diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/IntegerConverter.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/IntegerConverter.java
index a905813..edd32a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/IntegerConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/IntegerConverter.java
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ class IntegerConverter implements ValueConverter {
   public Object convert(String s) {
     List<String> resultValue = parse(parser().Integer(), s);
     
-    return Long.valueOf(resultValue.get(0));
+    String longString = resultValue.get(0);
+    if (longString.startsWith("+")) {
+      longString = longString.substring(1);
+    }
+    
+    return Long.valueOf(longString);
   }
 
   private IntegerConverter() {}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/ValueParser.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/ValueParser.java
index a89eec9..3bceb41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/ValueParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/ValueParser.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ValueParser extends BaseParser<List<Object>> {
   }
   
   public Rule Integer() {
-    return Sequence(startList(), Sequence(Sequence(Optional('-'), OneOrMore(CharRange('0', '9'))), pushToken(match())), endList(), Comment());
+    return Sequence(startList(), Sequence(Sequence(Optional(AnyOf("+-")), OneOrMore(CharRange('0', '9'))), pushToken(match())), endList(), Comment());
   }
 
   Rule NonEmptyArray() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java
index 88dcdef..9791e39 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlTest.java
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ public class TomlTest {
 
     assertEquals(-1001, toml.getLong("b").intValue());
   }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void should_get_number_with_plus_sign() throws Exception {
+    Toml toml = new Toml().parse("a = +1001\nb = 1001");
+
+    assertEquals(toml.getLong("b"), toml.getLong("a"));
+  }
 
   @Test
   public void should_get_array() throws Exception {