diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/odt/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/odt/input.py
index b66f766e6d..0578518fa0 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/odt/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/odt/input.py
@@ -31,11 +31,23 @@ class Extract(ODF2XHTML):
                 with open(name, 'wb') as f:
                     f.write(data)
 
+    def apply_list_starts(self, root, log):
+        if not self.list_starts:
+            return
+        list_starts = frozenset(self.list_starts)
+        for ol in root.xpath('//*[local-name() = "ol" and @class]'):
+            classes = {'.' + x for x in ol.get('class', '').split()}
+            found = classes & list_starts
+            if found:
+                val = self.list_starts[next(iter(found))]
+                ol.set('start', val)
+
     def fix_markup(self, html, log):
         root = etree.fromstring(html)
         self.filter_css(root, log)
         self.extract_css(root, log)
         self.epubify_markup(root, log)
+        self.apply_list_starts(root, log)
         html = etree.tostring(root, encoding='utf-8',
                 xml_declaration=True)
         return html
@@ -95,8 +107,7 @@ class Extract(ODF2XHTML):
                 style = div.attrib.get('style', '')
                 if style and not style.endswith(';'):
                     style = style + ';'
-                style += 'position:static'  # Ensures position of containing
-                                           # div is static
+                style += 'position:static'  # Ensures position of containing div is static
                 # Ensure that the img is always contained in its frame
                 div.attrib['style'] = style
                 img.attrib['style'] = 'max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%'
diff --git a/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py b/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
index 17c8ac021e..b3f40231bc 100644
--- a/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
+++ b/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ class ODF2XHTML(handler.ContentHandler):
         self.stylestack = []
         self.styledict = {}
         self.currentstyle = None
+        self.list_starts = {}
 
         self._resetfootnotes()
 
@@ -1355,10 +1356,13 @@ dl.notes dd:last-of-type { page-break-after: avoid }
     def s_text_list_level_style_number(self, tag, attrs):
         name = self.tagstack.stackparent()[(STYLENS,'name')]
         level = attrs[(TEXTNS,'level')]
-        num_format = attrs.get((STYLENS,'name'),"1")
+        num_format = attrs.get((STYLENS,'num-format'),"1")
+        start_value = attrs.get((TEXTNS, 'start-value'), '1')
         list_class = "%s_%s" % (name, level)
         self.prevstyle = self.currentstyle
         self.currentstyle = ".%s_%s" % (name.replace(".","_"), level)
+        if start_value != '1':
+            self.list_starts[self.currentstyle] = start_value
         self.listtypes[list_class] = 'ol'
         self.stylestack.append(self.currentstyle)
         self.styledict[self.currentstyle] = {}