diff --git a/src/test/java/ca/mjdsystems/jmatio/test/MatlabMCOSTest.java b/src/test/java/ca/mjdsystems/jmatio/test/MatlabMCOSTest.java
index 356a258eabc81cb64926988b98d03075462d3c1c..febc8fb2d6e85eddb1f45e1e9e0ceaf5761fa4c0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ca/mjdsystems/jmatio/test/MatlabMCOSTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ca/mjdsystems/jmatio/test/MatlabMCOSTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package ca.mjdsystems.jmatio.test;
 import ca.mjdsystems.jmatio.io.MatFileReader;
 import ca.mjdsystems.jmatio.types.MLArray;
 import ca.mjdsystems.jmatio.types.MLChar;
+import ca.mjdsystems.jmatio.types.MLInt8;
 import ca.mjdsystems.jmatio.types.MLObject;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.sameInstance;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 /**
@@ -147,6 +149,79 @@ public class MatlabMCOSTest {
         assertThat(obj.getObject().getFieldNames().iterator().next(), is("test_text"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testParsingHandleSinglePropertyMultipleMCOS() throws IOException
+    {
+        File file = fileFromStream("/mcos/handlesingle_multiple.mat");
+        MatFileReader reader = new MatFileReader(file);
+        Map<String, MLArray> content = reader.getContent();
+
+        assertThat(content.size(), is(4));
+
+        MLObject obj = (MLObject) content.get("obj1");
+        assertThat(obj, is(notNullValue()));
+
+        assertThat(obj.getName(), is("obj1"));
+        assertThat(obj.getClassName(), is("HandleSingle"));
+        assertThat(((MLObject) content.get("obj3")).getObject(), is(sameInstance(obj.getObject())));
+        Collection<MLArray> fields = obj.getObject().getAllFields();
+        assertThat(fields.size(), is(1));
+
+        MLInt8 intField = (MLInt8) fields.toArray()[0];
+        assertThat(intField.getSize(), is(1));
+        assertThat(intField.get(0).byteValue(), is((byte)25));
+
+        assertThat(obj.getObject().getFieldNames().iterator().next(), is("myelement"));
+
+
+        obj = (MLObject) content.get("obj3");
+        assertThat(obj, is(notNullValue()));
+
+        assertThat(obj.getName(), is("obj3"));
+        assertThat(obj.getClassName(), is("HandleSingle"));
+        assertThat(((MLObject) content.get("obj1")).getObject(), is(sameInstance(obj.getObject())));
+        fields = obj.getObject().getAllFields();
+        assertThat(fields.size(), is(1));
+
+        intField = (MLInt8) fields.toArray()[0];
+        assertThat(intField.getSize(), is(1));
+        assertThat(intField.get(0).byteValue(), is((byte)25));
+
+        assertThat(obj.getObject().getFieldNames().iterator().next(), is("myelement"));
+
+
+
+
+        obj = (MLObject) content.get("obj2");
+        assertThat(obj, is(notNullValue()));
+
+        assertThat(obj.getName(), is("obj2"));
+        assertThat(obj.getClassName(), is("HandleSingle"));
+        assertThat(((MLObject) content.get("obj4")).getObject(), is(sameInstance(obj.getObject())));
+        fields = obj.getObject().getAllFields();
+        assertThat(fields.size(), is(1));
+
+        MLChar charField = (MLChar) fields.toArray()[0];
+        assertThat(charField.getString(0), is("testing"));
+
+        assertThat(obj.getObject().getFieldNames().iterator().next(), is("myelement"));
+
+
+        obj = (MLObject) content.get("obj4");
+        assertThat(obj, is(notNullValue()));
+
+        assertThat(obj.getName(), is("obj4"));
+        assertThat(obj.getClassName(), is("HandleSingle"));
+        assertThat(((MLObject) content.get("obj2")).getObject(), is(sameInstance(obj.getObject())));
+        fields = obj.getObject().getAllFields();
+        assertThat(fields.size(), is(1));
+
+        charField = (MLChar) fields.toArray()[0];
+        assertThat(charField.getString(0), is("testing"));
+
+        assertThat(obj.getObject().getFieldNames().iterator().next(), is("myelement"));
+    }
+
     private File fileFromStream(String location) throws IOException
     {
         String outname = location.replace("/", "_");
diff --git a/src/test/resources/mcos/handlesingle_multiple.mat b/src/test/resources/mcos/handlesingle_multiple.mat
new file mode 100644
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