diff --git a/docx-core/src/documents/settings.rs b/docx-core/src/documents/settings.rs
index 45d4a91..dedadf7 100644
--- a/docx-core/src/documents/settings.rs
+++ b/docx-core/src/documents/settings.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,45 @@ impl BuildXML for Settings {
             .open_settings()
             .add_child(&self.default_tab_stop)
             .add_child(&self.zoom)
+            .open_compat()
+            .space_for_ul()
+            .balance_single_byte_double_byte_width()
+            .do_not_leave_backslash_alone()
+            .ul_trail_space()
+            .do_not_expand_shift_return()
+            .adjust_line_height_table()
+            .use_fe_layout()
+            .compat_setting(
+                "compatibilityMode",
+                "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word",
+                "15",
+            )
+            .compat_setting(
+                "overrideTableStyleFontSizeAndJustification",
+                "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word",
+                "1",
+            )
+            .compat_setting(
+                "enableOpenTypeFeatures",
+                "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word",
+                "1",
+            )
+            .compat_setting(
+                "doNotFlipMirrorIndents",
+                "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word",
+                "1",
+            )
+            .compat_setting(
+                "differentiateMultirowTableHeaders",
+                "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word",
+                "1",
+            )
+            .compat_setting(
+                "useWord2013TrackBottomHyphenation",
+                "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word",
+                "0",
+            )
+            .close()
             .add_optional_child(&self.doc_id)
             .close()
             .build()
@@ -62,7 +101,22 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(
             str::from_utf8(&b).unwrap(),
             r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<w:settings xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main" xmlns:w14="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordml" xmlns:w15="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2012/wordml"><w:defaultTabStop w:val="709" /><w:zoom w:percent="100" /></w:settings>"#
+<w:settings xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main" xmlns:w14="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2010/wordml" xmlns:w15="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2012/wordml"><w:defaultTabStop w:val="709" /><w:zoom w:percent="100" /><w:compat>
+    <spaceForUL />
+    <balanceSingleByteDoubleByteWidth />
+    <doNotLeaveBackslashAlone />
+    <ulTrailSpace />
+    <doNotExpandShiftReturn />
+    <adjustLineHeightInTable />
+    <useFELayout />
+    <w:compatSetting w:name="compatibilityMode" w:uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word" w:val="15" />
+    <w:compatSetting w:name="overrideTableStyleFontSizeAndJustification" w:uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word" w:val="1" />
+    <w:compatSetting w:name="enableOpenTypeFeatures" w:uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word" w:val="1" />
+    <w:compatSetting w:name="doNotFlipMirrorIndents" w:uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word" w:val="1" />
+    <w:compatSetting w:name="differentiateMultirowTableHeaders" w:uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word" w:val="1" />
+    <w:compatSetting w:name="useWord2013TrackBottomHyphenation" w:uri="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word" w:val="0" />
+  </w:compat>
+</w:settings>"#
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/docx-core/src/xml_builder/elements.rs b/docx-core/src/xml_builder/elements.rs
index 715b95d..c9cff43 100644
--- a/docx-core/src/xml_builder/elements.rs
+++ b/docx-core/src/xml_builder/elements.rs
@@ -256,6 +256,26 @@ impl XMLBuilder {
     open!(open_wp_text_box, "wps:txbx");
     open!(open_text_box_content, "w:txbxContent");
 
+    // compat
+    open!(open_compat, "w:compat");
+    closed!(space_for_ul, "spaceForUL");
+    closed!(
+        balance_single_byte_double_byte_width,
+        "balanceSingleByteDoubleByteWidth"
+    );
+    closed!(do_not_leave_backslash_alone, "doNotLeaveBackslashAlone");
+    closed!(ul_trail_space, "ulTrailSpace");
+    closed!(do_not_expand_shift_return, "doNotExpandShiftReturn");
+    closed!(adjust_line_height_table, "adjustLineHeightInTable");
+    closed!(use_fe_layout, "useFELayout");
+    closed!(
+        compat_setting,
+        "w:compatSetting",
+        "w:name",
+        "w:uri",
+        "w:val"
+    );
+
     /*
     <w:lvlOverride w:ilvl="0">
       <w:startOverride w:val="1"/>