diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
index 65952cbae..5badf3a67 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
@@ -1157,6 +1157,24 @@ public class XWPFDocument extends POIXMLDocument implements Document, IBody {
         settings.setUpdateFields();
     }
     
+    /**
+      * Check if revision tracking is turned on.
+      * 
+      * @return <code>true</code> if revision tracking is turned on
+      */
+     public boolean isTrackRevisions() {
+         return settings.isTrackRevisions();
+     }
+    
+     /**
+      * Enable or disable revision tracking.
+      * 
+      * @param <code>true</code> to  turn on revision tracking, <code>false</code> to turn off revision tracking
+      */
+     public void setTrackRevisions(boolean enable) {
+         settings.setTrackRevisions(enable);
+     }
+
     /**
      * inserts an existing XWPFTable to the arrays bodyElements and tables
      * @param pos
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSettings.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSettings.java
index dab349a27..43041bb0c 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSettings.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSettings.java
@@ -326,6 +326,32 @@ public class XWPFSettings extends POIXMLDocumentPart {
         return ctSettings.isSetUpdateFields() && ctSettings.getUpdateFields().getVal() == STOnOff.TRUE;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if revision tracking is turned on.
+     * 
+     * @return <code>true</code> if revision tracking is turned on
+     */
+    public boolean isTrackRevisions() {
+        return ctSettings.isSetTrackRevisions();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Enable or disable revision tracking.
+     * 
+     * @param <code>true</code> to  turn on revision tracking, <code>false</code> to turn off revision tracking
+     */
+    public void setTrackRevisions(boolean enable) {
+        if(enable) {
+            if(!ctSettings.isSetTrackRevisions()) {
+                ctSettings.addNewTrackRevisions();
+            }
+        } else {
+            if(ctSettings.isSetTrackRevisions()) {
+                ctSettings.unsetTrackRevisions();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void commit() throws IOException {
         if (ctSettings == null) {
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestChangeTracking.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestChangeTracking.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3e4758e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestChangeTracking.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/* ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+package org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+
+import org.apache.poi.xwpf.XWPFTestDataSamples;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestChangeTracking {
+
+    @Test
+    public void detection() throws Exception {
+
+        XWPFDocument documentWithoutChangeTracking = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("bug56075-changeTracking_off.docx");
+        assertFalse(documentWithoutChangeTracking.isTrackRevisions());
+
+        XWPFDocument documentWithChangeTracking = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("bug56075-changeTracking_on.docx");
+        assertTrue(documentWithChangeTracking.isTrackRevisions());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void activateChangeTracking() throws Exception {
+        XWPFDocument document = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("bug56075-changeTracking_off.docx");
+        assertFalse(document.isTrackRevisions());
+
+        document.setTrackRevisions(true);
+        
+        assertTrue(document.isTrackRevisions());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void integration() throws Exception {
+        XWPFDocument doc = new XWPFDocument();
+
+        XWPFParagraph p1 = doc.createParagraph();
+
+        XWPFRun r1 = p1.createRun();
+        r1.setText("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.");
+        doc.setTrackRevisions(true);
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        doc.write(out);
+
+        ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
+        XWPFDocument document = new XWPFDocument(inputStream);
+        inputStream.close();
+
+        assertTrue(document.isTrackRevisions());
+    }
+
+}
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