diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/oasis/db_plugin/dbOASISWriter.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/oasis/db_plugin/dbOASISWriter.cc
index 6e54e9bfdf..57847406ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/oasis/db_plugin/dbOASISWriter.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/oasis/db_plugin/dbOASISWriter.cc
@@ -1338,30 +1338,34 @@ OASISWriter::write_cellname_table (size_t &cellnames_table_pos, const std::vecto
       write ((unsigned long) *cell);
     }
 
-    if (m_options.write_std_properties > 1) {
+    if (m_options.write_std_properties >= 1) {
 
       reset_modal_variables ();
 
-      //  write S_BOUNDING_BOX entries
+      if (m_options.write_std_properties > 1) {
 
-      std::vector<tl::Variant> values;
+        //  write S_BOUNDING_BOX entries
 
-      //  TODO: how to set the "depends on external cells" flag?
-      db::Box bbox = layout.cell (*cell).bbox ();
-      if (bbox.empty ()) {
-        //  empty box
-        values.push_back (tl::Variant ((unsigned int) 0x2));
-        bbox = db::Box (0, 0, 0, 0);
-      } else {
-        values.push_back (tl::Variant ((unsigned int) 0x0));
-      }
+        std::vector<tl::Variant> values;
 
-      values.push_back (tl::Variant (bbox.left ()));
-      values.push_back (tl::Variant (bbox.bottom ()));
-      values.push_back (tl::Variant (bbox.width ()));
-      values.push_back (tl::Variant (bbox.height ()));
+        //  TODO: how to set the "depends on external cells" flag?
+        db::Box bbox = layout.cell (*cell).bbox ();
+        if (bbox.empty ()) {
+          //  empty box
+          values.push_back (tl::Variant ((unsigned int) 0x2));
+          bbox = db::Box (0, 0, 0, 0);
+        } else {
+          values.push_back (tl::Variant ((unsigned int) 0x0));
+        }
+
+        values.push_back (tl::Variant (bbox.left ()));
+        values.push_back (tl::Variant (bbox.bottom ()));
+        values.push_back (tl::Variant (bbox.width ()));
+        values.push_back (tl::Variant (bbox.height ()));
 
-      write_property_def (s_bounding_box_name, values, true);
+        write_property_def (s_bounding_box_name, values, true);
+
+      }
 
       //  PROPERTY record with S_CELL_OFFSET
       if (cell_positions) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/oasis/unit_tests/dbOASISWriterTests.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/oasis/unit_tests/dbOASISWriterTests.cc
index ac574affb0..a78292db22 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/oasis/unit_tests/dbOASISWriterTests.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/oasis/unit_tests/dbOASISWriterTests.cc
@@ -1532,6 +1532,65 @@ TEST(116)
     EXPECT_EQ (std::string (os.string ()), std::string (expected))
   }
 
+  {
+    std::string tmp_file = tl::TestBase::tmp_file ("tmp_dbOASISWriter116d2.gds");
+
+    {
+      tl::OutputStream out (tmp_file);
+      db::SaveLayoutOptions write_options;
+      write_options.set_format ("OASIS");
+      db::OASISWriterOptions oas_write_options;
+      oas_write_options.write_std_properties = 1;
+      oas_write_options.strict_mode = true;
+      oas_write_options.write_cblocks = false;
+      write_options.set_options (oas_write_options);
+      db::Writer writer (write_options);
+      writer.write (g, out);
+    }
+
+    tl::InputStream in (tmp_file);
+    db::OASISReaderOptions oas_options;
+    oas_options.read_all_properties = true;
+    oas_options.expect_strict_mode = 1;
+    db::LoadLayoutOptions options;
+    options.set_options (oas_options);
+    db::Reader reader (in);
+    db::Layout gg;
+    reader.set_warnings_as_errors (true);
+    reader.read (gg, options);
+
+    const char *expected =
+      "set props {\n"
+      "  {{S_MAX_SIGNED_INTEGER_WIDTH} {4}}\n"
+      "  {{S_MAX_UNSIGNED_INTEGER_WIDTH} {4}}\n"
+      "  {{S_TOP_CELL} {$2}}\n"
+      "  {{S_TOP_CELL} {$1}}\n"
+      "  {{name} {117}}\n"
+      "  {17 {17value}}\n"
+      "}\n"
+      "begin_libp $props 0.001\n"
+      "set props {\n"
+      "  {42 {42}}\n"
+      "  {{S_CELL_OFFSET} {182}}\n"
+      "}\n"
+      "begin_cellp $props {$1}\n"
+      "path 1 0 0 0 0 {0 100} {1000 1200}\n"
+      "end_cell\n"
+      "set props {\n"
+      "  {{S_CELL_OFFSET} {180}}\n"
+      "}\n"
+      "begin_cellp $props {$2}\n"
+      "end_cell\n"
+      "end_lib\n"
+    ;
+
+    tl::OutputStringStream os;
+    tl::OutputStream stream (os);
+    db::TextWriter textwriter (stream);
+    textwriter.write (gg);
+    EXPECT_EQ (std::string (os.string ()), std::string (expected))
+  }
+
   c1.insert (db::CellInstArray (c2.cell_index (), db::Trans ()));
 
   {