diff --git a/src/formats/docx/content.rs b/src/formats/docx/content.rs
index c5a7c18b..ff2a1934 100644
--- a/src/formats/docx/content.rs
+++ b/src/formats/docx/content.rs
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ impl<'a, 'b, 'e> InlineWalker<'a, 'b, 'e> {
                     }
                 }
                 "tab" | "ptab" => self.push(Inline::Text { text: " ".into(), style: Style::PLAIN }),
+                // A non-breaking hyphen is a visible hyphen, the one the
+                // binary and RTF readers emit for the same character.
+                "noBreakHyphen" => self.push(Inline::Text { text: "-".into(), style }),
                 // Markdown has no pages or columns, but every w:br still
                 // separates the runs around it: dropping a page break
                 // outright would join the words on either side. One left at
diff --git a/src/formats/docx/mod.rs b/src/formats/docx/mod.rs
index eee5317e..bccf5391 100644
--- a/src/formats/docx/mod.rs
+++ b/src/formats/docx/mod.rs
@@ -287,6 +287,18 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn non_breaking_hyphen_renders_as_a_hyphen() {
+        // Word writes a non-breaking hyphen as its own run element; dropping
+        // it joins the text on either side.
+        let document = format!(
+            r#"<w:document {W}><w:body><w:p><w:r><w:t>Call 555</w:t><w:noBreakHyphen/><w:t>0123 by e</w:t><w:noBreakHyphen/><w:t>mail</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:body></w:document>"#
+        );
+        let bytes = docx_parts(&[("word/document.xml", &document)]);
+        let markdown = crate::to_markdown_bytes(&bytes, crate::Format::Docx).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(markdown, "Call 555-0123 by e-mail\n");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn numbered_heading_keeps_its_number() {
         // H1: a heading style with numbering shows its label and advances