diff --git a/test/api-test.js b/test/api-test.js
index 2d80b2a..409dc14 100644
--- a/test/api-test.js
+++ b/test/api-test.js
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ vows.describe('merge data into markup').addBatch({
         return common.createTest('test-16');
       }()
     ),
+
+    '(17) It should be able to iterate over deeply nested objects': (
+
+      function() {
+        return common.createTest('test-17');
+      }()
+    )
   }
 
 }).export(module);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-17.html b/test/fixtures/test-17.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f695d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-17.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ul><li class="organizations"><h3 class="name"></h3><ul><li class="staff"><table><tr class="name"><td class="first"></td><td class="last"></td></tr></table></li></ul></li></ul>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-17.json b/test/fixtures/test-17.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..205180b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-17.json
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  
+  "organizations" : [
+    
+    {
+      "name": "DotOrg",
+      
+      "staff": [
+        { 
+          "name": { 
+            "first": "Dot", 
+            "last" : "Matrix"
+          }
+        },
+        { 
+          "name": { 
+            "first": "Serious", 
+            "last" : "Business"
+          }
+        }
+      ]      
+      
+    },
+
+    {
+      "name": "FooBar",
+      
+      "staff": [
+        { 
+          "name": { 
+            "first": "Foo", 
+            "last" : "Bar"
+          }
+        },
+        { 
+          "name": { 
+            "first": "Baz", 
+            "last" : "Bitsom"
+          }
+        }
+      ]      
+      
+    }
+
+
+  ]
+
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-17.out b/test/fixtures/test-17.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e6a27b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-17.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ul><li class="organizations"><h3 class="name">DotOrg</h3><ul><li class="staff"><table><tr class="name"><td class="first">Dot</td><td class="last">Matrix</td></tr></table></li><li class="staff"><table><tr class="name"><td class="first">Serious</td><td class="last">Business</td></tr></table></li></ul></li><li class="organizations"><h3 class="name">FooBar</h3><ul><li class="staff"><table><tr class="name"><td class="first">Foo</td><td class="last">Bar</td></tr></table></li><li class="staff"><table><tr class="name"><td class="first">Baz</td><td class="last">Bitsom</td></tr></table></li></ul></li></ul>