diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/data/kern.docx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/data/kern.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b66130d38d03
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diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
index c4b5fe5dd706..7fb3871f32ed 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
@@ -648,6 +648,13 @@ DECLARE_OOXMLIMPORT_TEST(testN820504, "n820504.docx")
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(text::TextContentAnchorType_AT_CHARACTER, getProperty<text::TextContentAnchorType>(getShape(1), "AnchorType"));
 }
 
+DECLARE_OOXMLIMPORT_TEST(testKern, "kern.docx")
+{
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(getProperty<bool>(getRun(getParagraph(1), 1), "CharAutoKerning"));
+    // This failed: kerning was also enabled for the second paragraph.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!getProperty<bool>(getRun(getParagraph(2), 1), "CharAutoKerning"));
+}
+
 DECLARE_OOXMLIMPORT_TEST(testFdo43641, "fdo43641.docx")
 {
     uno::Reference<container::XIndexAccess> xGroupShape(getShape(1), uno::UNO_QUERY);
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/StyleSheetTable.cxx b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/StyleSheetTable.cxx
index b35d762c69b7..1a25933a8dc6 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/StyleSheetTable.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/StyleSheetTable.cxx
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ StyleSheetTable_Impl::StyleSheetTable_Impl(DomainMapper& rDMapper,
     m_pDefaultCharProps->Insert( PROP_CHAR_HEIGHT, aVal );
     m_pDefaultCharProps->Insert( PROP_CHAR_HEIGHT_ASIAN, aVal );
     m_pDefaultCharProps->Insert( PROP_CHAR_HEIGHT_COMPLEX, aVal );
+
+    // See SwDoc::RemoveAllFormatLanguageDependencies(), internal filters
+    // disable kerning by default, do the same here.
+    m_pDefaultCharProps->Insert(PROP_CHAR_AUTO_KERNING, uno::Any(false));
 }