diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/data/testTitlePage.docx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/data/testTitlePage.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72bfdf81f886
Binary files /dev/null and b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/data/testTitlePage.docx differ
diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
index 1c820440f73d..dae77bc9bbb8 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
@@ -2637,6 +2637,13 @@ DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testTOCFlag_u,"testTOCFlag_u.docx")
     OUString contents = OUString::createFromAscii((const char*)((pXmlNode->children[0]).content));
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(contents.match(" TOC \\z \\o \"1-9\" \\u \\h"));
 }
+DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testTestTitlePage, "testTitlePage.docx")
+{
+    xmlDocPtr pXmlDoc = parseExport("word/document.xml");
+    if (!pXmlDoc)
+        return;
+    assertXPathChildren(pXmlDoc, "/w:document/w:body/w:sectPr/w:titlePg", 0);
+}
 
 DECLARE_OOXMLEXPORT_TEST(testTableRowDataDisplayedTwice,"table-row-data-displayed-twice.docx")
 {
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8sty.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8sty.cxx
index ab89a949577c..3f79db8ac02f 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8sty.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8sty.cxx
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ void MSWordExportBase::SectionProperties( const WW8_SepInfo& rSepInfo, WW8_PdAtt
         {
             const SwPageDesc *pFollow = pPd->GetFollow();
             const SwFrmFmt& rFollowFmt = pFollow->GetMaster();
-            if ( sw::util::IsPlausableSingleWordSection( *pPdFirstPgFmt, rFollowFmt ) )
+            if ( sw::util::IsPlausableSingleWordSection( *pPdFirstPgFmt, rFollowFmt ) || titlePage )
             {
                 if (rSepInfo.pPDNd)
                     pPdFirstPgFmt = pPd->GetPageFmtOfNode( *rSepInfo.pPDNd );