diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 6280db36a..b81681a10 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.8-beta3" date="2011-??-??">
+           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">51111 - Correct XWPFParagraph tracking of new runs</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">51115 - Handle DataFormatter escaping of "." in the same way as "-" and "/"</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">51100 - Fix IOUtils issue for NPOIFS reading from an InputStream where every block is full</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">50956 - Correct XSSF cell style cloning between workbooks</action>
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java
index 2833695e9..a4cccccab 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ public class XWPFParagraph implements IBodyElement{
      * @return a new text run
      */
     public XWPFRun createRun() {
-        return new XWPFRun(paragraph.addNewR(), this);
+       XWPFRun run = new XWPFRun(paragraph.addNewR(), this);
+       runs.add(run);
+       return run;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFParagraph.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFParagraph.java
index 6bf3c03ff..0fa1b92ba 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFParagraph.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFParagraph.java
@@ -252,6 +252,16 @@ public final class TestXWPFParagraph extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("10", p.getNumID().toString());
     }
     
+    public void testAddingRuns() throws Exception {
+       XWPFDocument doc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("sample.docx");
+     
+       XWPFParagraph p = doc.getParagraphs().get(0);
+       assertEquals(2, p.getRuns().size());
+       
+       XWPFRun r = p.createRun();
+       assertEquals(3, p.getRuns().size());
+    }
+    
     public void testPictures() throws Exception {
        XWPFDocument doc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("VariousPictures.docx");
        assertEquals(7, doc.getParagraphs().size());