diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2489a70..65456fe 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Change Log
 ==========
 
+### 2.1.0 ???
+
+* Improved handling of materials with alpha. If the alpha value is 0.0 it is now treated as 1.0. [#107](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/obj2gltf/pull/107)
+
 ### 2.0.0 2017-08-11
 
 * Breaking changes
diff --git a/specs/data/box-transparent/box-transparent.mtl b/specs/data/box-transparent/box-transparent.mtl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97102f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/data/box-transparent/box-transparent.mtl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Blender MTL File: 'None'
+# Material Count: 1
+
+newmtl Material
+Ns 96.078431
+Ka 0.100000 0.000000 0.000000
+Kd 0.640000 0.640000 0.640000
+Ks 0.500000 0.500000 0.500000
+Ke 0.000000 0.000000 0.100000
+Ni 1.000000
+d 0.000000
+illum 2
diff --git a/specs/data/box-transparent/box-transparent.obj b/specs/data/box-transparent/box-transparent.obj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f5a36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/data/box-transparent/box-transparent.obj
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Blender v2.78 (sub 0) OBJ File: ''
+# www.blender.org
+mtllib box-transparent.mtl
+o Cube
+v -1.000000 -1.000000 1.000000
+v -1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+v -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
+v -1.000000 1.000000 -1.000000
+v 1.000000 -1.000000 1.000000
+v 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
+v 1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
+v 1.000000 1.000000 -1.000000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vt 1.0000 0.0000
+vt 1.0000 1.0000
+vt 0.0000 0.0000
+vt 0.0000 1.0000
+vn -1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 0.0000 -1.0000
+vn 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
+vn 0.0000 -1.0000 0.0000
+vn 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
+usemtl Material
+s off
+f 1/1/1 2/2/1 4/3/1 3/4/1
+f 3/5/2 4/6/2 8/7/2 7/8/2
+f 7/9/3 8/10/3 6/11/3 5/12/3
+f 5/13/4 6/14/4 2/15/4 1/16/4
+f 3/5/5 7/17/5 5/18/5 1/16/5
+f 8/19/6 4/6/6 2/15/6 6/20/6
diff --git a/specs/lib/loadMtlSpec.js b/specs/lib/loadMtlSpec.js
index 9d4a5d2..fa766d6 100644
--- a/specs/lib/loadMtlSpec.js
+++ b/specs/lib/loadMtlSpec.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var coloredMaterialPath = 'specs/data/box/box.mtl';
 var texturedMaterialPath = 'specs/data/box-complex-material/box-complex-material.mtl';
 var multipleMaterialsPath = 'specs/data/box-multiple-materials/box-multiple-materials.mtl';
 var externalMaterialPath = 'specs/data/box-external-resources/box-external-resources.mtl';
+var transparentMaterialPath = 'specs/data/box-transparent/box-transparent.mtl';
 
 var diffuseTexturePath = 'specs/data/box-textured/cesium.png';
 var transparentDiffuseTexturePath = 'specs/data/box-complex-material/diffuse.png';
@@ -186,6 +187,20 @@ describe('loadMtl', function() {
             }), done).toResolve();
     });
 
+    it('alpha of 0.0 is treated as 1.0', function(done) {
+        expect(loadMtl(transparentMaterialPath, options)
+            .then(function(materials) {
+                expect(materials.length).toBe(1);
+                var material = materials[0];
+                var pbr = material.pbrMetallicRoughness;
+                expect(pbr.baseColorTexture).toBeUndefined();
+                expect(pbr.metallicRoughnessTexture).toBeUndefined();
+                expect(pbr.baseColorFactor[3]).toEqual(1.0);
+                expect(material.alphaMode).toBe('OPAQUE');
+                expect(material.doubleSided).toBe(false);
+            }), done).toResolve();
+    });
+
     describe('metallicRoughness', function() {
         it('creates default material', function() {
             var material = loadMtl._createMaterial(undefined, options);