diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
index 844066f4..068f489a 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Element/Table.php
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ class Table extends AbstractElement
         $rows = $this->element->getRows();
         $rowCount = count($rows);
         if ($rowCount > 0) {
-            $content .= '<table>' . PHP_EOL;
+            $tableStyle = $this->element->getStyle();
+            $tableLayout = $tableStyle === null ? '' : $tableStyle->getLayout();
+            $content .= '<table'. (empty($tableLayout) ? '' : ' style="table-layout: '.$tableLayout.'"') .'>'. PHP_EOL;
             for ($i = 0; $i < $rowCount; $i++) {
                 /** @var $row \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Row Type hint */
                 $rowStyle = $rows[$i]->getStyle();
diff --git a/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php b/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
index 7a6397ef..1f286c5f 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/ElementTest.php
@@ -157,4 +157,23 @@ 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();
+        $table = $section->addTable(array('layout' => 'fixed'));
+
+        $row1 = $table->addRow();
+        $row1->addCell()->addText('fixed layout table');
+
+        $dom = $this->getAsHTML($phpWord);
+        $xpath = new \DOMXPath($dom);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('table-layout: fixed', $xpath->query('/html/body/table')->item(0)->attributes->getNamedItem('style')->textContent);
+    }
 }