diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 288fef7..c78eb89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ for more detailed props, please refer to below:
 | padding         | The padding accessor function, which indicates the numerical padding for each word.                                                                                                                                      | `number \| (d) => number`                                            |          | `1`                                         |
 | random          | The internal random number generator, used for selecting the initial position of each word, and the clockwise/counterclockwise direction of the spiral for each word. This should return a number in the range `[0, 1)`. | `(d) => number`                                                      |          | `Math.random`                               |
 | fill            | The fill accessor function, which indicates the color for each word.                                                                                                                                                     | `(d, i) => string`                                                   |          | `(d, i) => schemeCategory10ScaleOrdinal(i)` |
+| wordClassNames  | The classNames accessor function, which indicates the `class` for each word.                                                                                                                                                | `(d, i) => string`                                                   |          | `() => ''`                                        |
 | onWordClick     | The function will be called when `click` event is triggered on a word                                                                                                                                                    | `(event, d) => {}`                                                   |          | null                                        |
 | onWordMouseOver | The function will be called when `mouseover` event is triggered on a word                                                                                                                                                | `(event, d) => {}`                                                   |          | null                                        |
 | onWordMouseOut  | The function will be called when `mouseout` event is triggered on a word                                                                                                                                                 | `(event, d) => {}`                                                   |          | null                                        |
diff --git a/src/WordCloud.tsx b/src/WordCloud.tsx
index 5963d97..2d49c5c 100644
--- a/src/WordCloud.tsx
+++ b/src/WordCloud.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type WordCloudProps = {
   padding?: number | ((word: Word, index: number) => number);
   random?: () => number;
   fill?: ValueFn<SVGTextElement, Word, string>;
+  wordClassNames?: ValueFn<SVGTextElement, Word, string>;
   onWordClick?: (this: BaseType, event: any, d: Word) => void;
   onWordMouseOver?: (this: BaseType, event: any, d: Word) => void;
   onWordMouseOut?: (this: BaseType, event: any, d: Word) => void;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ function WordCloud({
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
   // @ts-ignore The ordinal function should accept number
   fill = (_, i) => defaultScaleOrdinal(i),
+  wordClassNames = () => '',
   onWordClick,
   onWordMouseOver,
   onWordMouseOut,
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ function WordCloud({
           ((d) => `${d.size}px`) as ValueFn<SVGTextElement, Word, string>
         )
         .style('fill', fill)
+        .attr('class', (d, i, nodes) => wordClassNames.call(nodes[i], d, i, nodes))
         .attr('text-anchor', 'middle')
         .attr('transform', (d) => `translate(${[d.x, d.y]})rotate(${d.rotate})`)
         .text((d) => d.text);