diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbDEFImporter.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbDEFImporter.cc
index c72efceee..1a58a5061 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbDEFImporter.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbDEFImporter.cc
@@ -588,9 +588,6 @@ DEFImporter::read_single_net (std::string &nondefaultrule, Layout &layout, db::C
           error (tl::to_string (tr ("RECT routing specification not followed by coordinate list")));
         }
 
-        //  breaks wiring
-        pts.clear ();
-
         //  rect spec
 
         double x1 = get_double ();
diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/unit_tests/dbLEFDEFImportTests.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/unit_tests/dbLEFDEFImportTests.cc
index 142b1d92d..788770b82 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/unit_tests/dbLEFDEFImportTests.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/unit_tests/dbLEFDEFImportTests.cc
@@ -986,3 +986,9 @@ TEST(207_joined_paths)
   run_test (_this, "issue-1345", "lef:in.lef+def:in.def", "au-nojoin.oas.gz", default_options (), false);
 }
 
+//  issue-1432
+TEST(208_nets_and_rects)
+{
+  run_test (_this, "issue-1432", "map:test.map+lef:test.lef+def:test.def", "au.oas", default_options (), false);
+}
+
diff --git a/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/au.oas b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/au.oas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0e587298
Binary files /dev/null and b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/au.oas differ
diff --git a/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.def b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.def
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c27d93d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.def
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+VERSION 5.8 ;
+DESIGN test ;
+UNITS DISTANCE MICRONS 1000 ;
+DIEAREA ( -1 -1 ) ( 8 8 ) ;
+NETS 1 ;
+- dummy + ROUTED M1 ( 0 0 ) ( 5 0 ) VIRTUAL ( 7 1 ) RECT ( -3 0 -1 2 ) ( 7 7 ) ;
+END NETS
+END DESIGN
diff --git a/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.lef b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.lef
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a62839f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.lef
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+UNITS
+  DATABASE MICRONS 1000 ;
+END UNITS
+
+MANUFACTURINGGRID 0.001 ;
+
+LAYER M1
+  TYPE ROUTING ;
+  WIDTH 0.002 ;
+END M1
+
diff --git a/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.map b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..769acbcb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1432/test.map
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+DIEAREA ALL 108 0
+M1 NET 31 0