diff --git a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 7efc0f1ac8..c8fc0b8a55 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ public function setImageValue($search, $replace, $limit = self::MAXIMUM_REPLACEM
 
         // define templates
         // result can be verified via "Open XML SDK 2.5 Productivity Tool" (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30425)
-        $imgTpl = '<w:pict><v:shape type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:{WIDTH};height:{HEIGHT}"><v:imagedata r:id="{RID}" o:title=""/></v:shape></w:pict>';
+        $imgTpl = '<w:pict><v:shape type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:{WIDTH};height:{HEIGHT}" stroked="f"><v:imagedata r:id="{RID}" o:title=""/></v:shape></w:pict>';
 
         foreach ($searchParts as $partFileName => &$partContent) {
             $partVariables = $this->getVariablesForPart($partContent);