diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbLEFImporter.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbLEFImporter.cc
index 092812911..d2f2ccebc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbLEFImporter.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/db_plugin/dbLEFImporter.cc
@@ -695,6 +695,80 @@ LEFImporter::read_viadef (Layout &layout, const std::string &nondefaultrule)
   expect (n);
 }
 
+static void
+read_width_property (const std::string &name, const std::string &value, double &w, double &w_wrongdir, double &wmin, double &wmin_wrongdir)
+{
+  if (name == "LEF58_MINWIDTH") {
+
+    //  Cadence extension
+    tl::Extractor ex (value.c_str ());
+    double v = 0.0;
+    if (ex.test ("MINWIDTH") && ex.try_read (v)) {
+      if (ex.test ("WRONGDIRECTION")) {
+        wmin_wrongdir = v;
+      } else {
+        wmin = v;
+      }
+    }
+
+  } else if (name == "LEF58_WIDTH") {
+
+    //  Cadence extension
+    tl::Extractor ex (value.c_str ());
+    double v = 0.0;
+    if (ex.test ("WIDTH") && ex.try_read (v)) {
+      if (ex.test ("WRONGDIRECTION")) {
+        w_wrongdir = v;
+      } else {
+        w = v;
+      }
+    }
+
+  } else if (name == "LEF58_WIDTHTABLE") {
+
+    //  Cadence extension
+    tl::Extractor ex (value.c_str ());
+    while (! ex.at_end ()) {
+
+      if (ex.test ("WIDTHTABLE")) {
+
+        bool wrongdirection = false;
+        double v = 0.0;
+        double vv;
+        while (! ex.at_end () && *ex != ';') {
+          if (ex.try_read (vv)) {
+            if (v == 0.0 || vv < v) {
+              v = vv;
+            }
+          } else if (ex.test ("WRONGDIRECTION")) {
+            wrongdirection = true;
+          } else if (ex.test ("ORTHOGONAL")) {
+            //  .. nothing yet ..
+          } else {
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (v > 0.0) {
+          if (wrongdirection) {
+            w_wrongdir = wmin_wrongdir = v;
+          } else {
+            w = wmin = v;
+          }
+        }
+
+      }
+
+      while (! ex.at_end () && *ex != ';') {
+        ++ex;
+      }
+      ex.test (";");
+
+    }
+
+  }
+}
+
 void
 LEFImporter::read_layer (Layout & /*layout*/)
 {
@@ -771,38 +845,9 @@ LEFImporter::read_layer (Layout & /*layout*/)
     } else if (test ("PROPERTY")) {
 
       while (! test (";") && ! at_end ()) {
-
         std::string name = get ();
-        tl::Variant value = get ();
-
-        if (name == "LEF58_MINWIDTH") {
-
-          //  Cadence extension
-          tl::Extractor ex (value.to_string ());
-          double v = 0.0;
-          if (ex.test ("MINWIDTH") && ex.try_read (v)) {
-            if (ex.test ("WRONGDIRECTION")) {
-              wmin_wrongdir = v;
-            } else {
-              wmin = v;
-            }
-          }
-
-        } else if (name == "LEF58_WIDTH") {
-
-          //  Cadence extension
-          tl::Extractor ex (value.to_string ());
-          double v = 0.0;
-          if (ex.test ("WIDTH") && ex.try_read (v)) {
-            if (ex.test ("WRONGDIRECTION")) {
-              w_wrongdir = v;
-            } else {
-              w = v;
-            }
-          }
-
-        }
-
+        std::string value = get ();
+        read_width_property (name, value, w, w_wrongdir, wmin, wmin_wrongdir);
       }
 
     } else {
diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/unit_tests/dbLEFDEFImportTests.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/unit_tests/dbLEFDEFImportTests.cc
index 38962826f..89d07315c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/unit_tests/dbLEFDEFImportTests.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/lefdef/unit_tests/dbLEFDEFImportTests.cc
@@ -1018,3 +1018,9 @@ TEST(210_overlaps)
 }
 
 
+//  issue-1528
+TEST(212_widthtable)
+{
+  run_test (_this, "issue-1528", "map:gds.map+lef:tech.lef+def:routed.def", "au.oas", default_options (), false);
+}
+
diff --git a/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/au.oas b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/au.oas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e9e9e5b4
Binary files /dev/null and b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/au.oas differ
diff --git a/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/gds.map b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/gds.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44d6538f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/gds.map
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mx NET 10 0
diff --git a/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/routed.def b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/routed.def
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05306d7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/routed.def
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+VERSION 5.8 ;
+DIVIDERCHAR "/" ;
+BUSBITCHARS "[]" ;
+DESIGN block ;
+UNITS DISTANCE MICRONS 2000 ;
+DIEAREA ( 0 0 ) ( 3000 1000 ) ;
+NETS 1 ;
+    - n1 + USE SIGNAL
+      + ROUTED mx ( 1000 520 ) ( 2500 * )
+           NEW mx ( 1000 520 ) ( * 880 )
+  ;
+END NETS
+END DESIGN
diff --git a/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/tech.lef b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/tech.lef
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0242484ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/lefdef/issue-1528/tech.lef
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+VERSION 5.8 ;
+
+BUSBITCHARS "[]" ;
+DIVIDERCHAR "/" ;
+
+UNITS
+  DATABASE MICRONS 2000 ;
+END UNITS
+
+LAYER mx
+    TYPE ROUTING ;
+    WIDTH 0.04 ;
+    DIRECTION HORIZONTAL ;
+    PROPERTY LEF58_WIDTHTABLE "
+      WIDTHTABLE 0.08  ;
+      WIDTHTABLE 0.12 WRONGDIRECTION ;
+    " ;
+END mx
+END LIBRARY