diff --git a/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php b/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
index a01a8541..d474195e 100755
--- a/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPWord/Template.php
@@ -75,6 +75,36 @@ class PHPWord_Template
             throw new PHPWord_Exception('Could not create temporary file with unique name in the default temporary directory.');
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Applies XSL transformation to XML template.
+     *
+     * @param DOMDocument &$xslDOMDocument
+     * @param string $xslOptionsURI
+     * @param array $xslOptions
+     */
+    public function applyXSLT(&$xslDOMDocument, $xslOptionsURI = '', $xslOptions = [])
+    {
+      $processor = new \XSLTProcessor();
+
+      $processor->importStylesheet($xslDOMDocument);
+
+      if ($processor->setParameter($xslOptionsURI, $xslOptions) === \FALSE) {
+          throw new \Exception('Could not set values for the given XSL stylesheet parameters.');
+      }
+
+      $xmlDOMDocument = new \DOMDocument();
+      if ($xmlDOMDocument->loadXML($this->_documentXML) === \FALSE) {
+          throw new \Exception('Could not create DOM document for the given XML template.');
+      }
+
+      $xmlTransformed = $processor->transformToXml($xmlDOMDocument);
+      if ($xmlTransformed === \FALSE) {
+          throw new \Exception('Could not apply XSLT to the given DOM document.');
+      }
+
+      $this->_documentXML = $xmlTransformed;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Set a Template value
@@ -134,4 +164,4 @@ class PHPWord_Template
 
         rename($this->_tempFileName, $strFilename);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}