diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index 96fbeb771..6499426e1 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -631,10 +631,10 @@ General writer options
 `--toc`, `--table-of-contents`
 
 :   Include an automatically generated table of contents (or, in
-    the case of `latex`, `context`, `docx`, `rst`, or `ms`,
-    an instruction to create one) in the output document. This
-    option has no effect on `man`, `docbook4`, `docbook5`, `jats`,
-    `slidy`, `slideous`, `s5`, or `odt` output.
+    the case of `latex`, `context`, `docx`, `odt`,
+    `opendocument`, `rst`, or `ms`, an instruction to create
+    one) in the output document. This option has no effect on
+    `man`, `docbook4`, `docbook5`, or `jats` output.
 
 `--toc-depth=`*NUMBER*
 
diff --git a/data/templates/default.opendocument b/data/templates/default.opendocument
index bb01d4bbb..e0bc5c1d3 100644
--- a/data/templates/default.opendocument
+++ b/data/templates/default.opendocument
@@ -23,6 +23,135 @@ $endif$
 $for(include-before)$
 $include-before$
 $endfor$
+$if(toc)$
+<text:table-of-content>
+  <text:table-of-content-source text:outline-level="10">
+    <text:index-title-template text:style-name="Contents_20_Heading">
+        $toc-title$
+    </text:index-title-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="1"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_1">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="2"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_2">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="3"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_3">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="4"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_4">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="5"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_5">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="6"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_6">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="7"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_7">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="8"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_8">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="9"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_9">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+    <text:table-of-content-entry-template text:outline-level="10"
+    text:style-name="Contents_20_10">
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-chapter />
+      <text:index-entry-text />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+      <text:index-entry-tab-stop style:type="right"
+      style:leader-char="." />
+      <text:index-entry-link-start text:style-name="Internet_20_link" />
+      <text:index-entry-page-number />
+      <text:index-entry-link-end />
+    </text:table-of-content-entry-template>
+  </text:table-of-content-source>
+</text:table-of-content>
+$endif$
 $body$
 $for(include-after)$
 $include-after$