diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/DocumentSeparator.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/DocumentSeparator.java
index 02553ce..d84f51a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/DocumentSeparator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/DocumentSeparator.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class DocumentSeparator {
 	private boolean splitByPages = false;
 	private int lastSplitPageNum = 1;
 	private Integer pageNumber = null;
+	private String breakStyle = null;
 		
 	private static LinkedList<Integer> headerStack = new LinkedList<Integer>();
 	private static boolean pageOpened = false; 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ public class DocumentSeparator {
 		pageSeparation = config.getPageTags();
 		splitLevel = config.getXhtmlSplitLevel();
 		splitByPages = pageSeparation.equals(DIV) ? true : false;
+		breakStyle = config.getPageBreakStyle();
 	}
 
 	public void setPageContainerStyle(String style) {
@@ -171,18 +173,32 @@ public class DocumentSeparator {
 	
 	private void breakPage(Node node, int curPageNum) {
 		if (pageNumber != null && pageNumber != curPageNum) {
-			
 			Document doc = node.getOwnerDocument();
 			Element pageBreak = (Element) doc.createElement(DIV);
 			pageBreak.setAttribute("class", "pageBreak");
+			if (breakStyleIsSet()) {
+				applyBreakStyle(pageBreak);
+			}
 			node.appendChild(pageBreak);
 		}
 		pageNumber = curPageNum;
 	}
 
+	
+	private void applyBreakStyle(Element pageBreak) {
+		pageBreak.setAttribute("style", breakStyle);
+	}
+	
+	public boolean breakStyleIsSet() {
+		if (breakStyle == null || breakStyle.isEmpty()) {
+			return false;
+		} else {
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	
 	private void arrangePageDivs(Node node, int pageNum) {
 		Document newdoc = node.getOwnerDocument();
-		Document olddoc = prevPageNode.getOwnerDocument();
 		String prevPageNum = getAttribute(prevPageNode, "page");
 
 		if (prevPageNum != null && prevPageNum.equals(Integer.toString(pageNum))) {
@@ -365,6 +381,6 @@ public class DocumentSeparator {
 	public String getPageContainerStyle() {
 		return this.pageContainerStyle;
 	}
-
+	
 }
 	
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diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextStyleConverter.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextStyleConverter.java
index cb5ce7f..9082d4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextStyleConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/TextStyleConverter.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class TextStyleConverter extends StyleWithPropertiesConverterHelper {
         }
         this.bConvertFont = !config.useDefaultFont();
         
-        String minLS =  config.minLetterSpacing().replaceAll("[^0-9,.,-]", "");
+        String minLS =  config.getMinLetterSpacing().replaceAll("[^0-9,.,-]", "");
         if (!minLS.equals("")) {
         	try {
         		this.minLetterSpacing = Double.parseDouble(minLS);
diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
index 52e78a5..667a474 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/xhtml/XhtmlConfig.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import writer2latex.util.Misc;
 
 public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
     // Implement configuration methods
-    protected int getOptionCount() { return 62; }
+    protected int getOptionCount() { return 63; }
     protected String getDefaultConfigPath() { return "/writer2latex/xhtml/config/"; }
 	
     // Override setOption: To be backwards compatible, we must accept options
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
     private static final int HEADING_TAGS = 59;
     private static final int PAGE_TAGS = 60;
     private static final int MIN_LETTER_SPACING = 61;
+    private static final int PAGE_BREAK_STYLE = 62;
 
     protected ComplexOption xheading = addComplexOption("heading-map");
     protected ComplexOption xpar = addComplexOption("paragraph-map");
@@ -297,6 +298,8 @@ public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
         options[HEADING_TAGS] = new Option("heading_tags","sections");
         options[PAGE_TAGS] = new Option("page_tags","div");
         options[MIN_LETTER_SPACING] = new Option("min_letter_spacing","");
+        options[PAGE_BREAK_STYLE] = new Option("page_break_style","");
+
 
     }
     
@@ -446,8 +449,9 @@ public class XhtmlConfig extends writer2latex.base.ConfigBase {
     	}
     	return options[HEADING_TAGS].getString(); }
     public String getPageTags() { return options[PAGE_TAGS].getString(); }
-    public String minLetterSpacing() { return ( options[MIN_LETTER_SPACING]).getString(); }
-    
+    public String getMinLetterSpacing() { return ( options[MIN_LETTER_SPACING]).getString(); }
+    public String getPageBreakStyle() { return ( options[PAGE_BREAK_STYLE]).getString(); }
+
     public XhtmlStyleMap getXParStyleMap() { return getStyleMap(xpar); }
     public XhtmlStyleMap getXHeadingStyleMap() { return getStyleMap(xheading); }
     public XhtmlStyleMap getXTextStyleMap() { return getStyleMap(xtext); }