diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilderTests.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilderTests.cs
index 8dc9cb89..adcc1112 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tests/Writer/PdfDocumentBuilderTests.cs
@@ -588,6 +588,21 @@
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanCreateDocumentWithFilledRectangle()
+        {
+            var builder = new PdfDocumentBuilder();
+            var page = builder.AddPage(PageSize.A4);
+
+            page.SetTextAndFillColor(255, 0, 0);
+            page.SetStrokeColor(0, 0, 255);
+
+            page.DrawRectangle(new PdfPoint(20, 100), 200, 100, 1.5m, true);
+            
+            var file = builder.Build();
+            WriteFile(nameof(CanCreateDocumentWithFilledRectangle), file);
+        }
+
         private static void WriteFile(string name, byte[] bytes, string extension = "pdf")
         {
             try
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfPageBuilder.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfPageBuilder.cs
index 669ac2b2..d1680c39 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfPageBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Writer/PdfPageBuilder.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
         /// <param name="width">The width of the rectangle.</param>
         /// <param name="height">The height of the rectangle.</param>
         /// <param name="lineWidth">The width of the line border of the rectangle.</param>
-        public void DrawRectangle(PdfPoint position, decimal width, decimal height, decimal lineWidth = 1)
+        /// <param name="fill">Whether to fill with the color set by <see cref="SetTextAndFillColor"/>.</param>
+        public void DrawRectangle(PdfPoint position, decimal width, decimal height, decimal lineWidth = 1, bool fill = false)
         {
             if (lineWidth != 1)
             {
@@ -99,7 +100,15 @@
             }
 
             operations.Add(new AppendRectangle((decimal)position.X, (decimal)position.Y, width, height));
-            operations.Add(StrokePath.Value);
+
+            if (fill)
+            {
+                operations.Add(FillPathEvenOddRuleAndStroke.Value);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                operations.Add(StrokePath.Value);
+            }
 
             if (lineWidth != 1)
             {