diff --git a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/value/SubSequence.java b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/value/SubSequence.java
index acd7160c3b3..822cdd975a3 100644
--- a/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/value/SubSequence.java
+++ b/exist-core/src/main/java/org/exist/xquery/value/SubSequence.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ public Sequence tail() {
             return Sequence.EMPTY_SEQUENCE;
         }
 
-        return new SubSequence(fromInclusive + 1, toExclusive -1, sequence);
+        return new SubSequence(fromInclusive + 1, toExclusive, sequence);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/exist-core/src/test/xquery/subsequence.xq b/exist-core/src/test/xquery/subsequence.xq
index af2f5d5fa14..6444cf82776 100644
--- a/exist-core/src/test/xquery/subsequence.xq
+++ b/exist-core/src/test/xquery/subsequence.xq
@@ -30,3 +30,27 @@ declare
 function ss:pipeline1() {
     ("x", "y") => subsequence(1, 1) => matches("x")
 };
+
+declare
+    %test:args(1,1)
+    %test:assertEmpty
+    %test:args(3,1)
+    %test:assertEmpty
+    %test:args(5,1)
+    %test:assertEmpty
+    %test:args(1,2)
+    %test:assertEquals(2)
+    %test:args(3,2)
+    %test:assertEquals(4)
+    %test:args(5,2)
+    %test:assertEmpty(4)
+    %test:args(1,3)
+    %test:assertEquals(2,3)
+    %test:args(3,3)
+    %test:assertEquals(4,5)
+    %test:args(1,5)
+    %test:assertEquals(2,3,4,5)
+function ss:tail($start, $length) {
+    tail(
+        subsequence((1 to 5), $start, $length))
+};