diff --git a/src/getchar.c b/src/getchar.c
index ba034bf..946e757 100644
--- a/src/getchar.c
+++ b/src/getchar.c
@@ -4616,9 +4616,21 @@
 	    }
 	    else
 	    {
+#ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
+		int len  = mb_char2len(PTR2CHAR(s));
+		int len2 = mb_ptr2len(s);
+#endif
 		/* Add character, possibly multi-byte to destination, escaping
 		 * CSI and K_SPECIAL. */
 		d = add_char2buf(PTR2CHAR(s), d);
+#ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
+		while (len < len2)
+		{
+		    /* add following combining char */
+		    d = add_char2buf(PTR2CHAR(s + len), d);
+		    len += mb_char2len(PTR2CHAR(s + len));
+		}
+#endif
 		mb_ptr_adv(s);
 	    }
 	}
diff --git a/src/testdir/test44.in b/src/testdir/test44.in
index e486869..0c5b6db 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test44.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test44.in
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 x:" Test backwards search from a multi-byte char
 /x
 x?.
-x:?^1?,$w! test.out
+x:let @w=':%s#comb[i]nations#œ̄ṣ́m̥̄ᾱ̆́#g'
+:@w
+:?^1?,$w! test.out
 :e! test.out
 G:put =matchstr(\"אבגד\", \".\", 0, 2) " ב
 :put =matchstr(\"אבגד\", \"..\", 0, 2) " בג
@@ -61,3 +63,4 @@
 h AÀÁÂÃÄÅĀĂĄǍǞǠẢ BḂḆ CÇĆĈĊČ DĎĐḊḎḐ EÈÉÊËĒĔĖĘĚẺẼ FḞ GĜĞĠĢǤǦǴḠ HĤĦḢḦḨ IÌÍÎÏĨĪĬĮİǏỈ JĴ KĶǨḰḴ LĹĻĽĿŁḺ MḾṀ NÑŃŅŇṄṈ OÒÓÔÕÖØŌŎŐƠǑǪǬỎ PṔṖ Q RŔŖŘṘṞ SŚŜŞŠṠ TŢŤŦṪṮ UÙÚÛÜŨŪŬŮŰŲƯǓỦ VṼ WŴẀẂẄẆ XẊẌ YÝŶŸẎỲỶỸ ZŹŻŽƵẐẔ
 i aàáâãäåāăąǎǟǡả bḃḇ cçćĉċč dďđḋḏḑ eèéêëēĕėęěẻẽ fḟ gĝğġģǥǧǵḡ hĥħḣḧḩẖ iìíîïĩīĭįǐỉ jĵǰ kķǩḱḵ lĺļľŀłḻ mḿṁ nñńņňŉṅṉ oòóôõöøōŏőơǒǫǭỏ pṕṗ q rŕŗřṙṟ sśŝşšṡ tţťŧṫṯẗ uùúûüũūŭůűųưǔủ vṽ wŵẁẃẅẇẘ xẋẍ yýÿŷẏẙỳỷỹ zźżžƶẑẕ
 j 0123❤x
+k combinations
diff --git a/src/testdir/test44.ok b/src/testdir/test44.ok
index d98ac2e..0bd0b8a 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test44.ok
+++ b/src/testdir/test44.ok
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 h AÀÁÂÃÄÅĀĂĄǍǞǠẢ BḂḆ CÇĆĈĊČ DĎĐḊḎḐ EÈÉÊËĒĔĖĘĚẺẼ FḞ GĜĞĠĢǤǦǴḠ HĤĦḢḦḨ IÌÍÎÏĨĪĬĮİǏỈ JĴ KĶǨḰḴ LĹĻĽĿŁḺ MḾṀ NÑŃŅŇṄṈ OÒÓÔÕÖØŌŎŐƠǑǪǬỎ PṔṖ Q RŔŖŘṘṞ SŚŜŞŠṠ TŢŤŦṪṮ UÙÚÛÜŨŪŬŮŰŲƯǓỦ VṼ WŴẀẂẄẆ XẊẌ YÝŶŸẎỲỶỸ ZŹŻŽƵẐ
 i aàáâãäåāăąǎǟǡả bḃḇ cçćĉċč dďđḋḏḑ eèéêëēĕėęěẻẽ fḟ gĝğġģǥǧǵḡ hĥħḣḧḩẖ iìíîïĩīĭįǐỉ jĵǰ kķǩḱḵ lĺļľŀłḻ mḿṁ nñńņňŉṅṉ oòóôõöøōŏőơǒǫǭỏ pṕṗ q rŕŗřṙṟ sśŝşšṡ tţťŧṫṯẗ uùúûüũūŭůűųưǔủ vṽ wŵẁẃẅẇẘ xẋẍ yýÿŷẏẙỳỷỹ zźżžƶẑ
 j 012❤
+k œ̄ṣ́m̥̄ᾱ̆́
 ב
 בג
 א
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 02d93d9..76d60a7 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    927,
+/**/
     926,
 /**/
     925,