diff --git a/rows.go b/rows.go
index 87576c33bb00b3cc81273a9ceb0abbe9d50cdd8a..535b0105930e59c4a35b12886b521d30e9a0c563 100644
--- a/rows.go
+++ b/rows.go
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ func (f *File) sharedStringsReader() *xlsxSST {
 			Decode(&sharedStrings); err != nil && err != io.EOF {
 			log.Printf("xml decode error: %s", err)
 		}
+		if sharedStrings.UniqueCount == 0 {
+			sharedStrings.UniqueCount = sharedStrings.Count
+		}
 		f.SharedStrings = &sharedStrings
 		for i := range sharedStrings.SI {
 			if sharedStrings.SI[i].T != nil {