diff --git a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
index 1f63d83a8..6e6e1b7b1 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
@@ -5160,7 +5160,7 @@ describe "TextEditor", ->
       expect(editor.lineTextForScreenRow(7)).toBe "    while(items.length > 0) {" + editor.displayLayer.foldCharacter
       expect(editor.lineTextForScreenRow(8)).toBe "    return sort(left).concat(pivot).concat(sort(right));"
 
-    it "duplicates all folded lines for empty selections on folded lines", ->
+    it "duplicates all folded lines for empty selections on lines containing folds", ->
       editor.foldBufferRow(4)
       editor.setCursorBufferPosition([4, 0])
 
@@ -5191,6 +5191,38 @@ describe "TextEditor", ->
       """
       expect(editor.getSelectedBufferRange()).toEqual [[13, 0], [14, 2]]
 
+    it "only duplicates lines containing multiple selections once", ->
+      editor.setText("""
+        aaaaaa
+        bbbbbb
+        cccccc
+        dddddd
+      """)
+      editor.setSelectedBufferRanges([
+        [[0, 1], [0, 2]],
+        [[0, 3], [0, 4]],
+        [[2, 1], [2, 2]],
+        [[2, 3], [3, 1]],
+        [[3, 3], [3, 4]],
+      ])
+      editor.duplicateLines()
+      expect(editor.getText()).toBe("""
+        aaaaaa
+        aaaaaa
+        bbbbbb
+        cccccc
+        dddddd
+        cccccc
+        dddddd
+      """)
+      expect(editor.getSelectedBufferRanges()).toEqual([
+        [[1, 1], [1, 2]],
+        [[1, 3], [1, 4]],
+        [[5, 1], [5, 2]],
+        [[5, 3], [6, 1]],
+        [[6, 3], [6, 4]],
+      ])
+
   describe ".shouldPromptToSave()", ->
     it "returns true when buffer changed", ->
       jasmine.unspy(editor, 'shouldPromptToSave')
diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index cc33c24f4..821322e22 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -1272,30 +1272,44 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
 
         @setSelectedBufferRanges(translatedRanges)
 
-  # Duplicate the most recent cursor's current line.
   duplicateLines: ->
     @transact =>
-      for selection in @getSelectionsOrderedByBufferPosition().reverse()
-        selectedBufferRange = selection.getBufferRange()
-        if selection.isEmpty()
-          {start} = selection.getScreenRange()
-          selection.setScreenRange([[start.row, 0], [start.row + 1, 0]], preserveFolds: true)
+      selections = @getSelectionsOrderedByBufferPosition()
+      previousSelectionRanges = []
 
-        [startRow, endRow] = selection.getBufferRowRange()
+      i = selections.length - 1
+      while i >= 0
+        j = i
+        previousSelectionRanges[i] = selections[i].getBufferRange()
+        if selections[i].isEmpty()
+          {start} = selections[i].getScreenRange()
+          selections[i].setScreenRange([[start.row, 0], [start.row + 1, 0]], preserveFolds: true)
+        [startRow, endRow] = selections[i].getBufferRowRange()
         endRow++
+        while i > 0
+          [previousSelectionStartRow, previousSelectionEndRow] = selections[i - 1].getBufferRowRange()
+          if previousSelectionEndRow is startRow
+            startRow = previousSelectionStartRow
+            previousSelectionRanges[i - 1] = selections[i - 1].getBufferRange()
+            i--
+          else
+            break
 
         intersectingFolds = @displayLayer.foldsIntersectingBufferRange([[startRow, 0], [endRow, 0]])
-        rangeToDuplicate = [[startRow, 0], [endRow, 0]]
-        textToDuplicate = @getTextInBufferRange(rangeToDuplicate)
+        textToDuplicate = @getTextInBufferRange([[startRow, 0], [endRow, 0]])
         textToDuplicate = '\n' + textToDuplicate if endRow > @getLastBufferRow()
         @buffer.insert([endRow, 0], textToDuplicate)
 
-        delta = endRow - startRow
-        selection.setBufferRange(selectedBufferRange.translate([delta, 0]))
+        insertedRowCount = endRow - startRow
+
+        for k in [i..j] by 1
+          selections[k].setBufferRange(previousSelectionRanges[k].translate([insertedRowCount, 0]))
+
         for fold in intersectingFolds
           foldRange = @displayLayer.bufferRangeForFold(fold)
-          @displayLayer.foldBufferRange(foldRange.translate([delta, 0]))
-      return
+          @displayLayer.foldBufferRange(foldRange.translate([insertedRowCount, 0]))
+
+        i--
 
   replaceSelectedText: (options={}, fn) ->
     {selectWordIfEmpty} = options