diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/other/chart/write_chart_demo.lpr b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/other/chart/write_chart_demo.lpr
index a917d2e58..00b4a107f 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/other/chart/write_chart_demo.lpr
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/other/chart/write_chart_demo.lpr
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ begin
     ch.Legend.Border.Color := scGray;
     ch.Legend.Background.FgColor := scSilver;
     ch.Legend.Background.Style := fsSolidFill;
+    ch.Legend.CanOverlapPlotArea := true;
 
     // 2nd sheet
     sh2 := b.AddWorksheet('test2');
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpschart.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpschart.pas
index 7dfbca3ad..1872fac5e 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpschart.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpschart.pas
@@ -171,9 +171,11 @@ type
   TsChartLegend = class(TsChartFillElement)
   private
     FFont: TsFont;
+    FCanOverlapPlotArea: Boolean;
   public
     constructor Create(AChart: TsChart);
     destructor Destroy; override;
+    property CanOverlapPlotArea: Boolean read FCanOverlapPlotArea write FCanOverlapPlotArea;
     property Font: TsFont read FFont write FFont;
   end;
 
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpschartstyles.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpschartstyles.pas
index 876c05e5e..866e565c8 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpschartstyles.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpschartstyles.pas
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ type
   end;
 
   TsChartLegendRec = record
+    CanOverlapPlotArea: Boolean;
     Font: TsChartFontRec;
     Border: TsChartLineRec;
     Fill: TsChartFillRec;
@@ -599,6 +600,7 @@ end;
 { TsChartLegendRec }
 procedure TsChartLegendRec.FromChart(AChart: TsChart; AElement: TsChartStyleElement);
 begin
+  CanOverlapPlotArea := AChart.Legend.CanOverlapPlotArea;
   Font.FromChart(AChart, ceLegend);
   Border.FromChart(AChart, ceLegend, 0);
   Fill.FromChart(AChart, ceLegend, 0);
@@ -607,6 +609,7 @@ end;
 
 procedure TsChartLegendRec.ToChart(AChart: TsChart; AElement: TsChartStyleElement);
 begin
+  AChart.Legend.CanOverlapPlotArea := CanOverlapPlotArea;
   Font.ToChart(AChart, ceLegend);
   Border.ToChart(AChart, ceLegend, 0);
   Fill.ToChart(AChart, ceLegend, 0);
@@ -616,7 +619,7 @@ end;
 class operator TsChartLegendRec.= (A, B: TsChartLegendRec): Boolean;
 begin
   Result := (A.Font = B.Font) and (A.Border = B.Border) and (A.Fill = B.Fill) and
-    (A.Visible = B.Visible);
+    (A.Visible = B.Visible) and (A.CanOverlapPlotArea = B.CanOverlapPlotArea);
 end;
 
 { TsChartPlotAreaRec }
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsopendocument.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsopendocument.pas
index 552588738..de7734224 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsopendocument.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpsopendocument.pas
@@ -7005,18 +7005,23 @@ procedure TsSpreadOpenDocWriter.WriteChartLegend(AStream: TStream; AChart: TsCha
 var
   ind: String;
   styles: TsChartStyleList;
+  style: TsChartStyle_Legend;
   idx: Integer = 400;
+  canOverlap: String = '';
 begin
   if (not AChart.Legend.Visible) then
     exit;
 
   styles := TsChartStyleList(FChartStyleList);
   idx := styles.AddChartStyle('Legend', AChart, TsChartstyle_Legend, ceLegend);
+  style := TsChartStyle_Legend(styles[idx]);
 
+  if style.Legend.CanOverlapPlotArea then
+    canOverlap := 'loext:overlay="true" ';
   ind := DupeString(' ', AIndent);
   AppendToStream(AStream, Format(
-    ind + '<chart:legend chart:style-name="ch%d" chart:legend-position="end" style:legend-expansion="high" />' + LE,
-    [ idx + 1 ]
+    ind + '<chart:legend chart:style-name="ch%d" chart:legend-position="end" style:legend-expansion="high" %s/>' + LE,
+    [ idx + 1, canOverlap ]
   ));
 
   {$ifdef DEBUG_CHART_STYLES}