diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ebc54416..103731746 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ sonar/*/target
 .ant-targets-build.xml
 build
 dist
+lib/
diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
index 081b751cd..01463c64a 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFDocument.java
@@ -156,26 +156,34 @@ public class XWPFDocument extends POIXMLDocument implements Document, IBody {
 
             // parse the document with cursor and add
             // the XmlObject to its lists
-            XmlCursor cursor = ctDocument.getBody().newCursor();
-            cursor.selectPath("./*");
-            while (cursor.toNextSelection()) {
-                XmlObject o = cursor.getObject();
-                if (o instanceof CTP) {
-                    XWPFParagraph p = new XWPFParagraph((CTP) o, this);
-                    bodyElements.add(p);
-                    paragraphs.add(p);
-                } else if (o instanceof CTTbl) {
-                    XWPFTable t = new XWPFTable((CTTbl) o, this);
-                    bodyElements.add(t);
-                    tables.add(t);
-                } else if (o instanceof CTSdtBlock) {
-                    XWPFSDT c = new XWPFSDT((CTSdtBlock) o, this);
-                    bodyElements.add(c);
-                    contentControls.add(c);
+            XmlCursor docCursor = ctDocument.newCursor();
+            docCursor.selectPath("./*");
+            while (docCursor.toNextSelection()) {
+                XmlObject o = docCursor.getObject();
+                if (o instanceof CTBody) {
+                    XmlCursor bodyCursor = o.newCursor();
+                    bodyCursor.selectPath("./*");
+                    while (bodyCursor.toNextSelection()) {
+                        XmlObject bodyObj = bodyCursor.getObject();
+                        if (bodyObj instanceof CTP) {
+                            XWPFParagraph p = new XWPFParagraph((CTP) bodyObj,
+                                    this);
+                            bodyElements.add(p);
+                            paragraphs.add(p);
+                        } else if (bodyObj instanceof CTTbl) {
+                            XWPFTable t = new XWPFTable((CTTbl) bodyObj, this);
+                            bodyElements.add(t);
+                            tables.add(t);
+                        } else if (bodyObj instanceof CTSdtBlock) {
+                            XWPFSDT c = new XWPFSDT((CTSdtBlock) bodyObj, this);
+                            bodyElements.add(c);
+                            contentControls.add(c);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    bodyCursor.dispose();
                 }
             }
-            cursor.dispose();
-
+            docCursor.dispose();
             // Sort out headers and footers
             if (doc.getDocument().getBody().getSectPr() != null)
                 headerFooterPolicy = new XWPFHeaderFooterPolicy(this);
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/extractor/TestXWPFWordExtractor.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/extractor/TestXWPFWordExtractor.java
index f8e4e4941..b83b27d73 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/extractor/TestXWPFWordExtractor.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/extractor/TestXWPFWordExtractor.java
@@ -411,4 +411,14 @@ public class TestXWPFWordExtractor extends TestCase {
                 "In Sequence:\n|X||_||X|\n", extractor.getText());
         extractor.close();
     }
+    
+    public void testMultipleBodyBug() throws IOException {
+        XWPFDocument doc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("MultipleBodyBug.docx");
+        XWPFWordExtractor extractor = new XWPFWordExtractor(doc);
+        assertEquals("START BODY 1 The quick, brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. END BODY 1.\n"
+                        + "START BODY 2 The quick, brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. END BODY 2.\n"
+                        + "START BODY 3 The quick, brown fox jumps over a lazy dog. END BODY 3.\n",
+                extractor.getText());
+        extractor.close();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test-data/document/MultipleBodyBug.docx b/test-data/document/MultipleBodyBug.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84f795b26
Binary files /dev/null and b/test-data/document/MultipleBodyBug.docx differ