diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8753ae7d..d1db7a5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ v0.16.0 (xx xxx 2018)
 ### Fixed
 - Fix regex in `cloneBlock` function @nicoder #1269
 - HTML Title Writer loses text when Title contains a TextRun instead a string. @begnini #1436
+- Adding table layout to the generated HTML @aarangara #1441
 - Fix loading of Sharepoint document @Garrcomm #1498
 - RTF writer: Round getPageSizeW and getPageSizeH to avoid decimals @Patrick64 #1493
 - Fix parsing of Office 365 documents @Timanx #1485
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
index 844066f4..a5143d2b 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class Table extends AbstractElement
         $rows = $this->element->getRows();
         $rowCount = count($rows);
         if ($rowCount > 0) {
-            $content .= '<table>' . PHP_EOL;
+            $content .= '<table' . self::getTableStyle($this->element->getStyle()) . '>' . PHP_EOL;
+
             for ($i = 0; $i < $rowCount; $i++) {
                 /** @var $row \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Row Type hint */
                 $rowStyle = $rows[$i]->getStyle();
@@ -102,4 +103,25 @@ class Table extends AbstractElement
 
         return $content;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Translates Table style in CSS equivalent
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table|null $tableStyle
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getTableStyle(\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table $tableStyle = null)
+    {
+        if ($tableStyle == null) {
+            return '';
+        }
+        $style = ' style="';
+        if ($tableStyle->getLayout() == \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table::LAYOUT_FIXED) {
+            $style .= 'table-layout: fixed;';
+        } elseif ($tableStyle->getLayout() == \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table::LAYOUT_AUTO) {
+            $style .= 'table-layout: auto;';
+        }
+
+        return $style . '"';
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
index 7a6397ef..73c6ede9 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
@@ -157,4 +157,28 @@ class ElementTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 
         $this->assertTrue(strpos($content, $expected) !== false);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests writing table with layout
+     */
+    public function testWriteTableLayout()
+    {
+        $phpWord = new PhpWord();
+        $section = $phpWord->addSection();
+        $section->addTable();
+
+        $table1 = $section->addTable(array('layout' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table::LAYOUT_FIXED));
+        $row1 = $table1->addRow();
+        $row1->addCell()->addText('fixed layout table');
+
+        $table2 = $section->addTable(array('layout' => \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Table::LAYOUT_AUTO));
+        $row2 = $table2->addRow();
+        $row2->addCell()->addText('auto layout table');
+
+        $dom = $this->getAsHTML($phpWord);
+        $xpath = new \DOMXPath($dom);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('table-layout: fixed;', $xpath->query('/html/body/table[1]')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('style')->textContent);
+        $this->assertEquals('table-layout: auto;', $xpath->query('/html/body/table[2]')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('style')->textContent);
+    }
 }