diff --git a/pydocx/export/html.py b/pydocx/export/html.py
index 18e3ea53..d6744c36 100644
--- a/pydocx/export/html.py
+++ b/pydocx/export/html.py
@@ -668,6 +668,9 @@ def export_table_cell(self, table_cell):
                 attrs['colspan'] = colspan
             if rowspan > 1:
                 attrs['rowspan'] = rowspan
+            fill = getattr(table_cell.properties, 'shading', None)
+            if fill and fill != 'auto':
+                attrs['style'] = 'background-color:#%s;' % fill
             tag = HtmlTag('td', **attrs)
 
         numbering_spans = self.yield_numbering_spans(table_cell.children)
diff --git a/pydocx/openxml/wordprocessing/table_cell_properties.py b/pydocx/openxml/wordprocessing/table_cell_properties.py
index 2a94c9b0..ce40db3e 100644
--- a/pydocx/openxml/wordprocessing/table_cell_properties.py
+++ b/pydocx/openxml/wordprocessing/table_cell_properties.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class TableCellProperties(XmlModel):
     grid_span = XmlChild(name='gridSpan', attrname='val')
 
     vertical_merge = XmlChild(name='vMerge', type=lambda el: dict(el.attrib))  # noqa
+    shading = XmlChild(name='shd', attrname='fill')
 
     def should_close_previous_vertical_merge(self):
         # If vMerge is omitted, then this cell shall not be part of any