diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/pens/cu2quPen.py b/Lib/fontTools/pens/cu2quPen.py
index 17a083ef7..833958f35 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/pens/cu2quPen.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/pens/cu2quPen.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class Cu2QuMultiPen:
     def qCurveTo(self, pointsList):
         self._check_contour_is_open()
         if len(pointsList[0]) == 1:
-            self.lineTo([points[0] for points in pointsList])
+            self.lineTo([(points[0],) for points in pointsList])
             return
         self._add_moveTo()
         current_pts = []
diff --git a/Tests/pens/cu2quPen_test.py b/Tests/pens/cu2quPen_test.py
index 4ce5b5128..2826170ed 100644
--- a/Tests/pens/cu2quPen_test.py
+++ b/Tests/pens/cu2quPen_test.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 import sys
 import unittest
 
-from fontTools.pens.cu2quPen import Cu2QuPen, Cu2QuPointPen
+from fontTools.pens.cu2quPen import Cu2QuPen, Cu2QuPointPen, Cu2QuMultiPen
+from fontTools.pens.recordingPen import RecordingPen
 from . import CUBIC_GLYPHS, QUAD_GLYPHS
 from .utils import DummyGlyph, DummyPointGlyph
 from .utils import DummyPen, DummyPointPen
@@ -390,6 +391,26 @@ pen.endPath()""".splitlines())
             )
         )
 
+class TestCu2QuMultiPen(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_multi_pen(self):
+
+        pens = [RecordingPen(), RecordingPen()]
+        pen = Cu2QuMultiPen(pens, .1)
+        pen.moveTo([((0,0),), ((0,0),)])
+        pen.lineTo([((0,1),), ((0,1),)])
+        pen.qCurveTo([((0,2),), ((0,2),)])
+        pen.qCurveTo([((0,3),(1,3)), ((0,3),(1,4))])
+        pen.curveTo([((2,3),(0,3),(0,0)), ((1.1,4),(0,4),(0,0))])
+        pen.closePath()
+
+        assert len(pens[0].value) == 6
+        assert len(pens[1].value) == 6
+
+        for op0,op1 in zip(pens[0].value, pens[1].value):
+            assert op0[0] == op0[0]
+            assert op0[0] != 'curveTo'
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()