diff --git a/Resources/doc/twig_tags.rst b/Resources/doc/twig_tags.rst
index c8bca32..322c6c6 100644
--- a/Resources/doc/twig_tags.rst
+++ b/Resources/doc/twig_tags.rst
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ dataValidation           array
 merge                    int|string  X         Merge a cell range. Allows zero-based cell index or cell coordinates like 'A3'
 style                    array       X         Standard PhpExcel style array
 url                      string      X
+isExplicitValue          boolean     X         If true then render cell as an explicit value (useful to show leading zero numbers as string)
 =======================  ==========  ===  ===  ===========
 
 Example
diff --git a/Wrapper/XlsCellWrapper.php b/Wrapper/XlsCellWrapper.php
index 2ab047b..f187b59 100644
--- a/Wrapper/XlsCellWrapper.php
+++ b/Wrapper/XlsCellWrapper.php
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ public function start($index = null, $value = null, array $properties = null)
             $this->sheetWrapper->getRow());
 
         if ($value !== null) {
-            $this->object->setValue($value);
+            if (array_key_exists('isExplicitValue', $properties) && $properties['isExplicitValue'] === true) {
+                $this->object->setValueExplicit($value);
+            } else {
+                $this->object->setValue($value);
+            }
         }
 
         if ($properties !== null) {