diff --git a/src/tcap.c b/src/tcap.c
index 55d54b4..3b3f4c7 100644
--- a/src/tcap.c
+++ b/src/tcap.c
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ found_element:
 		if (asn_INTEGER2long(element, out))
 			goto error;
 	}
+	else if (!type->specifics) {
+		/* primitive integer */
+		*((long *) out) = *((long *) element);
+	}
 
 out:
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tests/basic.c b/tests/basic.c
index e3b14a3..68be8f7 100644
--- a/tests/basic.c
+++ b/tests/basic.c
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ int main() {
 
 	i = inap_extract(tcap, tcap_len, "ConnectArg", NULL);
 	printf("inap_extract ConnectArg: returned %i\n", i);
+	i = inap_extract(tcap, tcap_len, "ConnectArg.cutAndPaste", &l);
+	printf("inap_extract ConnectArg: returned %i, value %li\n", i, l);
 
 	return 0;
 }