diff --git a/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/converter/AbstractWordConverter.java b/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/converter/AbstractWordConverter.java
index 01c4bed4fe..d6f410d286 100644
--- a/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/converter/AbstractWordConverter.java
+++ b/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/converter/AbstractWordConverter.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel.TableRow;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.Entry;
 import org.apache.poi.util.Beta;
 import org.apache.poi.util.Internal;
+import org.apache.poi.util.LocaleUtil;
 import org.apache.poi.util.StringUtil;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -445,6 +446,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractWordConverter {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if (characterRun.isCapitalized() || characterRun.isSmallCaps()) {
+                text = text.toUpperCase(LocaleUtil.getUserLocale());
+            }
+
             if (characterRun.isSpecialCharacter()) {
                 if (text.charAt(0) == SPECCHAR_AUTONUMBERED_FOOTNOTE_REFERENCE
                     && (wordDocument instanceof HWPFDocument)) {
diff --git a/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/extractor/TestWordExtractor.java b/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/extractor/TestWordExtractor.java
index 2e67e0ff03..4ef67c44c8 100644
--- a/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/extractor/TestWordExtractor.java
+++ b/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hwpf/extractor/TestWordExtractor.java
@@ -402,6 +402,14 @@ public final class TestWordExtractor {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testCapitalized() throws Exception {
+        try (WordExtractor wExt = openExtractor("capitalized.doc")) {
+            String text = wExt.getText().trim();
+            assertEquals("The following word is: CAPITALIZED.", text);
+        }
+    }
+
     private WordExtractor openExtractor(String fileName) throws IOException {
         try (InputStream is = docTests.openResourceAsStream(fileName)) {
             return new WordExtractor(is);
diff --git a/test-data/document/capitalized.doc b/test-data/document/capitalized.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00f32a2e41
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