diff --git a/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md b/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
index 18f9267f39..ba1bff73da 100644
--- a/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
+++ b/docs/changes/2.x/2.0.0.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 - IOFactory : Added extractVariables method to extract variables from a document [@sibalonat](https://github.com/sibalonat) in [#2515](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2515)
 - PDF Writer : Documented how to specify a PDF renderer, when working with the PDF writer, as well as the three available choices by [@settermjd](https://github.com/settermjd) in [#2642](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/pull/2642)
+- HTML Parser : Added support for rowspan in add HTML [#1643](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/1643)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.neon b/phpstan-baseline.neon
index 2e44745b3d..d7220fe562 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.neon
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.neon
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ parameters:
 
 		-
 			message: "#^Call to an undefined method DOMNode\\:\\:getAttribute\\(\\)\\.$#"
-			count: 1
+			count: 6
 			path: src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
 
 		-
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
index 2022f7da09..95ed5eb842 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Shared/Html.php
@@ -472,11 +472,53 @@ protected static function parseCell($node, $element, &$styles)
             $cellStyles['gridSpan'] = $colspan - 0;
         }
 
+        $rowspan = $node->getAttribute('rowspan');
+        if (!empty($rowspan)) {
+            $cellStyles['vMerge'] = 'restart';
+        }
+        $beforespan = $node->getAttribute('beforespan');
+        if (!empty($beforespan)) {
+            $cellRowContinue = ['vMerge' => 'continue'];
+            $beforecolspan = $node->getAttribute('beforecolspan');
+
+            for ($s = 1; $s <= $beforespan; ++$s) {
+                if (!empty($beforecolspan)) {
+                    if (is_numeric($beforecolspan)) {
+                        $beforecolspan = (int) $beforecolspan;
+                    } else {
+                        $beforecolspans = json_decode($beforecolspan, true);
+                        $beforecolspan = $beforecolspans[$s - 1];
+                    }
+                    $cellRowContinue['gridSpan'] = $beforecolspan;
+                }
+                $element->addCell(null, $cellRowContinue);
+            }
+        }
+
         // set cell width to control column widths
         $width = $cellStyles['width'] ?? null;
         unset($cellStyles['width']); // would not apply
         $cell = $element->addCell($width, $cellStyles);
 
+        $afterspan = $node->getAttribute('afterspan');
+        if (!empty($afterspan)) {
+            $cellRowContinue = ['vMerge' => 'continue'];
+            $aftercolspan = $node->getAttribute('aftercolspan');
+
+            for ($s = 1; $s <= $afterspan; ++$s) {
+                if (!empty($aftercolspan)) {
+                    if (is_numeric($aftercolspan)) {
+                        $aftercolspan = (int) $aftercolspan;
+                    } else {
+                        $aftercolspans = json_decode($aftercolspan, true);
+                        $aftercolspan = $aftercolspans[$s - 1];
+                    }
+                    $cellRowContinue['gridSpan'] = $aftercolspan;
+                }
+                $element->addCell(null, $cellRowContinue);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (self::shouldAddTextRun($node)) {
             return $cell->addTextRun(self::filterOutNonInheritedStyles(self::parseInlineStyle($node, $styles['paragraph'])));
         }
diff --git a/tests/PhpWordTests/Shared/HtmlTest.php b/tests/PhpWordTests/Shared/HtmlTest.php
index c8640509de..1b80b1b980 100644
--- a/tests/PhpWordTests/Shared/HtmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpWordTests/Shared/HtmlTest.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public function testParseStyle(): void
           background-color:red;
         }
         </style>
-        
+
         <p class="pStyle">Calculator</p>';
         $phpWord = new PhpWord();
         $section = $phpWord->addSection();
@@ -418,6 +418,38 @@ public function testParseTable(): void
         self::assertFalse($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl/w:tr[1]/w:tc[2]/w:p/w:pPr/w:pBdr'));
     }
 
+    public function testParseTableWithRowSpan(): void
+    {
+        $phpWord = new PhpWord();
+        $section = $phpWord->addSection();
+        $html = '<table style="width: 100%; border: 1px #000000 solid;" cellspacing="0" collpadding="0">
+            <thead>
+                <tr style="background-color: #FF0000; text-align: center; color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold; ">
+                    <th style="text-align:center;">A</th>
+                    <th style="text-align:center;">B</th>
+                    <th style="text-align:center;">C</th>
+                    <th style="text-align:center;">D</th>
+                </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+                <tr><td > A1 </td><td colspan="2"> BC1 </td><td> D1 </td></tr>
+                <tr><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"> AB23 </td><td> C2 </td><td> D2 </td></tr>
+                <tr><td beforespan="1" beforecolspan="2" > C3 </td><td> D3 </td></tr>
+                <tr><td rowspan="3" > A456 </td><td> B4 </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"> CD45 </td></tr>
+                <tr><td rowspan="2" beforespan="1" afterspan="1" aftercolspan="2">B5</td></tr>
+                <tr><td beforespan="2">C6</td><td> D6 </td></tr>
+                <tr><td> A7 </td><td> B7 </td><td> C7 </td><td> D7 </td></tr>
+                <tr><td > A8 </td><td colspan="2"> BC8 </td><td > D8 </td></tr>
+                <tr><td colspan="3"> ABC9 </td><td rowspan="2"> D9 </td></tr>
+                <tr><td > A9 </td><td > B9 </td><td afterspan="1"> C9 </td></tr>
+            </tbody>
+         </table>';
+        Html::addHtml($section, $html);
+
+        $doc = TestHelperDOCX::getDocument($phpWord, 'Word2007');
+        self::assertTrue($doc->elementExists('/w:document/w:body/w:tbl'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parse widths in tables and cells, which also allows for controlling column width.
      */