diff --git a/src/earcut.js b/src/earcut.js
index 2cfd60d..afcefb6 100644
--- a/src/earcut.js
+++ b/src/earcut.js
@@ -336,26 +336,35 @@ function findHoleBridge(hole, outerNode) {
         tanMin = Infinity,
         tan;
 
-    p = m.next;
+    p = m;
 
-    while (p !== stop) {
+    do {
         if (hx >= p.x && p.x >= mx && hx !== p.x &&
                 pointInTriangle(hy < my ? hx : qx, hy, mx, my, hy < my ? qx : hx, hy, p.x, p.y)) {
 
             tan = Math.abs(hy - p.y) / (hx - p.x); // tangential
 
-            if ((tan < tanMin || (tan === tanMin && p.x > m.x)) && locallyInside(p, hole)) {
+            if (locallyInside(p, hole) &&
+                (tan < tanMin || (tan === tanMin && (p.x > m.x || (p.x === m.x && sectorContainsSector(m, p)))))) {
                 m = p;
                 tanMin = tan;
             }
         }
 
         p = p.next;
-    }
+    } while (p !== stop);
 
     return m;
 }
 
+// whether sector in vertex m contains sector in vertex p in the same coordinates
+function sectorContainsSector(m, p) {
+    return (
+        (area(m.prev, m, p.prev) < 0 || area(p.prev, m, m.next) < 0) &&
+        (area(m.prev, m, p.next) < 0 || area(p.next, m, m.next) < 0)
+    );
+}
+
 // interlink polygon nodes in z-order
 function indexCurve(start, minX, minY, invSize) {
     var p = start;
diff --git a/test/expected.json b/test/expected.json
index 7a07940..9d16cd8 100644
--- a/test/expected.json
+++ b/test/expected.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
         "issue107": 0,
         "issue111": 19,
         "boxy": 57,
-        "collinear-diagonal": 14
+        "collinear-diagonal": 14,
+        "issue119": 18
     },
     "errors": {
         "dude": 2e-15,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/issue119.json b/test/fixtures/issue119.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0791037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/issue119.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+[[2,12],[2,20],[25,20],[25,12]],
+[[7,18],[7,15],[5,15]],
+[[19,18],[19,17],[17,17]],
+[[19,17],[21,17],[19,16]],
+[[7,15],[9,15],[7,13]]
+]