diff --git a/crates/lottie/src/import.rs b/crates/lottie/src/import.rs
index 90519a8db..53b1ba71c 100644
--- a/crates/lottie/src/import.rs
+++ b/crates/lottie/src/import.rs
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ fn masks(im: &Im, ids: &mut Ids, list: &[Json], g: &mut PropGroup) {
                 import_prop(im, j, p, conv);
             }
         };
-        set("pt", "path", &shapes::to_path);
+        let closed = m.get("cl").and_then(Json::as_bool).unwrap_or(false);
+        set("pt", "path", &|v| shapes::to_path(v, closed));
         set("o", "opacity", &anim::to_scalar);
         set("x", "expansion", &anim::to_scalar);
         set("f", "feather", &anim::to_vec2);
diff --git a/crates/lottie/src/shapes.rs b/crates/lottie/src/shapes.rs
index 5b9d29970..fab8d3646 100644
--- a/crates/lottie/src/shapes.rs
+++ b/crates/lottie/src/shapes.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ pub(crate) fn path_value(v: &Value) -> Json {
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn to_path(j: &Json) -> Option<Value> {
+/// A Lottie path. `closed` is used when the path has no `c`: Bodymovin 3.x and early 4.x keep the
+/// flag outside the path, as `cl` on a mask and `closed` on an `sh` item.
+pub(crate) fn to_path(j: &Json, closed: bool) -> Option<Value> {
     let o = match j {
         Json::Array(a) => a.first()?,
         o => o,
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ pub(crate) fn to_path(j: &Json) -> Option<Value> {
         in_tangents: fit(pts("i")),
         out_tangents: fit(pts("o")),
         vertices,
-        closed: o.get("c").and_then(Json::as_bool).unwrap_or(false),
+        closed: o.get("c").and_then(Json::as_bool).unwrap_or(closed),
         feather: Vec::new(),
     }))
 }
@@ -493,7 +495,8 @@ pub(crate) fn import_items(im: &mut Im, ids: &mut Ids, items: &[Json]) -> Vec<Pr
             "sh" => {
                 let mut g = build::shape_path(ids, ShapePath::default());
                 dir(&mut g);
-                set(im, &mut g, "path", j.get("ks"), &to_path);
+                let closed = j.get("closed").and_then(Json::as_bool).unwrap_or(false);
+                set(im, &mut g, "path", j.get("ks"), &|v| to_path(v, closed));
                 g
             }
             "fl" => {
diff --git a/crates/lottie/src/tests.rs b/crates/lottie/src/tests.rs
index cbe89d58c..d26b3642d 100644
--- a/crates/lottie/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/lottie/src/tests.rs
@@ -533,6 +533,31 @@ fn embedded_glyphs_are_reported_when_dropped() {
     assert_eq!(warnings(&blank), ["embedded glyphs (`chars`) are not imported; text uses the installed fonts"]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn legacy_closed_flags_close_masks_and_paths() {
+    // Bodymovin 3.x and early 4.x put the closed flag on the mask (`cl`) and on the `sh` item
+    // (`closed`), with no `c` in the path. An open mask would leave the solid whole.
+    let square = json!({"i": [[0, 0], [0, 0], [0, 0], [0, 0]], "o": [[0, 0], [0, 0], [0, 0], [0, 0]], "v": [[5, 5], [15, 5], [15, 15], [5, 15]]});
+    let doc = json!({"w": 20, "h": 20, "fr": 30, "ip": 0, "op": 30, "assets": [], "layers": [
+        {"ty": 4, "ind": 1, "ip": 0, "op": 30, "st": 0, "ks": {},
+         "shapes": [{"ty": "sh", "closed": true, "ks": {"k": [{"t": 0, "s": [square], "e": [square]}, {"t": 10}]}}]},
+        {"ty": 1, "ind": 2, "sc": "#ff0000", "sw": 20, "sh": 20, "ip": 0, "op": 30, "st": 0, "ks": {},
+         "masksProperties": [{"mode": "a", "cl": true, "pt": {"k": square}}]}]});
+    let mut q = Project::default();
+    let nc = import(&mut q, doc.to_string().as_bytes(), "Imported", "", &mut |_| None).unwrap().comp;
+    let comp = q.comp(nc).unwrap();
+    let closed = |v: &Value| matches!(v, Value::Path(sp) if sp.closed);
+    let shape = comp.layers[0].props.sub("contents").unwrap().groups().next().unwrap();
+    let keys = &shape.get("path").unwrap().keys;
+    assert_eq!(keys.len(), 2);
+    assert!(keys.iter().all(|k| closed(&k.value)));
+    let mask = comp.layers[1].masks().unwrap().groups().next().unwrap();
+    assert!(closed(&mask.get("path").unwrap().value));
+    let img = render_frame(&q, nc, s(0.0), 1.0);
+    assert_eq!(img.data[0][3], 0.0, "the mask cuts the corner away");
+    assert!(img.data[10 * 20 + 10][3] > 0.99);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn precomp_with_time_remap() {
     let (mut p, cid) = setup();