diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 0c6acd0ce8..5700f1debd 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.8-beta4" date="2011-??-??">
+           <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">51356 - Support autoSizeColumn in SXSSF</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">51335 - Parse picture goal and crop sizes in HWPF</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">51305 - Add sprmTCellPaddingDefault support in HWPF</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">51265 - Enhanced Handling of Picture Parts in XWPF</action>
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
index f5d2dc4395..e5e27cdfe1 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hpsf.IllegalPropertySetDataException;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellReference;
 
+import org.apache.poi.ss.util.SheetUtil;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.util.PaneInformation;
@@ -1049,7 +1050,7 @@ public class SXSSFSheet implements Sheet, Cloneable
      */
     public void autoSizeColumn(int column)
     {
-        _sh.autoSizeColumn(column);
+        autoSizeColumn(column, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1067,7 +1068,10 @@ public class SXSSFSheet implements Sheet, Cloneable
      */
     public void autoSizeColumn(int column, boolean useMergedCells)
     {
-        _sh.autoSizeColumn(column, useMergedCells);
+        double width = SheetUtil.getColumnWidth(this, column, useMergedCells);
+        if(width != -1){
+            setColumnWidth(column, (int)(width*256));
+        }
     }
 
     /**