diff --git a/src/emailjs-imap-client-imap.js b/src/emailjs-imap-client-imap.js
index 0eef95b..b240d45 100644
--- a/src/emailjs-imap-client-imap.js
+++ b/src/emailjs-imap-client-imap.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 
         // As the server sends data in chunks, it needs to be split into separate lines. Helps parsing the input.
         this._incomingBuffers = [];
+        this._literalFound = false;
         this._literalRemaining = 0;
 
         //
@@ -448,6 +449,7 @@
                               buf[j+2] === LINE_FEED) {
                           const numBuf = buf.subarray(leftIdx+1, j);
                           this._literalRemaining = Number(mimecodec.fromTypedArray(numBuf));
+                          this._literalFound = true;
                           i = j + 3;
                       } else {
                           i = j;
@@ -458,10 +460,11 @@
           }
 
           const diff = Math.min(buf.length-i, this._literalRemaining);
-          if (diff) {
+          if (diff || this._literalFound) {
               this._literalRemaining -= diff;
               i += diff;
               if (this._literalRemaining === 0) {
+                  this._literalFound = false;
                   continue; // find another literal
               }
           }
diff --git a/test/unit/emailjs-imap-client-imap-test.js b/test/unit/emailjs-imap-client-imap-test.js
index 91d18d1..c8822e8 100644
--- a/test/unit/emailjs-imap-client-imap-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/emailjs-imap-client-imap-test.js
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@
         });
 
         describe('#_iterateIncomingBuffer', () => {
+            it('Parse multiple zero-length literals', () => {
+                appendIncomingBuffer('* 126015 FETCH (UID 585599 BODY[1.2] {0}\r\n BODY[1.1] {0}\r\n)\r\n');
+                var iterator = client._iterateIncomingBuffer();
+                expect(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, iterator.next().value)).to.equal ('* 126015 FETCH (UID 585599 BODY[1.2] {0}\r\n BODY[1.1] {0}\r\n)');
+            });
+
             it('should iterate chunked input', () => {
                 appendIncomingBuffer('* 1 FETCH (UID 1)\r\n* 2 FETCH (UID 2)\r\n* 3 FETCH (UID 3)\r\n');
                 var iterator = client._iterateIncomingBuffer();