diff --git a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc
index f08876b8f..447e36cc4 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static const indic_config_t indic_configs[] =
   {HB_SCRIPT_KANNADA,	true, 0x0CCDu,BASE_POS_LAST, REPH_POS_AFTER_POST, REPH_MODE_IMPLICIT, BLWF_MODE_POST_ONLY},
   {HB_SCRIPT_MALAYALAM,	true, 0x0D4Du,BASE_POS_LAST, REPH_POS_AFTER_MAIN, REPH_MODE_LOG_REPHA,BLWF_MODE_PRE_AND_POST},
   {HB_SCRIPT_SINHALA,	false,0x0DCAu,BASE_POS_LAST_SINHALA,
-						     REPH_POS_AFTER_MAIN, REPH_MODE_EXPLICIT, BLWF_MODE_PRE_AND_POST},
+						     REPH_POS_AFTER_POST, REPH_MODE_EXPLICIT, BLWF_MODE_PRE_AND_POST},
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/shaping/data/in-house/Makefile.sources b/test/shaping/data/in-house/Makefile.sources
index bf4df2018..ef16faed4 100644
--- a/test/shaping/data/in-house/Makefile.sources
+++ b/test/shaping/data/in-house/Makefile.sources
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	tests/none-directional.tests \
 	tests/spaces.tests \
 	tests/simple.tests \
+	tests/sinhala.tests \
 	tests/tibetan-contractions-1.tests \
 	tests/tibetan-contractions-2.tests \
 	tests/tibetan-vowels.tests \
diff --git a/test/shaping/data/in-house/fonts/5af5361ed4d1e8305780b100e1730cb09132f8d1.ttf b/test/shaping/data/in-house/fonts/5af5361ed4d1e8305780b100e1730cb09132f8d1.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72c5244a3
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/shaping/data/in-house/fonts/5af5361ed4d1e8305780b100e1730cb09132f8d1.ttf differ
diff --git a/test/shaping/data/in-house/tests/sinhala.tests b/test/shaping/data/in-house/tests/sinhala.tests
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9541754dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shaping/data/in-house/tests/sinhala.tests
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../fonts/5af5361ed4d1e8305780b100e1730cb09132f8d1.ttf::U+0DBB,U+0DCA,U+200D,U+0DBA,U+0DCA,U+200D,U+0DBA:[gid8=0+1343|gid4=0+1130]