diff --git a/src/functions/mclass.js b/src/functions/mclass.js
index f285f3fb..e598ba58 100644
--- a/src/functions/mclass.js
+++ b/src/functions/mclass.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function mathmlBuilder(group: ParseNode<"mclass">, options) {
     const inner = mml.buildExpression(group.body, options);
 
     if (group.mclass === "minner") {
-        return mathMLTree.newDocumentFragment(inner);
+        node = new mathMLTree.MathNode("mpadded", inner);
     } else if (group.mclass === "mord") {
         if (group.isCharacterBox) {
             node = inner[0];
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ function mathmlBuilder(group: ParseNode<"mclass">, options) {
         } else if (group.mclass === "mopen" || group.mclass === "mclose") {
             node.attributes.lspace = "0em";
             node.attributes.rspace = "0em";
+        } else if (group.mclass === "minner") {
+            node.attributes.lspace = "0.0556em"; // 1 mu is the most likely option
+            node.attributes.width = "+0.1111em";
         }
         // MathML <mo> default space is 5/18 em, so <mrel> needs no action.
         // Ref: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/MathML/Element/mo
diff --git a/test/katex-spec.js b/test/katex-spec.js
index c45783ab..15cd8a29 100644
--- a/test/katex-spec.js
+++ b/test/katex-spec.js
@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ describe("A rel parser", function() {
     });
 });
 
+describe("A mathinner parser", function() {
+    it("should not fail", function() {
+        expect("\\mathinner{\\langle{\\psi}\\rangle}").toParse();
+        expect("\\frac 1 {\\mathinner{\\langle{\\psi}\\rangle}}").toParse();
+    });
+
+    it("should return one group, not a fragment", function() {
+        const contents = "\\mathinner{\\langle{\\psi}\\rangle}";
+        const mml = buildMathML(getParsed(contents), contents, defaultOptions);
+        expect(mml.children.length).toEqual(1);
+    });
+});
+
 describe("A punct parser", function() {
     const expression = ",;";