diff --git a/include/tclap/SwitchArg.h b/include/tclap/SwitchArg.h
index eca1650..da04feb 100644
--- a/include/tclap/SwitchArg.h
+++ b/include/tclap/SwitchArg.h
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ inline bool SwitchArg::combinedSwitchesMatch(std::string& combinedSwitches )
 	// ok, we're not specifying a ValueArg, so we know that we have
 	// a combined switch list.  
 	for ( unsigned int i = 1; i < combinedSwitches.length(); i++ )
-		if ( combinedSwitches[i] == _flag[0] ) 
+		if ( combinedSwitches[i] == _flag[0] &&
+		     _flag[0] != Arg::flagStartString()[0] ) 
 		{
 			// update the combined switches so this one is no longer present
 			// this is necessary so that no unlabeled args are matched
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 8f9335c..0ac90dc 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ TESTS = test1.sh \
 		test57.sh \
 		test58.sh \
 		test59.sh \
-		test60.sh
+		test60.sh \
+		test61.sh
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS) \
 			 test1.out \
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS) \
 			 test57.out \
 			 test58.out \
 			 test59.out \
-			 test60.out
+			 test60.out \
+			 test61.out
 
 CLEANFILES = tmp.out
diff --git a/tests/test61.out b/tests/test61.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66777a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test61.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+for float we got : 3.7
+for int we got : 10
+for string we got : hello
+for ulabeled we got : -1 -1
+for bool A we got : 0
+for bool B we got : 0
+for bool C we got : 0
diff --git a/tests/test61.sh b/tests/test61.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a402880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test61.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# this tests a bug in handling of - chars in Unlabeled args
+# success  
+../examples/test2 -i 10 -s hello "-1 -1" > tmp.out 2>&1
+
+if cmp -s tmp.out $srcdir/test61.out; then
+	exit 0
+else
+	exit 1
+fi
+