diff --git a/Classes/PHPWord/Section/Text.php b/Classes/PHPWord/Section/Text.php
index 2b37e7d4..a4e95c9f 100755
--- a/Classes/PHPWord/Section/Text.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPWord/Section/Text.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class PHPWord_Section_Text
     /**
      * Paragraph style
      *
-     * @var PHPWord_Style_Font
+     * @var \PHPWord_Style_Paragraph
      */
     private $_styleParagraph;
 
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ class PHPWord_Section_Text
     /**
      * Set Paragraph style
      *
-     * @return PHPWord_Style_Paragraph
+     * @param array|\PHPWord_Style_Paragraph $styleParagraph
+     * @return \PHPWord_Style_Paragraph
+     * @throws \Exception
      */
     public function setParagraphStyle($styleParagraph)
     {
@@ -124,14 +126,19 @@ class PHPWord_Section_Text
             $this->_styleParagraph = new PHPWord_Style_Paragraph();
 
             foreach ($styleParagraph as $key => $value) {
-                if (substr($key, 0, 1) != '_') {
+                if ($key === 'line-height') {
+                    null;
+                } elseif (substr($key, 0, 1) != '_') {
                     $key = '_' . $key;
                 }
                 $this->_styleParagraph->setStyleValue($key, $value);
             }
-        } else {
+        } elseif ($styleParagraph instanceof PHPWord_Style_Paragraph) {
             $this->_styleParagraph = $styleParagraph;
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception('Expected array or PHPWord_Style_Paragraph');
         }
+        return $this->_styleParagraph;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -143,4 +150,4 @@ class PHPWord_Section_Text
     {
         return $this->_text;
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Classes/PHPWord/Style/Paragraph.php b/Classes/PHPWord/Style/Paragraph.php
index c64d6346..574a28e8 100755
--- a/Classes/PHPWord/Style/Paragraph.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPWord/Style/Paragraph.php
@@ -25,11 +25,21 @@
  * @version    0.7.0
  */
 
+use PHPWord\Exceptions\InvalidStyleException;
+
 /**
  * PHPWord_Style_Paragraph
  */
 class PHPWord_Style_Paragraph
 {
+    const LINE_HEIGHT = 240;
+
+    /*
+     * Text line height
+     *
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $lineHeight;
 
     /**
      * Paragraph alignment
@@ -85,7 +95,7 @@ class PHPWord_Style_Paragraph
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    private $_basedOn;
+    private $_basedOn = 'Normal';
 
     /**
      * Style for next paragraph
@@ -99,63 +109,46 @@ class PHPWord_Style_Paragraph
      *
      * @var bool
      */
-    private $_widowControl;
+    private $_widowControl = true;
 
     /**
      * Keep paragraph with next paragraph
      *
      * @var bool
      */
-    private $_keepNext;
+    private $_keepNext = false;
 
     /**
      * Keep all lines on one page
      *
      * @var bool
      */
-    private $_keepLines;
+    private $_keepLines = false;
 
     /**
      * Start paragraph on next page
      *
      * @var bool
      */
-    private $_pageBreakBefore;
-
-    /**
-     * New Paragraph Style
-     */
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-        $this->_align = null;
-        $this->_spaceBefore = null;
-        $this->_spaceAfter = null;
-        $this->_spacing = null;
-        $this->_tabs = null;
-        $this->_indent = null;
-        $this->_hanging = null;
-        $this->_basedOn = 'Normal';
-        $this->_next = null;
-        $this->_widowControl = true;
-        $this->_keepNext = false;
-        $this->_keepLines = false;
-        $this->_pageBreakBefore = false;
-    }
+    private $_pageBreakBefore = false;
 
     /**
      * Set Style value
      *
-     * @param   string $key
-     * @param   mixed $value
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param mixed $value
      */
     public function setStyleValue($key, $value)
     {
         if ($key == '_indent' || $key == '_hanging') {
             $value = $value * 720;
-        }
-        if ($key == '_spacing') {
+        } elseif ($key == '_spacing') {
             $value += 240; // because line height of 1 matches 240 twips
+        } elseif ($key === 'line-height') {
+            $this->setLineHeight($value);
+            return;
         }
+        $this->$key = $value;
         $method = 'set' . substr($key, 1);
         if (method_exists($this, $method)) {
             $this->$method($value);
@@ -466,4 +459,33 @@ class PHPWord_Style_Paragraph
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the line height
+     *
+     * @param int|float|string $lineHeight
+     * @return $this
+     * @throws \PHPWord\Exceptions\InvalidStyleException
+     */
+    public function setLineHeight($lineHeight)
+    {
+        if (is_string($lineHeight)) {
+            $lineHeight = floatval(preg_replace('/[^0-9\.\,]/', '', $lineHeight));
+        }
+
+        if ((!is_integer($lineHeight) && !is_float($lineHeight)) || !$lineHeight) {
+            throw new InvalidStyleException('Line height must be a valid number');
+        }
+
+        $this->lineHeight = $lineHeight;
+        $this->setSpacing($lineHeight * self::LINE_HEIGHT);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getLineHeight()
+    {
+        return $this->lineHeight;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tests/PHPWord/Style/ParagraphTest.php b/Tests/PHPWord/Style/ParagraphTest.php
index 7265ee23..9220923b 100644
--- a/Tests/PHPWord/Style/ParagraphTest.php
+++ b/Tests/PHPWord/Style/ParagraphTest.php
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 namespace PHPWord\Tests\Style;
 
 use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;
+use PHPWord;
 use PHPWord_Style_Paragraph;
 use PHPWord_Style_Tab;
+use PHPWord\Tests\TestHelperDOCX;
 
 /**
  * Class ParagraphTest
@@ -13,6 +15,11 @@ use PHPWord_Style_Tab;
  */
 class ParagraphTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        TestHelperDOCX::clear();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test setting style values with null or empty value
      */
@@ -85,4 +92,35 @@ class ParagraphTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         ));
         $this->assertInstanceOf('PHPWord_Style_Tabs', $object->getTabs());
     }
+
+    public function testLineHeight()
+    {
+        $PHPWord = new PHPWord();
+        $section = $PHPWord->createSection();
+
+        // Test style array
+        $text = $section->addText('This is a test', array(), array(
+            'line-height' => 2.0
+        ));
+
+        $doc = TestHelperDOCX::getDocument($PHPWord);
+        $element = $doc->getElement('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:pPr/w:spacing');
+
+        $lineHeight = $element->getAttribute('w:line');
+        $lineRule = $element->getAttribute('w:lineRule');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(480, $lineHeight);
+        $this->assertEquals('auto', $lineRule);
+
+        // Test setter
+        $text->getParagraphStyle()->setLineHeight(3.0);
+        $doc = TestHelperDOCX::getDocument($PHPWord);
+        $element = $doc->getElement('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:pPr/w:spacing');
+
+        $lineHeight = $element->getAttribute('w:line');
+        $lineRule = $element->getAttribute('w:lineRule');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(720, $lineHeight);
+        $this->assertEquals('auto', $lineRule);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file