diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_pum_highlights_16.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_pum_highlights_16.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe2b68d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_pum_highlights_16.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
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+|你*0#0000001#ffd7ff255|好| +&@2|c+0#40ff4011&|l|a|s@1| @3|e+0#0000001&|x|t|r|a| |t|e|x|t| |3| | +0#4040ff13#ffffff0@45
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
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+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|-+2#0000000&@1| |U|s|e|r| |d|e|f|i|n|e|d| |c|o|m|p|l|e|t|i|o|n| |(|^|U|^|N|^|P|)| |m+0#00e0003&|a|t|c|h| |1| |o|f| |3| +0#0000000&@26
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_popup.vim b/src/testdir/test_popup.vim
index 38324c1..fe958da 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_popup.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_popup.vim
@@ -1548,4 +1548,37 @@
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+func Test_pum_user_kind_hlgroup()
+  CheckScreendump
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    func CompleteFunc( findstart, base )
+      if a:findstart
+        return 0
+      endif
+      return {
+            \ 'words': [
+            \ { 'word': 'aword1', 'menu': 'extra text 1', 'kind': 'variable', 'kind_hlgroup': 'KindVar', 'hl_group': 'StrikeFake' },
+            \ { 'word': 'aword2', 'menu': 'extra text 2', 'kind': 'function', 'kind_hlgroup': 'KindFunc' },
+            \ { 'word': '你好', 'menu': 'extra text 3', 'kind': 'class', 'kind_hlgroup': 'KindClass'  },
+            \]}
+    endfunc
+    set completeopt=menu
+    set completefunc=CompleteFunc
+
+    hi StrikeFake ctermfg=9
+    hi KindVar ctermfg=yellow
+    hi KindFunc ctermfg=blue
+    hi KindClass ctermfg=green
+  END
+  call writefile(lines, 'Xscript', 'D')
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S Xscript', {})
+
+  call TermWait(buf)
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "S\<C-X>\<C-U>")
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_pum_highlights_16', {})
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "\<C-E>\<Esc>")
+
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab