diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TableCellDescriptor.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TableCellDescriptor.java
index 963ce0c6c3..5622dc4c08 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TableCellDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TableCellDescriptor.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ package org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.types.TCAbstractType;
 import org.apache.poi.util.LittleEndian;
 
-public final class TableCellDescriptor
-  extends TCAbstractType
+public final class TableCellDescriptor extends TCAbstractType implements
+        Cloneable
 {
   public static final int SIZE = 20;