diff --git a/pae2xml.pl b/pae2xml.pl
index 7f82c91ea269ba05e18d3aa1efcdf3b45e2b064d..eaec39e14717f453be24142a73809c8a854429b0 100755
--- a/pae2xml.pl
+++ b/pae2xml.pl
@@ -582,6 +582,9 @@ sub notehead {
 
 sub duration {
   my ($duration, $dots) = @_;
+  if ($duration.$dots eq "7.") {
+    print_error ("Neumic notation is not supported by MusicXML!");
+  }
 
   if ($duration.$dots ne "") {
     my %du=("1",4*$divisions,"2",2*$divisions,"4",$divisions,
diff --git a/sample_files/Durations-neumic.pae b/sample_files/Durations-neumic.pae
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d3825300b475c30b6ecfc7a80ba8d388b1bd99ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_files/Durations-neumic.pae
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Test Composer
+Test case for neumic durations
+1.1.1: S neumic durations
+plain&easy: %G-2@c$� '4C7.D
+
+Test Library
+00000000
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