diff --git a/src/testdir/test44.in b/src/testdir/test44.in
index b8b8d4f..e486869 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test44.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test44.in
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 x/\%d21879b
 x/ [[=A=]]* [[=B=]]* [[=C=]]* [[=D=]]* [[=E=]]* [[=F=]]* [[=G=]]* [[=H=]]* [[=I=]]* [[=J=]]* [[=K=]]* [[=L=]]* [[=M=]]* [[=N=]]* [[=O=]]* [[=P=]]* [[=Q=]]* [[=R=]]* [[=S=]]* [[=T=]]* [[=U=]]* [[=V=]]* [[=W=]]* [[=X=]]* [[=Y=]]* [[=Z=]]*/e
 x/ [[=a=]]* [[=b=]]* [[=c=]]* [[=d=]]* [[=e=]]* [[=f=]]* [[=g=]]* [[=h=]]* [[=i=]]* [[=j=]]* [[=k=]]* [[=l=]]* [[=m=]]* [[=n=]]* [[=o=]]* [[=p=]]* [[=q=]]* [[=r=]]* [[=s=]]* [[=t=]]* [[=u=]]* [[=v=]]* [[=w=]]* [[=x=]]* [[=y=]]* [[=z=]]*/e
+x:" Test backwards search from a multi-byte char
+/x
+x?.
 x:?^1?,$w! test.out
 :e! test.out
 G:put =matchstr(\"אבגד\", \".\", 0, 2) " ב
@@ -57,3 +60,4 @@
 g a啷bb
 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
diff --git a/src/testdir/test44.ok b/src/testdir/test44.ok
index 2bd5bda..d98ac2e 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test44.ok
+++ b/src/testdir/test44.ok
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 g abb
 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❤
 ב
 בג
 א