diff --git a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
index 1f044bc2f309..8c11e3db22c7 100644
--- a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
@@ -114,6 +114,25 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(Test, testFloatingTablesOuterNonsplitInner)
     // i.e. the inner floating table was not floating.
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(static_cast<sal_Int32>(4), xFrames->getCount());
 }
+
+CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(Test, testDOCXFloatingTableHiddenAnchor)
+{
+    // Given a document with a floating table, anchored in a paragraph that is hidden:
+    loadFromURL(u"floattable-hidden-anchor.docx");
+
+    // When checking the visibility of the the anchor paragraph:
+    uno::Reference<text::XTextDocument> xTextDocument(mxComponent, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<container::XEnumerationAccess> xText(xTextDocument->getText(), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<container::XEnumeration> xParagraphs = xText->createEnumeration();
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xAnchor(xParagraphs->nextElement(), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+
+    // Then make sure the anchor (and thus the table) is visible:
+    bool bCharHidden{};
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(xAnchor->getPropertyValue("CharHidden") >>= bCharHidden);
+    // Without the accompanying fix in place, this test would have failed, the paragraph + table was
+    // hidden.
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(!bCharHidden);
+}
 }
 
 CPPUNIT_PLUGIN_IMPLEMENT();
diff --git a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/data/floattable-hidden-anchor.docx b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/dmapper/data/floattable-hidden-anchor.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08816aacc47e
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diff --git a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
index 370a89c0442f..5b0971eee20f 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapperTableHandler.cxx
@@ -1643,6 +1643,24 @@ void DomainMapperTableHandler::endTable(unsigned int nestedTableLevel, bool bTab
                     }
                 }
 
+                if (xContent.is())
+                {
+                    // By the time the frame is created, the anchor's paragraph marker character
+                    // properties are already imported. Check if we need to disable "vanish", that
+                    // would lead to a hidden floating table in Writer, but it does not in Word.
+                    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xParagraph(xContent->getAnchor(),
+                                                                   uno::UNO_QUERY);
+                    if (xParagraph.is())
+                    {
+                        bool bCharHidden{};
+                        xParagraph->getPropertyValue("CharHidden") >>= bCharHidden;
+                        if (bCharHidden)
+                        {
+                            xParagraph->setPropertyValue("CharHidden", uno::Any(false));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 AfterConvertToTextFrame(m_rDMapper_Impl, aFramedRedlines, redPos, redLen, redCell, redTable);
             }