diff --git a/lib/Parser.js b/lib/Parser.js
index 32f5bf7..ceb9b2c 100644
--- a/lib/Parser.js
+++ b/lib/Parser.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var CH_LF = 10,
     RE_INTEGER = /^\d+$/,
     RE_PRECEDING = /^(?:(?:\*|A\d+) )|\+ ?/,
     RE_BODYLITERAL = /BODY\[(.*)\] \{(\d+)\}$/i,
+    RE_BODYINLINEKEY = /^BODY\[(.*)\]$/i,
     RE_SEQNO = /^\* (\d+)/,
     RE_LISTCONTENT = /^\((.*)\)$/,
     RE_LITERAL = /\{(\d+)\}$/,
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ Parser.prototype._resUntagged = function() {
     else if (type === 'status')
       val = parseStatus(m[5], this._literals);
     else if (type === 'fetch')
-      val = parseFetch(m[5], this._literals);
+      val = parseFetch.call(this, m[5], this._literals, num);
     else if (type === 'namespace')
       val = parseNamespaces(m[5], this._literals);
     else if (type === 'esearch')
@@ -418,8 +419,8 @@ function parseStatus(text, literals) {
   };
 }
 
-function parseFetch(text, literals) {
-  var list = parseExpr(text, literals)[0], attrs = {};
+function parseFetch(text, literals, seqno) {
+  var list = parseExpr(text, literals)[0], attrs = {}, m, body;
   // list is [KEY1, VAL1, KEY2, VAL2, .... KEYn, VALn]
   for (var i = 0, len = list.length, key, val; i < len; i += 2) {
     key = list[i].toLowerCase();
@@ -432,6 +433,19 @@ function parseFetch(text, literals) {
       val = ''+val[0];
     else if (key === 'body' || key === 'bodystructure')
       val = parseBodyStructure(val);
+    else if (m = RE_BODYINLINEKEY.exec(list[i])) {
+      // a body was sent as a non-literal
+      val = new Buffer(''+val);
+      body = new ReadableStream();
+      body._read = EMPTY_READCB;
+      this.emit('body', body, {
+        seqno: seqno,
+        which: m[1],
+        size: val.length
+      });
+      body.push(val);
+      body.push(null);
+    }
     attrs[key] = val;
   }
   return attrs;
diff --git a/test/test-connection-fetch-stringbody.js b/test/test-connection-fetch-stringbody.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a779dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-connection-fetch-stringbody.js
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+var assert = require('assert'),
+    net = require('net'),
+    Imap = require('../lib/Connection');
+
+var result, body = '', bodyInfo;
+
+var CRLF = '\r\n';
+
+var RESPONSES = [
+  ['* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA CHILDREN',
+   'A0 OK Thats all she wrote!',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA CHILDREN UIDPLUS MOVE',
+   'A1 OK authenticated (Success)',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* NAMESPACE (("" "/")) NIL NIL',
+   'A2 OK Success',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* LIST (\\Noselect) "/" "/"',
+   'A3 OK Success',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* FLAGS (\\Answered \\Flagged \\Draft \\Deleted \\Seen)',
+   '* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Flags permitted.',
+   '* OK [UIDVALIDITY 2] UIDs valid.',
+   '* 685 EXISTS',
+   '* 0 RECENT',
+   '* OK [UIDNEXT 4422] Predicted next UID.',
+   'A4 OK [READ-ONLY] INBOX selected. (Success)',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* 1 FETCH (UID 1)',
+   '* 1 FETCH (INTERNALDATE "05-Sep-2004 00:38:03 +0000" UID 1000)',
+   '* 1 FETCH (BODY[TEXT] "IMAP is terrible")',
+   '* 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\\Seen))',
+   'A5 OK Success',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF),
+  ['* BYE LOGOUT Requested',
+   'A6 OK good day (Success)',
+   ''
+  ].join(CRLF)
+];
+
+var srv = net.createServer(function(sock) {
+  sock.write('* OK asdf\r\n');
+  var buf = '', lines;
+  sock.on('data', function(data) {
+    buf += data.toString('utf8');
+    if (buf.indexOf(CRLF) > -1) {
+      lines = buf.split(CRLF);
+      buf = lines.pop();
+      lines.forEach(function() {
+        sock.write(RESPONSES.shift());
+      });
+    }
+  });
+});
+srv.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', function() {
+  var port = srv.address().port;
+  var imap = new Imap({
+    user: 'foo',
+    password: 'bar',
+    host: '127.0.0.1',
+    port: port,
+    keepalive: false
+  });
+  imap.on('ready', function() {
+    imap.openBox('INBOX', true, function() {
+      var f = imap.seq.fetch(1, { bodies: ['TEXT'] });
+      f.on('message', function(m) {
+        m.on('body', function(stream, info) {
+          bodyInfo = info;
+          stream.on('data', function(chunk) { body += chunk.toString('utf8'); });
+        });
+        m.on('attributes', function(attrs) {
+          result = attrs;
+        });
+      });
+      f.on('end', function() {
+        srv.close();
+        imap.end();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+  imap.connect();
+});
+
+process.once('exit', function() {
+  assert.deepEqual(result, {
+    uid: 1,
+    date: new Date('05-Sep-2004 00:38:03 +0000'),
+    flags: [ '\\Seen' ]
+  });
+  assert.equal(body, 'IMAP is terrible');
+  assert.deepEqual(bodyInfo, {
+    seqno: 1,
+    which: 'TEXT',
+    size: 16
+  });
+});
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