diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Format/objparser.cpp b/src/libslic3r/Format/objparser.cpp
index 048f440b5b..c805667f81 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/Format/objparser.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Format/objparser.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ static bool obj_parseline(const char *line, ObjData &data)
 				line = endptr;
 				EATWS();
 			}
+            // the following check is commented out because there may be obj files containing extra data, as those generated by Meshlab,
+            // see https://dev.prusa3d.com/browse/SPE-1019 for an example,
+            // and this would lead to a crash because no vertex would be stored 
+//            if (*line != 0)
+//                return false;
             data.coordinates.push_back((float)x);
 			data.coordinates.push_back((float)y);
 			data.coordinates.push_back((float)z);