diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index fbdc051b..a2ea9465 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -661,16 +661,9 @@ class Html
                     break;
                 case 'line-height':
                     $matches = array();
-                    if (preg_match('/([a-z]+)/', $cValue, $matches)) {
-                        //$cvalue text and not number
-                        if ($cValue == 'normal') {
-                            $cValue = 1.12;
-                        } else {
-                            $cValue = 1.13;
-                        }
+                    if ($cValue === 'normal') {
                         $spacingLineRule = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\LineSpacingRule::AUTO;
-                        //we are subtracting 1 line height because the Spacing writer is adding one line
-                        $spacing = ($cValue * Paragraph::LINE_HEIGHT) - Paragraph::LINE_HEIGHT;
+                        $spacing = 0;
                     } elseif (preg_match('/([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*[a-z]+)/', $cValue, $matches)) {
                         //matches number with a unit, e.g. 12px, 15pt, 20mm, ...
                         $spacingLineRule = \PhpOffice\PhpWord\SimpleType\LineSpacingRule::EXACT;
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
index c6061632..80f96d57 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Shared/HtmlTest.php
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class HtmlTest extends AbstractWebServerEmbeddedTest
         Html::addHtml($section, '<p style="line-height: 15pt;">test</p>');
         Html::addHtml($section, '<p style="line-height: 120%;">test</p>');
         Html::addHtml($section, '<p style="line-height: 0.17in;">test</p>');
+        Html::addHtml($section, '<p style="line-height: normal;">test</p>');
 
         $doc = TestHelperDOCX::getDocument($phpWord, 'Word2007');
         $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:p[1]/w:pPr/w:spacing'));
@@ -175,6 +176,10 @@ class HtmlTest extends AbstractWebServerEmbeddedTest
         $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:p[4]/w:pPr/w:spacing'));
         $this->assertEquals(244.8, $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:p[4]/w:pPr/w:spacing', 'w:line'));
         $this->assertEquals(LineSpacingRule::EXACT, $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:p[4]/w:pPr/w:spacing', 'w:lineRule'));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:p[5]/w:pPr/w:spacing'));
+        $this->assertEquals(Paragraph::LINE_HEIGHT, $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:p[5]/w:pPr/w:spacing', 'w:line'));
+        $this->assertEquals(LineSpacingRule::AUTO, $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:p[5]/w:pPr/w:spacing', 'w:lineRule'));
     }
 
     /**