diff --git a/src/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/impl/EncContent.java b/src/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/impl/EncContent.java
index a2d8a03..ed36970 100644
--- a/src/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/impl/EncContent.java
+++ b/src/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/impl/EncContent.java
@@ -27,15 +27,18 @@
  ***** END LICENSE BLOCK *****/
 package org.jruby.ext.openssl.impl;
 
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Encodable;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1EncodableVector;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OctetString;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Sequence;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.DEREncodable;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERObjectIdentifier;
+import org.bouncycastle.asn1.DEROctetString;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERSequence;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERTaggedObject;
 import org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.AlgorithmIdentifier;
+import org.jruby.util.ByteList;
 
 /** PKCS7_ENC_CONTENT
  *
@@ -157,7 +160,14 @@ public static EncContent fromASN1(DEREncodable content) {
         ec.setAlgorithm(AlgorithmIdentifier.getInstance(sequence.getObjectAt(1)));
         if(sequence.size() > 2 && sequence.getObjectAt(2) instanceof DERTaggedObject && ((DERTaggedObject)(sequence.getObjectAt(2))).getTagNo() == 0) {
             DEREncodable ee = ((DERTaggedObject)(sequence.getObjectAt(2))).getObject();
-            if(ee instanceof ASN1Sequence) {
+            if(ee instanceof ASN1Sequence && ((ASN1Sequence)ee).size() > 0) {
+				ByteList combinedOctets = new ByteList();
+				Enumeration enm = ((ASN1Sequence)ee).getObjects();
+				while (enm.hasMoreElements()) {
+                    byte[] octets = ((ASN1OctetString)enm.nextElement()).getOctets();
+                    combinedOctets.append(octets);
+				}
+                ec.setEncData(new DEROctetString(combinedOctets.bytes()));
             } else {
                 ec.setEncData((ASN1OctetString)ee);
             }
diff --git a/test/test_pkcs7.rb b/test/test_pkcs7.rb
index 93b62ce..e6498b4 100644
--- a/test/test_pkcs7.rb
+++ b/test/test_pkcs7.rb
@@ -53,4 +53,79 @@ def test_load_empty_pkcs7
     p7 = OpenSSL::PKCS7.new(EMPTY_PEM)
     assert_equal(EMPTY_PEM, p7.to_pem)
   end
+
+  def test_split_content
+     pki_message_pem = <<END
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+-----END PKCS7-----
+END
+    pki_message_content_pem = <<END
+-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
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+-----END PKCS7-----
+END
+    pki_msg = OpenSSL::PKCS7.new(pki_message_pem)
+    store = OpenSSL::X509::Store.new
+    pki_msg.verify(nil, store, nil, OpenSSL::PKCS7::NOVERIFY)
+    p7enc = OpenSSL::PKCS7.new(pki_msg.data)
+    assert_equal(p7enc.to_pem, pki_message_content_pem) 
+  end
+
 end