diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2e688e9d0da35..97712a36cc252 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ Brian Wang <xinlei966@gmail.com>
 法的空间 <zmtzawqlp@live.com>
 CaiJingLong <cjl_spy@163.com>
 Alex Li <google@alexv525.com>
+Ram Navan <hiramprasad@gmail.com>
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/table.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/table.dart
index e2d507eef57e3..e097ffcce12a9 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/table.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/table.dart
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Table extends RenderObjectWidget {
     this.textDirection,
     this.border,
     this.defaultVerticalAlignment = TableCellVerticalAlignment.top,
-    this.textBaseline,
+    this.textBaseline = TextBaseline.alphabetic,
   }) : assert(children != null),
        assert(defaultColumnWidth != null),
        assert(defaultVerticalAlignment != null),
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ class Table extends RenderObjectWidget {
   final TableCellVerticalAlignment defaultVerticalAlignment;
 
   /// The text baseline to use when aligning rows using [TableCellVerticalAlignment.baseline].
+  ///
+  /// Defaults to [TextBaseline.alphabetic].
   final TextBaseline textBaseline;
 
   final List<Decoration> _rowDecorations;
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/table_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/table_test.dart
index 4852d8187a898..ece8c7d690f2b 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/table_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/table_test.dart
@@ -932,5 +932,29 @@ void main() {
     },
   );
 
+  testWidgets(
+    'Table widget - Default textBaseline is set to TableBaseline.alphabetic',
+    (WidgetTester tester) async {
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        Directionality(
+          textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+          child: Table(
+            defaultVerticalAlignment: TableCellVerticalAlignment.baseline,
+            children: const <TableRow>[
+              TableRow(
+                children: <Widget>[
+                  Text('Some Text'),
+                ],
+              ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+
+      final RenderTable table = tester.renderObject(find.byType(Table));
+      expect(table.textBaseline, TextBaseline.alphabetic);
+    },
+  );
+
   // TODO(ianh): Test handling of TableCell object
 }