diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/42564.xls b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/42564.xls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dff150e2dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/data/42564.xls differ
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
index 590ec4943c..616ec8b1f6 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
@@ -1010,6 +1010,26 @@ extends TestCase {
         assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Bug 42564: Some files from Acess were giving a RecordFormatException
+     *  when reading the BOFRecord
+     */
+    public void test42564() throws Exception {
+        FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "42564.xls"));
+        HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(in);
+        in.close();
+
+        assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
+
+        //serialize and read again
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        wb.write(out);
+        out.close();
+
+        wb = new HSSFWorkbook(new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()));
+        assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 * Bug 42618: RecordFormatException reading a file containing
 	 * 	=CHOOSE(2,A2,A3,A4)