diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFPicture.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFPicture.java
index 9f0a49f24..c25d1dd9f 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFPicture.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFPicture.java
@@ -31,15 +31,17 @@ public class XWPFPicture {
 	
 	protected XWPFParagraph paragraph;
 	private CTPicture ctPic;
-	 
-	 public XWPFParagraph getParagraph(){
+    private String description;
+
+    public XWPFParagraph getParagraph(){
 		 return paragraph;
 	 }
 	 
 	 public XWPFPicture(CTPicture ctPic, XWPFParagraph paragraph){
 		 this.paragraph = paragraph;
 		 this.ctPic = ctPic;
-	 }
+         description = ctPic.getNvPicPr().getCNvPr().getDescr();
+     }
 	 
 	 /**
 	  * Link Picture with PictureData
@@ -71,5 +73,8 @@ public class XWPFPicture {
     	}
     	return null;
     }
-    
+
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
index dd0cad864..8ca44c9e8 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ public class TestXWPFRun extends TestCase {
 
                 for (XWPFPicture pic : pictures) {
                     assertNotNull(pic.getPictureData());
+                    assertEquals("DOZOR", pic.getDescription());
                 }
 
                 count+= pictures.size();