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+#!perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+use Catmandu qw(importer);
+
+my $mrc = <<'MRC';
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<marc:collection xmlns:marc="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim">
+    <marc:record>
+        <marc:datafield ind1=" " ind2=" " tag="300">
+            <marc:subfield code="a">__</marc:subfield>
+        </marc:datafield>
+        <marc:datafield ind1="1" ind2=" " tag="300">
+            <marc:subfield code="a">1_</marc:subfield>
+        </marc:datafield>
+        <marc:datafield ind1=" " ind2="1" tag="300">
+            <marc:subfield code="a">_1</marc:subfield>
+        </marc:datafield>
+    </marc:record>
+</marc:collection>
+MRC
+
+my $fix = <<'FIX';
+marc_map("003[,]",test.0)
+marc_map("003[ ,]",test.1)
+marc_map("003[, ]",test.2)
+marc_map("003[ , ]",test.3)
+retain_field(test)
+FIX
+
+my $importer = importer( 'MARC', file => \$mrc, type => 'XML', fix => $fix );
+my $record = $importer->first;
+note explain $record;
+
+is_deeply $record->{test},
+  [ [ "__", "1_", "_1" ], [ "__", "_1" ], [ "__", "1_" ], ["__"] ],
+  "match blank indicators";
+
+done_testing;