diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2054be..b961305 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ The writer always generate CSV files encoded in UTF-8, with a BOM.
 
 #### Row styling
 
-It is possible to apply some formatting options to a row. Spout supports fonts as well as alignment styles.
+It is possible to apply some formatting options to a row. Spout supports fonts, borders as well as alignment styles.
 
 ```php
 use Box\Spout\Common\Type;
@@ -150,6 +150,31 @@ $writer->addRowsWithStyle($multipleRows, $style); // style will be applied to al
 $writer->close();
 ```
 
+Adding borders to a row requires a ```Border``` object.
+
+```php
+use Box\Spout\Common\Type;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\WriterFactory;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\StyleBuilder;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\Border;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\BorderPart;
+
+$border = new Border();
+$border
+    ->addPart(new BorderPart(Border::BOTTOM, Border::STYLE_SOLID, Border::WIDTH_THICK, Color::ORANGE))
+    ->addPart(new BorderPart(Border::RIGHT, Border::STYLE_DASHED, BOrder::WIDTH_THIN, Color::GREEN));
+
+$style = (new StyleBuilder())
+    ->setBorder($border)
+    ->build();
+
+$writerXlsx = WriterFactory::create(Type::XLSX);
+$writerXlsx->openToFile('borders.xlsx');
+$writerXlsx->addRowsWithStyle($multipleRows, $style);
+$writerXlsx->close();
+
+```
+
 Unfortunately, Spout does not support all the possible formatting options yet. But you can find the most important ones:
 
 Category  | Property      | API
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderNameException.php b/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderNameException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..989141b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderNameException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Writer\Exception;
+
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\BorderPart;
+
+class InvalidBorderNameException extends WriterException
+{
+
+    public function __construct($name)
+    {
+
+        $msg = '%s is not a valid name identifier for a border. Valid identifiers are: %s.';
+
+        parent::__construct(sprintf($msg, $name, implode(',', BorderPart::getAllowedNames())));
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderStyleException.php b/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderStyleException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..771447c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderStyleException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Writer\Exception;
+
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\BorderPart;
+
+class InvalidBorderStyleException extends WriterException
+{
+    public function __construct($name)
+    {
+
+        $msg = '%s is not a valid style identifier for a border. Valid identifiers are: %s.';
+
+        parent::__construct(sprintf($msg, $name, implode(',', BorderPart::getAllowedStyles())));
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderWidthException.php b/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderWidthException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ddc7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/Exception/InvalidBorderWidthException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Writer\Exception;
+
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\BorderPart;
+
+class InvalidBorderWidthException extends WriterException
+{
+
+    public function __construct($name)
+    {
+        $msg = '%s is not a valid width identifier for a border. Valid identifiers are: %s.';
+
+        parent::__construct(sprintf($msg, $name, implode(',', BorderPart::getAllowedWidth())));
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/ODS/Helper/BorderHelper.php b/src/Spout/Writer/ODS/Helper/BorderHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79aa0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/ODS/Helper/BorderHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Writer\ODS\Helper;
+
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\BorderPart;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\Border;
+
+/**
+ * Class BorderHelper
+ *
+ * The fo:border, fo:border-top, fo:border-bottom, fo:border-left and fo:border-right attributes
+ * specify border properties
+ * http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part1.html#__RefHeading__1419780_253892949
+ *
+ * Example table-cell-properties
+ *
+ * <style:table-cell-properties
+ * fo:border-bottom="0.74pt solid #ffc000" style:diagonal-bl-tr="none"
+ * style:diagonal-tl-br="none" fo:border-left="none" fo:border-right="none"
+ * style:rotation-align="none" fo:border-top="none"/>
+ */
+class BorderHelper
+{
+
+    /**
+     * ODS border attributes
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    public static $odsStyleMap = [
+        Border::STYLE_SOLID.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => '0.75pt solid',
+        Border::STYLE_SOLID.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => '1.75pt solid',
+        Border::STYLE_SOLID.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => '2.5pt solid',
+        Border::STYLE_DOTTED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => '0.75pt dotted',
+        Border::STYLE_DOTTED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => '1.75pt dotted',
+        Border::STYLE_DOTTED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => '2.5pt dotted',
+        Border::STYLE_DASHED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => '0.75pt dashed',
+        Border::STYLE_DASHED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => '1.75pt dashed',
+        Border::STYLE_DASHED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => '2.5pt dashed',
+        Border::STYLE_DOUBLE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => '0.75pt double',
+        Border::STYLE_DOUBLE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => '1.75pt double',
+        Border::STYLE_DOUBLE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => '2.5pt double',
+        Border::STYLE_NONE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => 'none',
+        Border::STYLE_NONE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => 'none',
+        Border::STYLE_NONE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => 'none',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @param BorderPart $borderPart
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function serializeBorderPart(BorderPart $borderPart)
+    {
+        $styleDef = $borderPart->getStyle() .'%' . $borderPart->getWidth();
+        $borderStyle = self::$odsStyleMap[$styleDef];
+        $colorEl = ($borderPart->getColor() && $borderPart->getStyle() !== Border::STYLE_NONE)
+            ? '#' . $borderPart->getColor() : '';
+        $partEl = sprintf(
+            'fo:border-%s="%s"',
+            $borderPart->getName(),
+            $borderStyle . ' ' .$colorEl
+        );
+        return $partEl;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/ODS/Helper/StyleHelper.php b/src/Spout/Writer/ODS/Helper/StyleHelper.php
index f8b0c4d..54d266b 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Writer/ODS/Helper/StyleHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/ODS/Helper/StyleHelper.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Box\Spout\Writer\ODS\Helper;
 
 use Box\Spout\Writer\Common\Helper\AbstractStyleHelper;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\BorderPart;
 
 /**
  * Class StyleHelper
@@ -256,9 +257,17 @@ EOD;
             $content .= '<style:table-cell-properties fo:wrap-option="wrap" style:vertical-align="automatic"/>';
         }
 
+        if ($style->shouldApplyBorder()) {
+            $el = '<style:table-cell-properties %s />';
+            $borders = array_map(function (BorderPart $borderPart) {
+                return BorderHelper::serializeBorderPart($borderPart);
+            }, $style->getBorder()->getParts());
+            $content .= sprintf($el, implode(' ', $borders));
+        }
+
         $content .= '</style:style>';
 
+
         return $content;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/Style/Border.php b/src/Spout/Writer/Style/Border.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfee320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/Style/Border.php
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Writer\Style;
+
+class Border
+{
+    const LEFT = 'left';
+    const RIGHT = 'right';
+    const TOP = 'top';
+    const BOTTOM = 'bottom';
+
+    const STYLE_NONE = 'none';
+    const STYLE_SOLID = 'solid';
+    const STYLE_DASHED = 'dashed';
+    const STYLE_DOTTED = 'dotted';
+    const STYLE_DOUBLE = 'double';
+
+    const WIDTH_THIN = 'thin';
+    const WIDTH_MEDIUM = 'medium';
+    const WIDTH_THICK = 'thick';
+
+    /**
+     * @var array A list of BorderPart objects for this border.
+     */
+    protected $parts = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $borderParts
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $borderParts = [])
+    {
+        $this->setParts($borderParts);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getParts()
+    {
+        return $this->parts;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set BorderParts
+     * @param array $parts
+     */
+    public function setParts($parts)
+    {
+        unset($this->parts);
+        foreach ($parts as $part) {
+            $this->addPart($part);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param BorderPart $borderPart
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public function addPart(BorderPart $borderPart)
+    {
+        $this->parts[$borderPart->getName()] = $borderPart;
+        return $this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/Style/BorderPart.php b/src/Spout/Writer/Style/BorderPart.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2cd9ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/Style/BorderPart.php
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Writer\Style;
+
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Exception\InvalidBorderNameException;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Exception\InvalidBorderStyleException;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Exception\InvalidBorderWidthException;
+
+class BorderPart
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string The style of this border part.
+     */
+    protected $style;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string The name of this border part.
+     */
+    protected $name;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string The color of this border part.
+     */
+    protected $color;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string The width of this border part.
+     */
+    protected $width;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array Allowed style constants for parts.
+     */
+    protected static $allowedStyles = [
+        'none',
+        'solid',
+        'dashed',
+        'dotted',
+        'double'
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @var array Allowed names constants for border parts.
+     */
+    protected static $allowedNames = [
+        'left',
+        'right',
+        'top',
+        'bottom',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @var array Allowed width constants for border parts.
+     */
+    protected static $allowedWidth = [
+        'thin',
+        'medium',
+        'thick',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $name @see  BorderPart::allowedNames
+     * @param string $style @see BorderPart::allowedStyles
+     * @param string $width @see BorderPart::allowedWidth
+     * @param string $color A RGB color code
+     * @throws InvalidBorderNameException
+     * @throws InvalidBorderStyleException
+     * @throws InvalidBorderWidthException
+     */
+    public function __construct($name, $style = Border::STYLE_SOLID, $width = Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM, $color = Color::BLACK)
+    {
+        $this->setName($name);
+        $this->setStyle($style);
+        $this->setWidth($width);
+        $this->setColor($color);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $name
+     */
+    public function setName($name)
+    {
+        if (!in_array($name, self::$allowedNames)) {
+            throw new InvalidBorderNameException($name);
+        }
+        $this->name = $name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getStyle()
+    {
+        return $this->style;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $style
+     */
+    public function setStyle($style)
+    {
+        if (!in_array($style, self::$allowedStyles)) {
+            throw new InvalidBorderStyleException($style);
+        }
+        $this->style = $style;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getColor()
+    {
+        return $this->color;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $color
+     */
+    public function setColor($color)
+    {
+        $this->color = $color;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getWidth()
+    {
+        return $this->width;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $width
+     */
+    public function setWidth($width)
+    {
+        if(!in_array($width, self::$allowedWidth)) {
+            throw new InvalidBorderWidthException($width);
+        }
+        $this->width = $width;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function getAllowedStyles()
+    {
+        return self::$allowedStyles;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function getAllowedNames()
+    {
+        return self::$allowedNames;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function getAllowedWidth()
+    {
+        return self::$allowedWidth;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/Style/Style.php b/src/Spout/Writer/Style/Style.php
index 91e9475..b595b3a 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Writer/Style/Style.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/Style/Style.php
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ class Style
     /** @var bool Whether the wrap text property was set */
     protected $hasSetWrapText = false;
 
+    /**
+     * @var Border
+     */
+    protected $border = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool Whether border properties should be applied
+     */
+    protected $shouldApplyBorder = false;
+
     /**
      * @return int|null
      */
@@ -79,6 +89,32 @@ class Style
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return Border
+     */
+    public function getBorder()
+    {
+        return $this->border;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Border $border
+     */
+    public function setBorder(Border $border)
+    {
+        $this->shouldApplyBorder = true;
+        $this->border = $border;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function shouldApplyBorder()
+    {
+        return $this->shouldApplyBorder;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return boolean
      */
@@ -302,6 +338,9 @@ class Style
         if (!$this->hasSetWrapText && $baseStyle->shouldWrapText()) {
             $mergedStyle->setShouldWrapText();
         }
+        if (!$this->getBorder() && $baseStyle->shouldApplyBorder()) {
+            $mergedStyle->setBorder($baseStyle->getBorder());
+        }
 
         return $mergedStyle;
     }
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/Style/StyleBuilder.php b/src/Spout/Writer/Style/StyleBuilder.php
index 4619f43..6d6239c 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Writer/Style/StyleBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/Style/StyleBuilder.php
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ class StyleBuilder
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set a border
+     *
+     * @param Border $border
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setBorder(Border $border)
+    {
+        $this->style->setBorder($border);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the configured style. The style is cached and can be reused.
      *
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/XLSX/Helper/BorderHelper.php b/src/Spout/Writer/XLSX/Helper/BorderHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be28b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/XLSX/Helper/BorderHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Writer\XLSX\Helper;
+
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\BorderPart;
+use Box\Spout\Writer\Style\Border;
+
+class BorderHelper
+{
+    public static $xlsxStyleMap = [
+        Border::STYLE_SOLID.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => 'thin',
+        Border::STYLE_SOLID.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => 'medium',
+        Border::STYLE_SOLID.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => 'thick',
+        Border::STYLE_DOTTED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => 'dotted',
+        Border::STYLE_DOTTED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => 'dotted',
+        Border::STYLE_DOTTED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => 'dotted',
+        Border::STYLE_DASHED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => 'dashed',
+        Border::STYLE_DASHED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => 'mediumDashed',
+        Border::STYLE_DASHED.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => 'mediumDashed',
+        Border::STYLE_DOUBLE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => 'double',
+        Border::STYLE_DOUBLE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => 'double',
+        Border::STYLE_DOUBLE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => 'double',
+        Border::STYLE_NONE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THIN => 'none',
+        Border::STYLE_NONE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_MEDIUM => 'none',
+        Border::STYLE_NONE.'%'.Border::WIDTH_THICK => 'none',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @param BorderPart $borderPart
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function serializeBorderPart(BorderPart $borderPart)
+    {
+        $styleDef = $borderPart->getStyle() .'%' . $borderPart->getWidth();
+        $borderStyle = self::$xlsxStyleMap[$styleDef];
+
+        $colorEl = $borderPart->getColor() ? sprintf('<color rgb="%s"/>', $borderPart->getColor()) : '';
+        $partEl = sprintf(
+            '<%s style="%s">%s</%s>', $borderPart->getName(), $borderStyle, $colorEl, $borderPart->getName()
+        );
+        return $partEl.PHP_EOL;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Spout/Writer/XLSX/Helper/StyleHelper.php b/src/Spout/Writer/XLSX/Helper/StyleHelper.php
index f3da2b5..ed09ef8 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Writer/XLSX/Helper/StyleHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Writer/XLSX/Helper/StyleHelper.php
@@ -100,17 +100,23 @@ EOD;
      */
     protected function getBordersSectionContent()
     {
-        return <<<EOD
-<borders count="1">
-    <border>
-        <left/>
-        <right/>
-        <top/>
-        <bottom/>
-        <diagonal/>
-    </border>
-</borders>
-EOD;
+        $content = '<borders count="' . count($this->styleIdToStyleMappingTable) . '">';
+        /** @var \Box\Spout\Writer\Style\Style $style */
+        foreach ($this->getRegisteredStyles() as $style) {
+            $border = $style->getBorder();
+            if ($border) {
+                $content .= '<border>';
+                foreach ($border->getParts() as $part) {
+                    /** @var $part \Box\Spout\Writer\Style\BorderPart */
+                    $content .= BorderHelper::serializeBorderPart($part);
+                }
+                $content .= '</border>';
+            } else {
+                $content .= '<border><left/><right/><top/><bottom/><diagonal/></border>';
+            }
+        }
+        $content .= '</borders>';
+        return $content;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -139,12 +145,16 @@ EOD;
         $content = '<cellXfs count="' . count($registeredStyles) . '">';
 
         foreach ($registeredStyles as $style) {
-            $content .= '<xf numFmtId="0" fontId="' . $style->getId() . '" fillId="0" borderId="0" xfId="0"';
+            $content .= '<xf numFmtId="0" fontId="' . $style->getId() . '" fillId="0" borderId="' . $style->getId() . '" xfId="0"';
 
             if ($style->shouldApplyFont()) {
                 $content .= ' applyFont="1"';
             }
 
+            if ($style->shouldApplyBorder()) {
+                $content .= ' applyBorder="1"';
+            }
+
             if ($style->shouldWrapText()) {
                 $content .= ' applyAlignment="1">';
                 $content .= '<alignment wrapText="1"/>';