diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
index dd62c22..4ae0459 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/XLWorkbook_Load.cs
@@ -1429,6 +1429,7 @@
 
                         case CellValues.InlineString:
                         case CellValues.SharedString:
+                        case CellValues.String:
                             xlCell.SetDataTypeFast(XLDataType.Text);
                             break;
                     }
@@ -1487,6 +1488,7 @@
 
                         case CellValues.InlineString:
                         case CellValues.SharedString:
+                        case CellValues.String:
                             xlCell.SetDataTypeFast(XLDataType.Text);
                             break;
                     }
@@ -1529,6 +1531,15 @@
                     else
                         xlCell.SetInternalCellValueString(String.Empty);
                 }
+                else if (cell.DataType == CellValues.String)
+                {
+                    xlCell.SetDataTypeFast(XLDataType.Text);
+
+                    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(cell.CellValue?.Text))
+                        xlCell.SetInternalCellValueString(cell.CellValue.Text);
+                    else
+                        xlCell.SetInternalCellValueString(String.Empty);
+                }
                 else if (cell.DataType == CellValues.Date)
                 {
                     xlCell.SetDataTypeFast(XLDataType.DateTime);
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
index 11dbfa5..a82dca2 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Loading/LoadingTests.cs
@@ -386,12 +386,24 @@
             using (var wb = new XLWorkbook(stream))
             {
                 var ws = wb.Worksheet(1);
-                
+
                 Assert.AreEqual(8, ws.Style.Font.FontSize);
                 Assert.AreEqual("Arial", ws.Style.Font.FontName);
                 Assert.AreEqual(8, ws.Cell("A1").Style.Font.FontSize);
                 Assert.AreEqual("Arial", ws.Cell("A1").Style.Font.FontName);
             }
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void CanCorrectLoadWorkbookCellWithStringDataType()
+        {
+            using (var stream = TestHelper.GetStreamFromResource(TestHelper.GetResourcePath(@"Misc\CellWithStringDataType.xlsx")))
+            using (var wb = new XLWorkbook(stream))
+            {
+                var cellToCheck = wb.Worksheet(1).Cell("B2");
+                Assert.AreEqual(XLDataType.Text, cellToCheck.DataType);
+                Assert.AreEqual("String with String Data type", cellToCheck.Value);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/CellWithStringDataType.xlsx b/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/CellWithStringDataType.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeb2e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Resource/Misc/CellWithStringDataType.xlsx
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