diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index f297c50612..50f9edc544 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.9-beta1" date="2012-??-??">
+          <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">54111 - Fixed extracting text from table cells in HSLF</action>
           <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">52583 - add support for drop-down lists in doc to html convertion</action>
           <action dev="poi-developers" type="add">52863 - add workaround for files with broken CHP SPRMs</action>
           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">53182 - Reading combined character styling and direct formatting of a character run</action>
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextShape.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextShape.java
index 3bf37499c5..67341a2672 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextShape.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TextShape.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.PPDrawing;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.Record;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.RecordTypes;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.StyleTextPropAtom;
+import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextBytesAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextCharsAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextHeaderAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TxInteractiveInfoAtom;
@@ -484,8 +485,26 @@ public abstract class TextShape extends SimpleShape {
     /**
       * @return the TextRun object for this text box
       */
-     public TextRun getTextRun(){
-         if(_txtrun == null) initTextRun();
+    public TextRun getTextRun(){
+        if (null == this._txtrun) initTextRun();
+        if (null == this._txtrun && null != this._txtbox) {
+        	TextHeaderAtom    tha = null; 
+        	TextBytesAtom     tba = null;
+        	StyleTextPropAtom sta = null;
+        	Record[] childRecords = this._txtbox.getChildRecords();
+        	for (Record r : childRecords) {
+        		if (r instanceof TextHeaderAtom) {
+        			tha = (TextHeaderAtom) r;
+				} else if (r instanceof TextBytesAtom) {
+					tba = (TextBytesAtom) r;
+				} else if (r instanceof StyleTextPropAtom) {
+					sta = (StyleTextPropAtom) r;
+				}
+        	}
+        	if (null != tba) {
+        		this._txtrun = new TextRun(tha, tba, sta);
+        	}
+         }
          return _txtrun;
      }
 
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestTable.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestTable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0851ff4be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestTable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ *  ====================================================================
+ *    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.Shape;
+import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.Slide;
+import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.Table;
+import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextRun;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
+
+
+/**
+ * Test that checks numbered list functionality.
+ * 
+ * @author Alex Nikiforov [mailto:anikif@gmail.com]
+ */
+public final class TestTable extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
+
+	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+	}
+
+	public void testTable() throws Exception {
+		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("54111.ppt"));
+		assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
+
+		final Slide[] slides = ppt.getSlides();
+		assertEquals(1, slides.length);
+		checkSlide(slides[0]);
+	}
+	private void checkSlide(final Slide s) {
+		TextRun[] textRuns = s.getTextRuns();
+		assertEquals(2, textRuns.length);
+
+		RichTextRun textRun = textRuns[0].getRichTextRuns()[0];
+		assertEquals("Table sample", textRun.getRawText().trim());
+		assertEquals(1, textRuns[0].getRichTextRuns().length);
+		assertFalse(textRun.isBullet());
+
+		assertEquals("Dummy text", textRuns[1].getRawText());
+		
+		final Shape[] shapes = s.getShapes();
+		assertNotNull(shapes);
+		assertEquals(3, shapes.length);
+		assertTrue(shapes[2] instanceof Table);
+		final Table table = (Table) shapes[2];
+		assertEquals(4, table.getNumberOfColumns());
+		assertEquals(6, table.getNumberOfRows());
+		for (int x = 0; x < 4; x ++) {
+			assertEquals("TH Cell " + (x + 1), table.getCell(0, x).getTextRun().getRawText());
+			for (int y = 1; y < 6; y++) {
+				assertEquals("Row " + y + ", Cell " + (x + 1), table.getCell(y, x).getText());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test-data/slideshow/54111.ppt b/test-data/slideshow/54111.ppt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..048bfb621b
Binary files /dev/null and b/test-data/slideshow/54111.ppt differ