diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
index e7eb8576f7..3de944acd9 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFRun.java
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ public class XWPFRun implements ISDTContents, IRunElement, CharacterRun {
         color.setVal(rgbStr);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns number of text element
+     */
+    public int getNumberOfTexts() {
+        return run.sizeOfTArray();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the string content of this text run
      *
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
index c9c199429c..ed79c2272d 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFRun.java
@@ -901,4 +901,12 @@ class TestXWPFRun {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testGetNumberOfTexts() {
+        XWPFRun run = p.createRun();
+        assertEquals(0, run.getNumberOfTexts());
+        run.setText("TEST STRING");
+        assertEquals(1, run.getNumberOfTexts());
+    }
 }