diff --git a/include/oox/vml/vmltextbox.hxx b/include/oox/vml/vmltextbox.hxx
index fc97dc78413b..d31bb3b1f269 100644
--- a/include/oox/vml/vmltextbox.hxx
+++ b/include/oox/vml/vmltextbox.hxx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct OOX_DLLPUBLIC TextFontModel
     OptValue< bool >    mobBold;
     OptValue< bool >    mobItalic;
     OptValue< bool >    mobStrikeout;
+    OptValue<sal_Int32> monSpacing;
 
     explicit            TextFontModel();
 };
diff --git a/oox/source/vml/vmltextbox.cxx b/oox/source/vml/vmltextbox.cxx
index 553b6f05a34c..fbd821727883 100644
--- a/oox/source/vml/vmltextbox.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/vml/vmltextbox.cxx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "oox/vml/vmltextbox.hxx"
 
 #include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <svx/unopage.hxx>
 #include <com/sun/star/awt/FontWeight.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/drawing/TextHorizontalAdjust.hpp>
@@ -92,6 +93,15 @@ void TextBox::convert(uno::Reference<drawing::XShape> xShape) const
             aPropertyValue.Value = uno::makeAny(double(rFont.monSize.get()) / 2.);
             aPropVec.push_back(aPropertyValue);
         }
+        if (rFont.monSpacing.has())
+        {
+            aPropertyValue.Name = "CharKerning";
+            // Value is not converted to mm100: SvxKerningItem::PutValue() gets
+            // called with nMemberId = 0, so no mm100 -> twips conversion will
+            // be done there.
+            aPropertyValue.Value = uno::makeAny(sal_Int16(rFont.monSpacing.get()));
+            aPropVec.push_back(aPropertyValue);
+        }
         if (rParagraph.moParaAdjust.has())
         {
             style::ParagraphAdjust eAdjust = style::ParagraphAdjust_LEFT;
diff --git a/oox/source/vml/vmltextboxcontext.cxx b/oox/source/vml/vmltextboxcontext.cxx
index 2720450698a2..5c7e2f751ffb 100644
--- a/oox/source/vml/vmltextboxcontext.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/vml/vmltextboxcontext.cxx
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ void TextPortionContext::onStartElement(const AttributeList& rAttribs)
         case OOX_TOKEN(doc, color):
             maFont.moColor = rAttribs.getString( OOX_TOKEN(doc, val) );
         break;
+        case OOX_TOKEN(doc, spacing):
+            maFont.monSpacing = rAttribs.getInteger(OOX_TOKEN(doc, val));
+        break;
+        case OOX_TOKEN(doc, r):
+        case OOX_TOKEN(doc, rPr):
+        case OOX_TOKEN(doc, t):
+        break;
+        default:
+            SAL_INFO("oox", "unhandled: 0x" << std::hex<< getCurrentElement());
+        break;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/data/groupshape-sdt.docx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/data/groupshape-sdt.docx
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..072984779d72
Binary files /dev/null and b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/data/groupshape-sdt.docx differ
diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
index 08b2bfcba189..b933e856b58d 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public:
     void testTablePagebreak();
     void testFdo68607();
     void testVmlTextVerticalAdjust();
+    void testGroupshapeSdt();
 
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(Test);
 #if !defined(MACOSX) && !defined(WNT)
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ void Test::run()
         {"table-pagebreak.docx", &Test::testTablePagebreak},
         {"fdo68607.docx", &Test::testFdo68607},
         {"vml-text-vertical-adjust.docx", &Test::testVmlTextVerticalAdjust},
+        {"groupshape-sdt.docx", &Test::testGroupshapeSdt},
     };
     header();
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aMethods); ++i)
@@ -1551,6 +1553,20 @@ void Test::testVmlTextVerticalAdjust()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(drawing::TextVerticalAdjust_TOP, getProperty<drawing::TextVerticalAdjust>(xShape, "TextVerticalAdjust"));
 }
 
+void Test::testGroupshapeSdt()
+{
+    // All problems here are due to the groupshape: we have a drawinglayer rectangle, not a writer textframe.
+    uno::Reference<drawing::XShapes> xOuterGroupShape(getShape(1), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<drawing::XShapes> xInnerGroupShape(xOuterGroupShape->getByIndex(0), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<text::XTextRange> xShape(xInnerGroupShape->getByIndex(0), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    // Border distances were not implemented, this was 0.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(1905), getProperty<sal_Int32>(xShape, "TextUpperDistance"));
+    // Sdt field result wasn't imported, this was "".
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("placeholder text"), xShape->getString());
+    // w:spacing was ignored in oox, this was 0.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(20), getProperty<sal_Int32>(getRun(getParagraphOfText(1, xShape->getText()), 1), "CharKerning"));
+}
+
 CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(Test);
 
 CPPUNIT_PLUGIN_IMPLEMENT();