diff --git a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFTable.cs b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFTable.cs
index a8435cdf5..a28682e7b 100644
--- a/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFTable.cs
+++ b/ooxml/XWPF/Usermodel/XWPFTable.cs
@@ -261,6 +261,15 @@ public int NumberOfRows
             }
         }
 
+        public int NumberOfColumns
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return ctTbl.SizeOfTrArray() > 0 ? ctTbl.GetTrArray(0)
+                        .SizeOfTcArray() : 0;
+            }
+        }
+
         public CT_TblPr GetTrPr()
         {
             return (ctTbl.tblPr != null) ? ctTbl.tblPr : ctTbl
diff --git a/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/UserModel/TestXWPFTable.cs b/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/UserModel/TestXWPFTable.cs
index 3c1e9a086..63960ed1e 100644
--- a/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/UserModel/TestXWPFTable.cs
+++ b/testcases/ooxml/XWPF/UserModel/TestXWPFTable.cs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public void TestCreateRow()
             ClassicAssert.AreEqual(4, xtab.NumberOfRows);
 
             //check number of cols
-            ClassicAssert.AreEqual(2, table.GetTrArray(0).SizeOfTcArray());
+            ClassicAssert.AreEqual(2, xtab.NumberOfColumns);
 
             //check creation of first row
             xtab = new XWPFTable(new CT_Tbl(), doc);