diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 56dfe7914d..7b9009efb9 100755
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 * alignmentSieve output order matches input order exactly
 * --missingDataAsZero no longer takes bases exceeding chromosome bounds as 0 values but rather purges the bins
 * large scale values precision slightly altered with new backend (f32 vs f64)
+* bamCoverage --MNase counts the three central bases of an odd-length fragment (it counted four: one left and two right of the centre), as the help text says (#1118)
 
 3.5.6
 * minimal supported python version raised to 3.9 (numpy >= 2 support); NaN handling switched to np.nan
diff --git a/pydeeptools/deeptools/test/test_bamCoverage_and_bamCompare.py b/pydeeptools/deeptools/test/test_bamCoverage_and_bamCompare.py
index 3ec543eb72..6a3a672762 100644
--- a/pydeeptools/deeptools/test/test_bamCoverage_and_bamCompare.py
+++ b/pydeeptools/deeptools/test/test_bamCoverage_and_bamCompare.py
@@ -606,3 +606,22 @@ def test_bam_compare_filter_blacklist():
         ]
         assert f"{resp}" == f"{expected}", f"{resp} != {expected}"
         unlink(outfile)
+
+
+def test_bam_coverage_MNase_odd_fragment_length():
+    """
+    --MNase counts the two central bases of an even-length fragment and the
+    three central bases of an odd-length one. test_paired2.bam has proper
+    pairs of template length 147 (x2, start 5000384), 166 (start 5001010)
+    and 154 (x2, start 5001115) inside the default 130-200 window.
+    """
+    _, outfile = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=".bg")
+    args = "--bam {} -o {} --MNase --binSize 1 --outFileFormat bedgraph --region chr2:5000000:5002000".format(
+        ROOT + "test_paired2.bam", outfile).split()
+    bam_cov.main(args)
+    resp = open(outfile).readlines()
+    expected = ['chr2\t5000000\t5000456\t0\n', 'chr2\t5000456\t5000459\t2\n', 'chr2\t5000459\t5001092\t0\n',
+                'chr2\t5001092\t5001094\t1\n', 'chr2\t5001094\t5001191\t0\n', 'chr2\t5001191\t5001193\t2\n',
+                'chr2\t5001193\t5002000\t0\n']
+    assert f"{resp}" == f"{expected}", f"{resp} != {expected}"
+    unlink(outfile)
diff --git a/src/filtering.rs b/src/filtering.rs
index 35396ec040..5ffec3f04e 100644
--- a/src/filtering.rs
+++ b/src/filtering.rs
@@ -293,10 +293,12 @@ impl Alignmentfilters {
                 let recpos: u32 = rec.pos() as u32;
                 let frag_start = recpos - 1 + rinsertsize / 2;
 
+                // Even fragment length: the two central bases; odd: the central
+                // base and its two neighbours (three bases, as documented).
                 if rinsertsize % 2 == 0 {
                     return Some((frag_start..frag_start + 2).collect());
                 } else {
-                    return Some((frag_start..frag_start + 4).collect());
+                    return Some((frag_start..frag_start + 3).collect());
                 }
             }
             return None;
diff --git a/src/tests/test_filtering.rs b/src/tests/test_filtering.rs
index 7b74efdc2b..7e9b3f4779 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_filtering.rs
+++ b/src/tests/test_filtering.rs
@@ -242,3 +242,52 @@ mod alignmentfilters_new_tests {
         assert!(af.filter);
     }
 }
+
+mod mnase_centre_tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use rust_htslib::bam::record::{Cigar, CigarString, Record};
+
+    fn mnase_filters() -> Alignmentfilters {
+        Alignmentfilters::new(
+            None, None, None, None, None, None,
+            Some(true), // MNase mode
+            None, None, None, None, None,
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn proper_pair_forward_read(pos: i64, insert_size: i64) -> Record {
+        let mut rec = Record::new();
+        rec.set(
+            b"frag",
+            Some(&CigarString(vec![Cigar::Match(50)])),
+            &[b'A'; 50],
+            &[30u8; 50],
+        );
+        rec.set_tid(0);
+        rec.set_pos(pos);
+        rec.set_flags(99); // paired, proper pair, mate reverse, first in pair
+        rec.set_mtid(0);
+        rec.set_mpos(pos + insert_size - 50);
+        rec.set_insert_size(insert_size);
+        rec
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_mnase_even_fragment_two_central_bases() {
+        // fragment [100, 250): central bases 174 and 175
+        let af = mnase_filters();
+        let rec = proper_pair_forward_read(100, 150);
+        assert_eq!(af.manipulate_record(&rec), Some(vec![174, 175]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_mnase_odd_fragment_three_central_bases() {
+        // fragment [100, 249): centre 174, documented bases 173, 174, 175
+        let af = mnase_filters();
+        let rec = proper_pair_forward_read(100, 149);
+        assert_eq!(af.manipulate_record(&rec), Some(vec![173, 174, 175]));
+        // fragment [1000, 1131): centre 1065
+        let rec = proper_pair_forward_read(1000, 131);
+        assert_eq!(af.manipulate_record(&rec), Some(vec![1064, 1065, 1066]));
+    }
+}