diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/data/LineStyle_DashType.docx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/data/LineStyle_DashType.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9256c3ec7a4e
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diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
index 771c2c5ac8a2..746422e368e4 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
@@ -2687,6 +2687,17 @@ DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testAlignForShape,"Shape.docx")
     assertXPath(pXmlDoc, "/w:document/w:body/w:p[1]/w:r[1]/mc:AlternateContent/mc:Choice/w:drawing/wp:anchor/wp:positionH/wp:align","1");
 }
 
+DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testLineStyle_DashType, "LineStyle_DashType.docx")
+{
+    /* DOCX contatining Shape with LineStyle as Dash Type should get preserved inside
+     * an XMl tag <a:prstDash> with value "dash".
+     */
+    xmlDocPtr pXmlDoc = parseExport("word/document.xml");
+    if (!pXmlDoc)
+        return;
+    assertXPath(pXmlDoc, "/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:r[2]/mc:AlternateContent/mc:Choice/w:drawing/wp:anchor/a:graphic/a:graphicData/wps:wsp/wps:spPr/a:ln/a:prstDash", "val", "dash");
+}
+
 #endif
 
 CPPUNIT_PLUGIN_IMPLEMENT();
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
index 7c15a2244712..caf2635800e6 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
@@ -5810,6 +5810,8 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::FormatBox( const SvxBoxItem& rBox )
                             XML_val, sColor,
                             FSEND);
                     m_pSerializer->endElementNS(XML_a, XML_solidFill);
+                    if( LineStyle_DASH == pTop->GetBorderLineStyle() ) // Line Style is Dash type
+                        m_pSerializer->singleElementNS(XML_a, XML_prstDash, XML_val, "dash", FSEND);
                     m_pSerializer->endElementNS(XML_a, XML_ln);
                 }
             }