diff --git a/DocX/Charts/Chart.cs b/DocX/Charts/Chart.cs
index b9844012..a6600a5a 100644
--- a/DocX/Charts/Chart.cs
+++ b/DocX/Charts/Chart.cs
@@ -154,6 +154,27 @@ public Boolean View3D
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get or set show values for this chart
+        /// </summary>
+        public Boolean showVal {
+            get {
+                XElement parentElement = ChartXml.Element(XName.Get("dLbls", DocX.c.NamespaceName));
+                XElement element = parentElement.Element(XName.Get("showVal", DocX.c.NamespaceName));
+                return(element.GetAttribute("val") == "1");
+            }
+            set {
+                XElement parentElement = ChartXml.Element(XName.Get("dLbls", DocX.c.NamespaceName));
+                XElement element = parentElement.Element(XName.Get("showVal", DocX.c.NamespaceName));
+                if (value) {
+                    element.SetAttributeValue("val", "1");
+                }
+                else {
+                    element.SetAttributeValue("val", "0");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Specifies how blank cells shall be plotted on a chart
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Examples/Program.cs b/Examples/Program.cs
index 2743c2c8..c07e08b2 100644
--- a/Examples/Program.cs
+++ b/Examples/Program.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ private static void BarChart()
                 BarChart c = new BarChart();
                 c.BarDirection = BarDirection.Column;
                 c.BarGrouping = BarGrouping.Standard;
+                c.showVal = true;
                 c.GapWidth = 400;
                 c.AddLegend(ChartLegendPosition.Bottom, false);