TO_BOTTOM_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ROTATED("tbLrV");
+        private String value = "";
+
+        TextOrientation(final String valuep) {
+            value = valuep;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return value;
+        }
+    }
+
     @XmlAttribute(name = "val", namespace = "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main", required = true)
     protected String val;
     @XmlTransient