diff --git a/music21/bar.py b/music21/bar.py
index 2e73ed6cd..766e081d8 100644
--- a/music21/bar.py
+++ b/music21/bar.py
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ class Barline(base.Music21Object):
     classSortOrder = -5
 
     equalityAttributes = ('type', 'pause', 'location')
+    
+    numberedEnding = None
 
     def __init__(self,
                  type=None,  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
@@ -157,6 +159,9 @@ def _getType(self):
     def _setType(self, value):
         self._type = standardizeBarType(value)
 
+    def setNumberedEnding(self, value):
+        self.numberedEnding = value
+
     type = property(_getType, _setType,
         doc='''
         Get and set the Barline type property.
diff --git a/music21/musicxml/xmlToM21.py b/music21/musicxml/xmlToM21.py
index bc2d7098d..114214ad5 100644
--- a/music21/musicxml/xmlToM21.py
+++ b/music21/musicxml/xmlToM21.py
@@ -4825,6 +4825,7 @@ def xmlBarline(self, mxBarline):
         # barline objects also store ending objects, that mark begin
         # and end of repeat bracket designations
         mxEndingObj = mxBarline.find('ending')
+        barline.setNumberedEnding(mxEndingObj)
         if mxEndingObj is not None:
             # TODO: musicxml 4: system="yes/no" -- does this apply to whole system?