diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh
index 3b1ae2abc..83252c1f1 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh
@@ -1263,14 +1263,27 @@ struct MarkMarkPosFormat1
 
     unsigned int j = skippy_iter.idx;
 
-    /* Two marks match only if they belong to the same base, or same component
-     * of the same ligature.  That is, the lig_id numbers must match, and
-     * if those are non-zero, the lig_comp number should also match. */
-    if ((get_lig_id (c->buffer->info[j]) != get_lig_id (c->buffer->cur())) ||
-	(get_lig_id (c->buffer->info[j]) > 0 &&
-	 get_lig_comp (c->buffer->info[j]) != get_lig_comp (c->buffer->cur())))
-      return TRACE_RETURN (false);
+    unsigned int id1 = get_lig_id (c->buffer->cur());
+    unsigned int id2 = get_lig_id (c->buffer->info[j]);
+    unsigned int comp1 = get_lig_comp (c->buffer->cur());
+    unsigned int comp2 = get_lig_comp (c->buffer->info[j]);
 
+    if (likely (id1 == id2)) {
+      if (id1 == 0) /* Marks belonging to the same base. */
+	goto good;
+      else if (comp1 == comp2) /* Marks belonging to the same ligature component. */
+        goto good;
+    } else {
+      /* If ligature ids don't match, it may be the case that one of the marks
+       * itself is a ligature.  In which case match. */
+      if ((id1 > 0 && !comp1) || (id2 > 0 && !comp2))
+	goto good;
+    }
+
+    /* Didn't match. */
+    return TRACE_RETURN (false);
+
+    good:
     unsigned int mark2_index = (this+mark2Coverage) (c->buffer->info[j].codepoint);
     if (mark2_index == NOT_COVERED) return TRACE_RETURN (false);
 
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-private.hh
index 294c359ad..1c108e042 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-private.hh
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ _hb_ot_layout_skip_mark (hb_face_t    *face,
  *
  * When a ligature is formed:
  *
- *   - The ligature glyph and any marks in between all get a unique lig_id,
+ *   - The ligature glyph and any marks in between all the same newly allocated
+ *     lig_id,
  *   - The ligature glyph will get lig_comp = 0
  *   - The marks get lig_comp > 0, reflecting which component of the ligature
  *     they were applied to.
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ _hb_ot_layout_skip_mark (hb_face_t    *face,
  *
  *   - All resulting glyphs will have lig_id = 0,
  *   - The resulting glyphs will have lig_comp = 0, 1, 2, ... respectively.
- *   - This is used in GPOS to attack marks to the first component of a
+ *   - This is used in GPOS to attach marks to the first component of a
  *     multiple substitution in MarkBasePos.
  *
  * The numbers are also used in GPOS to do mark-to-mark positioning only
diff --git a/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/MANIFEST b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/MANIFEST
index 3f2011ff7..5e0651bdd 100644
--- a/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/MANIFEST
+++ b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/MANIFEST
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 indic
+south-asian
 south-east-asian
diff --git a/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/indic/script-sinhala/misc/MANIFEST b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/indic/script-sinhala/misc/MANIFEST
index 3c2a4fb51..7eff9e198 100644
--- a/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/indic/script-sinhala/misc/MANIFEST
+++ b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/indic/script-sinhala/misc/MANIFEST
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+extensive.txt
 misc.txt
 reph.txt
diff --git a/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/MANIFEST b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/MANIFEST
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ed6c85b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+script-tibetan
diff --git a/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/MANIFEST b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/MANIFEST
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8752e7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+misc
diff --git a/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/misc/MANIFEST b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/misc/MANIFEST
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29cfb2f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/misc/MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+misc.txt
diff --git a/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/misc/misc.txt b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/misc/misc.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c9af6086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shaping/texts/in-tree/shaper-indic/south-asian/script-tibetan/misc/misc.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+སྟྲཱ