diff --git a/tests/pdfs/issue-297-example.pdf b/tests/pdfs/issue-297-example.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3a60b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pdfs/issue-297-example.pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
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+/Title (IntMetadata)
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+/Copies 0
+>>
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diff --git a/tests/test_issues.py b/tests/test_issues.py
index d278482..198e338 100644
--- a/tests/test_issues.py
+++ b/tests/test_issues.py
@@ -160,3 +160,11 @@ class Test(unittest.TestCase):
         with pdfplumber.open(path) as pdf:
             cropped = pdf.pages[0].crop((0, 0, 1, 1))
             assert cropped.extract_table() is None
+
+    def test_issue_297(self):
+        """
+        Handle integer type metadata
+        """
+        path = os.path.join(HERE, "pdfs/issue-297-example.pdf")
+        with pdfplumber.open(path) as pdf:
+            assert isinstance(pdf.metadata["Copies"], int)