diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/TextParagraph.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/TextParagraph.java
index b35d323e1..a0f67bd61 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/TextParagraph.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/TextParagraph.java
@@ -332,6 +332,15 @@ public interface TextParagraph<
      * @return the bullet style of the paragraph, if {@code null} then no bullets are used 
      */
     BulletStyle getBulletStyle();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the bullet styles. If no styles are given, the bullets are omitted.
+     * Possible attributes are integer/double (bullet size), Color (bullet color),
+     * character (bullet character), string (bullet font), AutoNumberingScheme
+     *
+     * @param styles
+     */
+    void setBulletStyle(Object... styles);
     
     /**
      * @return the default size for a tab character within this paragraph in points, null if unset
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/XSLFTextParagraph.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/XSLFTextParagraph.java
index cc12a6342..31df98787 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/XSLFTextParagraph.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xslf/usermodel/XSLFTextParagraph.java
@@ -985,4 +985,26 @@ public class XSLFTextParagraph implements TextParagraph<XSLFShape,XSLFTextParagr
 
         };
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setBulletStyle(Object... styles) {
+        if (styles.length == 0) {
+            setBullet(false);
+        } else {
+            setBullet(true);
+            for (Object ostyle : styles) {
+                if (ostyle instanceof Number) {
+                    setBulletFontSize(((Number)ostyle).doubleValue());
+                } else if (ostyle instanceof Color) {
+                    setBulletFontColor((Color)ostyle);
+                } else if (ostyle instanceof Character) {
+                    setBulletCharacter(ostyle.toString());
+                } else if (ostyle instanceof String) {
+                    setBulletFont((String)ostyle);
+                } else if (ostyle instanceof AutoNumberingScheme) {
+                    setBulletAutoNumber((AutoNumberingScheme)ostyle, 0);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }