diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/data/testTcBorders.docx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/data/testTcBorders.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7fb81ad4c1a
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diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
index cafd9ea87684..d13bb70314fb 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
@@ -1344,6 +1344,21 @@ DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testCalendar2, "calendar2.docx")
     assertXPath(pXmlStyles, "/w:styles/w:style[@w:styleId='Calendar2']/w:tblPr/w:tblBorders/w:insideV", "themeTint", "99");
 }
 
+DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testTcBorders, "testTcBorders.docx")
+{
+    //fdo#76635 : Table borders are not getting preserved.
+
+    xmlDocPtr pXmlDocument = parseExport("word/document.xml");
+    if (!pXmlDocument)
+        return;
+
+       assertXPath(pXmlDocument, "/w:document[1]/w:body[1]/w:tbl[1]/w:tr[1]/w:tc[1]/w:tcPr[1]/w:tcBorders[1]/w:bottom[1][@w:val = 'single']",1);
+       assertXPath(pXmlDocument, "/w:document[1]/w:body[1]/w:tbl[1]/w:tr[1]/w:tc[1]/w:tcPr[1]/w:tcBorders[1]/w:bottom[1][@w:sz = 4]", 1);
+       assertXPath(pXmlDocument, "/w:document[1]/w:body[1]/w:tbl[1]/w:tr[1]/w:tc[1]/w:tcPr[1]/w:tcBorders[1]/w:bottom[1][@w:space = 0]", 1);
+       assertXPath(pXmlDocument, "/w:document[1]/w:body[1]/w:tbl[1]/w:tr[1]/w:tc[1]/w:tcPr[1]/w:tcBorders[1]/w:bottom[1][@w:color = 808080]", 1);
+
+}
+
 DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testQuicktables, "quicktables.docx")
 {
     xmlDocPtr pXmlStyles = parseExport("word/styles.xml");
@@ -1384,6 +1399,10 @@ DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testFdo71302, "fdo71302.docx")
     assertXPath(pXmlStyles, "/w:styles/w:style[@w:styleId='Strong']", 1);
 }
 
+
+
+
+
 DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testSmartart, "smartart.docx")
 {
     uno::Reference<text::XTextDocument> xTextDocument(mxComponent, uno::UNO_QUERY);
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
index 08d1919dd345..336514b78438 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ TableStyleSheetEntry * DomainMapperTableHandler::endTableGetTableStyle(TableInfo
         sal_Int32 nHoriOrient = text::HoriOrientation::LEFT_AND_WIDTH;
         m_aTableProperties->getValue( TablePropertyMap::HORI_ORIENT, nHoriOrient ) ;
         m_aTableProperties->Insert( PROP_HORI_ORIENT, uno::makeAny( sal_Int16(nHoriOrient) ) );
-
         //fill default value - if not available
         const PropertyMap::const_iterator aRepeatIter =
         m_aTableProperties->find(PROP_HEADER_ROW_COUNT);
@@ -695,12 +694,17 @@ CellPropertyValuesSeq_t DomainMapperTableHandler::endTableGetCellProperties(Tabl
                 }
 
                 // Remove properties from style/row that aren't allowed in cells
-                const PropertyMap::iterator aDefaultRepeatIt = pAllCellProps->find(PROP_HEADER_ROW_COUNT);
+                PropertyMap::iterator aDefaultRepeatIt = pAllCellProps->find(PROP_HEADER_ROW_COUNT);
                 if ( aDefaultRepeatIt != pAllCellProps->end( ) )
                     pAllCellProps->erase( aDefaultRepeatIt );
-                const PropertyMap::iterator aDefaultRepeatIt2 = pAllCellProps->find(PROP_PARA_LINE_SPACING);
-                if ( aDefaultRepeatIt2 != pAllCellProps->end( ) )
-                    pAllCellProps->erase( aDefaultRepeatIt2 );
+
+                aDefaultRepeatIt = pAllCellProps->find(PROP_PARA_LINE_SPACING);
+                if ( aDefaultRepeatIt != pAllCellProps->end( ) )
+                    pAllCellProps->erase( aDefaultRepeatIt );
+
+                aDefaultRepeatIt = pAllCellProps->find(PROP_TBL_HEADER);
+                if ( aDefaultRepeatIt != pAllCellProps->end( ) )
+                     pAllCellProps->erase( aDefaultRepeatIt );
 
                 // Then add the cell properties
                 pAllCellProps->InsertProps(*aCellIterator);