diff --git a/conservancy_beancount/reports/core.py b/conservancy_beancount/reports/core.py
index c1e1a31bda0adfa37469cde75a22a77d203dd503..4003a85dc6135b66239b6098d394f0958988986d 100644
--- a/conservancy_beancount/reports/core.py
+++ b/conservancy_beancount/reports/core.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import abc
 import collections
 import copy
 import datetime
+import enum
 import itertools
 import operator
 import re
@@ -518,6 +519,14 @@ class BaseSpreadsheet(Generic[RT, ST], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         self.end_spreadsheet()
 
 
+class Border(enum.IntFlag):
+    TOP = 1
+    RIGHT = 2
+    BOTTOM = 4
+    LEFT = 8
+    # in CSS order, clockwise from top
+
+
 class BaseODS(BaseSpreadsheet[RT, ST], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     """Abstract base class to help write OpenDocument spreadsheets
 
@@ -548,7 +557,7 @@ class BaseODS(BaseSpreadsheet[RT, ST], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         self.locale = babel.core.Locale.default('LC_MONETARY')
         self.currency_fmt_key = 'accounting'
         self._name_counter = itertools.count(1)
-        self._currency_style_cache: MutableMapping[str, odf.style.Style] = {}
+        self._style_cache: MutableMapping[str, odf.style.Style] = {}
         self.document = odf.opendocument.OpenDocumentSpreadsheet()
         self.init_settings()
         self.init_styles()
@@ -666,6 +675,32 @@ class BaseODS(BaseSpreadsheet[RT, ST], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
 
     ### Styles
 
+    def border_style(self,
+                     edges: int,
+                     width: str='1px',
+                     style: str='solid',
+                     color: str='#000000',
+    ) -> odf.style.Style:
+        flags = [edge for edge in Border if edges & edge]
+        if not flags:
+            raise ValueError(f"no valid edges in {edges!r}")
+        border_attr = f'{width} {style} {color}'
+        key = f'{",".join(f.name for f in flags)} {border_attr}'
+        try:
+            retval = self._style_cache[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            props = odf.style.TableCellProperties()
+            for flag in flags:
+                props.setAttribute(f'border{flag.name.lower()}', border_attr)
+            retval = odf.style.Style(
+                name=f'Border{next(self._name_counter)}',
+                family='table-cell',
+            )
+            retval.addElement(props)
+            self.document.styles.addElement(retval)
+            self._style_cache[key] = retval
+        return retval
+
     def column_style(self, width: Union[float, str], **attrs: Any) -> odf.style.Style:
         if not isinstance(width, str) or (width and not width[-1].isalpha()):
             width = f'{width}in'
@@ -785,7 +820,7 @@ class BaseODS(BaseSpreadsheet[RT, ST], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
                 cache_parts.append(f'{key}={value}')
         cache_key = '\0'.join(cache_parts)
         try:
-            style = self._currency_style_cache[cache_key]
+            style = self._style_cache[cache_key]
         except KeyError:
             pos_style = self._build_currency_style(
                 root, locale, code, 0, positive_properties, volatile=True,
@@ -803,7 +838,7 @@ class BaseODS(BaseSpreadsheet[RT, ST], metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
                 family='table-cell',
                 datastylename=curr_style,
             )
-            self._currency_style_cache[cache_key] = style
+            self._style_cache[cache_key] = style
         return style
 
     def _merge_style_iter_names(
diff --git a/tests/test_reports_spreadsheet.py b/tests/test_reports_spreadsheet.py
index 34dee426838c45c9d6f570e14995780349e9188b..68709396e35e219fb0d5cdd801c26a19db6784fd 100644
--- a/tests/test_reports_spreadsheet.py
+++ b/tests/test_reports_spreadsheet.py
@@ -313,6 +313,46 @@ def test_ods_writer_style(ods_writer, attr_name, child_type, checked_attr):
     child = get_child(actual, child_type)
     assert child.getAttribute(checked_attr)
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('edges,width,style,color', [
+    (core.Border.TOP,
+     '5px', 'solid', '#ff0000'),
+    (core.Border.RIGHT | core.Border.LEFT,
+     '2pt', 'dashed', '#00ff00'),
+    (core.Border.BOTTOM | core.Border.RIGHT | core.Border.LEFT,
+     '1em', 'dotted', '#0000ff'),
+    (core.Border.TOP | core.Border.BOTTOM | core.Border.RIGHT | core.Border.LEFT,
+     '1cm', 'thick', '#aaaaaa'),
+])
+def test_ods_writer_border_style(ods_writer, edges, width, style, color):
+    actual = ods_writer.border_style(edges, width, style, color)
+    props, = actual.childNodes
+    attr_s = f'{width} {style} {color}'
+    for edge_exp, edge_name in enumerate(['top', 'right', 'bottom', 'left']):
+        expected = attr_s if edges & (2 ** edge_exp) else None
+        assert props.getAttribute(f'border{edge_name}') == expected
+
+def test_ods_writer_border_style_caches(ods_writer):
+    expected = ods_writer.border_style(core.Border.TOP)
+    width, style, color = expected.childNodes[0].getAttribute('bordertop').split()
+    actual = ods_writer.border_style(core.Border.TOP, width, style, color)
+    assert actual is expected
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('argname,val1,val2', [
+    ('edges', core.Border.TOP, core.Border.LEFT),
+    ('edges', core.Border.TOP, core.Border.TOP | core.Border.BOTTOM),
+    ('style', 'solid', 'dashed'),
+    ('width', '1px', '1em'),
+    ('width', '1px', '2px'),
+    ('color', '#0000fe', '#0000ff'),
+])
+def test_ods_writer_border_no_caching(ods_writer, argname, val1, val2):
+    kwargs = {'edges': core.Border.TOP}
+    kwargs[argname] = val1
+    style1 = ods_writer.border_style(**kwargs)
+    kwargs[argname] = val2
+    style2 = ods_writer.border_style(**kwargs)
+    assert style1 is not style2
+
 def test_ods_writer_merge_styles(ods_writer):
     style = ods_writer.merge_styles(ods_writer.style_bold, ods_writer.style_dividerline)
     actual = get_child(