diff --git a/tests/samples/quilt.diff b/tests/samples/quilt.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a4be3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/samples/quilt.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Description: Add fts64 support
+ Adds a new fts64 header and its implementation, and wires the new
+ module into the io Makefile.
+Author: Some One <someone@example.com>
+Forwarded: https://example.com/thread
+Last-Update: 2026-07-31
+
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/include/fts64.h
+@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
++#ifndef _FTS64_H
++#define _FTS64_H
++#endif
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/io/fts64.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++#include <fts64.h>
++/* implementation */
+--- a/io/Makefile
++++ b/io/Makefile
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+ routines := \
+   fts \
++  fts64 \
+   open
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
index 9571ed0..770dc71 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -445,6 +445,51 @@ def test_parse_diff_with_empty_filenames(self):
         # the parsed patch should round-trip back to the original input
         self.assertEqual(str(res), ''.join(diff))
 
+    def test_parse_multiple_added_files(self):
+        # regression test for issue #143: quilt-style patches that add several
+        # files in a row all share the "/dev/null" source, which must not make
+        # consecutive files be merged into one.
+        diff = (
+            '--- /dev/null\n'
+            '+++ b/1.txt\n'
+            '@@ -0,0 +1 @@\n'
+            '+a\n'
+            '--- /dev/null\n'
+            '+++ b/2.txt\n'
+            '@@ -0,0 +1 @@\n'
+            '+b\n'
+        )
+
+        res = PatchSet(diff)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(res), 2)
+        self.assertEqual([f.path for f in res], ['1.txt', '2.txt'])
+        self.assertTrue(all(f.is_added_file for f in res))
+        self.assertFalse(any(f.is_rename for f in res))
+        self.assertEqual(res.added, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(res[0].target_file, 'b/1.txt')
+        self.assertEqual(res[1].target_file, 'b/2.txt')
+
+    def test_parse_quilt_diff(self):
+        # issue #143: a realistic quilt patch (DEP-3 header preamble, two added
+        # files sharing the /dev/null source, then a modified file).
+        filename = os.path.join(self.samples_dir, 'samples/quilt.diff')
+        with open(filename) as f:
+            res = PatchSet(f)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(res), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [f.path for f in res],
+            ['include/fts64.h', 'io/fts64.c', 'io/Makefile'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [f.path for f in res.added_files], ['include/fts64.h', 'io/fts64.c'])
+        self.assertEqual([f.path for f in res.modified_files], ['io/Makefile'])
+        self.assertFalse(any(f.is_rename for f in res))
+        self.assertEqual((res.added, res.removed), (6, 0))
+        # the DEP-3 header preamble is kept as the first file's patch info
+        self.assertTrue(
+            str(res[0].patch_info).startswith('Description: Add fts64 support'))
+
     def test_parse_filename_with_spaces(self):
         filename = os.path.join(self.samples_dir, 'samples/git_filenames_with_spaces.diff')
         with open(filename) as f:
diff --git a/unidiff/patch.py b/unidiff/patch.py
index 32f0835..dea6821 100644
--- a/unidiff/patch.py
+++ b/unidiff/patch.py
@@ -530,10 +530,11 @@ def _parse(self, diff: Iterable, encoding: Optional[str],
             if is_source_filename:
                 source_file = is_source_filename.group('filename')
                 source_timestamp = is_source_filename.group('timestamp')
-                # reset current file, unless we are processing a rename
-                # (in that case, source files should match)
-                if current_file is not None and not (
-                        current_file.source_file == source_file):
+                # a "---" line starts a new file, unless we are still inside a
+                # git header block (patch_info is only set while a "diff --git"
+                # header is being processed, in which case this line just
+                # restates the source of the file already being built)
+                if current_file is not None and patch_info is None:
                     current_file = None
                 elif current_file is not None:
                     current_file.source_timestamp = source_timestamp