diff --git a/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md b/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
index 70f9322750..3b08c2f0ca 100644
--- a/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
+++ b/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - IOFactory : Added extractVariables method to extract variables from a document [@sibalonat](https://github.com/sibalonat) in [#2515](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2515)
 - PDF Writer : Documented how to specify a PDF renderer, when working with the PDF writer, as well as the three available choices by [@settermjd](https://github.com/settermjd) in [#2642](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2642)
+- Word2007 Reader: Support for Paragraph Border Style by [@damienfa](https://github.com/damienfa) in [#2651](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2651)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Element/TextRun.php b/src/PhpWord/Element/TextRun.php
index 33c55f6584..8ddc9cd7ba 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Element/TextRun.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Element/TextRun.php
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ class TextRun extends AbstractContainer
     /**
      * Paragraph style.
      *
-     * @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Paragraph|string
+     * @var Paragraph|string
      */
     protected $paragraphStyle;
 
     /**
      * Create new instance.
      *
-     * @param array|\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Paragraph|string $paragraphStyle
+     * @param array|Paragraph|string $paragraphStyle
      */
     public function __construct($paragraphStyle = null)
     {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function __construct($paragraphStyle = null)
     /**
      * Get Paragraph style.
      *
-     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Paragraph|string
+     * @return Paragraph|string
      */
     public function getParagraphStyle()
     {
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ public function getParagraphStyle()
     /**
      * Set Paragraph style.
      *
-     * @param array|\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Paragraph|string $style
+     * @param array|Paragraph|string $style
      *
-     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Paragraph|string
+     * @return Paragraph|string
      */
     public function setParagraphStyle($style = null)
     {
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php
index 95799387ed..2741841ef3 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/AbstractPart.php
@@ -529,6 +529,18 @@ protected function readParagraphStyle(XMLReader $xmlReader, DOMElement $domNode)
             'contextualSpacing' => [self::READ_TRUE,  'w:contextualSpacing'],
             'bidi' => [self::READ_TRUE,  'w:bidi'],
             'suppressAutoHyphens' => [self::READ_TRUE,  'w:suppressAutoHyphens'],
+            'borderTopStyle' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:top'],
+            'borderTopColor' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:top', 'w:color'],
+            'borderTopSize' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:top', 'w:sz'],
+            'borderRightStyle' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:right'],
+            'borderRightColor' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:right', 'w:color'],
+            'borderRightSize' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:right', 'w:sz'],
+            'borderBottomStyle' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:bottom'],
+            'borderBottomColor' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:bottom', 'w:color'],
+            'borderBottomSize' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:bottom', 'w:sz'],
+            'borderLeftStyle' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:left'],
+            'borderLeftColor' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:left', 'w:color'],
+            'borderLeftSize' => [self::READ_VALUE, 'w:pBdr/w:left', 'w:sz'],
         ];
 
         return $this->readStyleDefs($xmlReader, $styleNode, $styleDefs);
diff --git a/tests/PhpWordTests/Reader/Word2007Test.php b/tests/PhpWordTests/Reader/Word2007Test.php
index fac5b6b59a..ebfd8ad7a2 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWordTests/Reader/Word2007Test.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWordTests/Reader/Word2007Test.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Reader\Word2007;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Font;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Paragraph;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWordTests\TestHelperDOCX;
 
 /**
@@ -82,6 +83,41 @@ public function testLoad(): void
         self::assertEquals('0', $doc->getElementAttribute('/w:document/w:body/w:p/w:r[w:t/node()="italics"]/w:rPr/w:b', 'w:val'));
     }
 
+    public function testLoadStyles(): void
+    {
+        $phpWord = IOFactory::load(dirname(__DIR__, 1) . '/_files/documents/reader-styles.docx', 'Word2007');
+
+        self::assertInstanceOf(PhpWord::class, $phpWord);
+
+        $section2 = $phpWord->getSection(2);
+        self::assertInstanceOf(Section::class, $section2);
+
+        $element2_31 = $section2->getElement(31);
+        self::assertInstanceOf(TextRun::class, $element2_31);
+        self::assertEquals('This is a paragraph with border differents', $element2_31->getText());
+
+        /** @var Paragraph $element2_31_pStyle */
+        $element2_31_pStyle = $element2_31->getParagraphStyle();
+        self::assertInstanceOf(Paragraph::class, $element2_31_pStyle);
+
+        // Top
+        self::assertEquals('FFFF00', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderTopColor());
+        self::assertEquals('10', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderTopSize());
+        self::assertEquals('dotted', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderTopStyle());
+        // Right
+        self::assertEquals('00A933', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderRightColor());
+        self::assertEquals('4', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderRightSize());
+        self::assertEquals('dashed', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderRightStyle());
+        // Bottom
+        self::assertEquals('F10D0C', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderBottomColor());
+        self::assertEquals('8', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderBottomSize());
+        self::assertEquals('dashSmallGap', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderBottomStyle());
+        // Left
+        self::assertEquals('3465A4', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderLeftColor());
+        self::assertEquals('8', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderLeftSize());
+        self::assertEquals('dashed', $element2_31_pStyle->getBorderLeftStyle());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Load a Word 2011 file.
      */
diff --git a/tests/PhpWordTests/_files/documents/reader-styles.docx b/tests/PhpWordTests/_files/documents/reader-styles.docx
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