diff --git a/source/appModules/soffice.py b/source/appModules/soffice.py
index c1332da45e8..979accf9ead 100755
--- a/source/appModules/soffice.py
+++ b/source/appModules/soffice.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import speech
 import api
 import braille
+import inputCore
 import languageHandler
 import vision
 
@@ -318,6 +319,40 @@ def _get_locationText(self):
 class SymphonyDocument(CompoundDocument):
 	TextInfo = SymphonyDocumentTextInfo
 
+	# override base class implementation because that one assumes
+	# that the text retrieved from the text info for the text unit
+	# is the same as the text that actually gets removed, which at
+	# least isn't true for Writer paragraphs when removing a word
+	# followed by whitespace using Ctrl+Backspace
+	def _backspaceScriptHelper(self, unit: str, gesture: inputCore.InputGesture):
+		try:
+			oldInfo = self.makeTextInfo(textInfos.POSITION_CARET)
+			ia2TextObj = oldInfo._start.obj.IAccessibleTextObject
+			oldCaretOffset = ia2TextObj.caretOffset
+			oldText = ia2TextObj.text(0, ia2TextObj.nCharacters)
+		except NotImplementedError:
+			gesture.send()
+			return
+
+		gesture.send()
+
+		newInfo = self.makeTextInfo(textInfos.POSITION_CARET)
+		ia2TextObj = newInfo._start.obj.IAccessibleTextObject
+		newCaretOffset = ia2TextObj.caretOffset
+		newText = ia2TextObj.text(0, ia2TextObj.nCharacters)
+
+		# double-check check that text between previous and current
+		# caret position was deleted and announce it
+		deletedText = oldText[newCaretOffset:oldCaretOffset]
+		if newText == oldText[0:newCaretOffset] + oldText[oldCaretOffset:]:
+			if len(deletedText) > 1:
+				speech.speakMessage(deletedText)
+			else:
+				speech.speakSpelling(deletedText)
+				self._caretScriptPostMovedHelper(None, gesture, newInfo)
+		else:
+			log.warning('Backspace did not remove text as expected.')
+
 
 class AppModule(appModuleHandler.AppModule):
 
diff --git a/user_docs/en/changes.t2t b/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
index 17c25a8ed34..d9522298257 100644
--- a/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
+++ b/user_docs/en/changes.t2t
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ This option now announces additional relevant information about an object when t
 == Bug Fixes ==
 - Reporting of object shortcut keys has been improved. (#10807)
 - The SAPI4 synthesizer now properly supports volume, rate and pitch changes embedded in speech. (#15271)
+- In LibreOffice, words deleted using the ``control+backspace`` keyboard shortcut are now also properly announced when the deleted word is followed by whitespace (like spaces and tabs). (#15436)
 -
 
 == Changes for Developers ==