diff --git a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-machine.rl b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-machine.rl
index b74546650..a536da55c 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-machine.rl
+++ b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-machine.rl
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ RS   = 13;
 Coeng = 14;
 Repha = 15;
 Ra    = 16;
+CM    = 17;
 
-c = (C | Ra);			# is_consonant
+c = (C | Ra)CM*;		# is_consonant
 n = ((ZWNJ?.RS)? (N.N?)?);	# is_consonant_modifier
 z = ZWJ|ZWNJ;			# is_joiner
 h = H | Coeng;			# is_halant_or_coeng
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-private.hh
index c3c51fed8..de7264acf 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-private.hh
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ enum indic_category_t {
   OT_RS, /* Register Shifter, used in Khmer OT spec */
   OT_Coeng,
   OT_Repha,
-  OT_Ra /* Not explicitly listed in the OT spec, but used in the grammar. */
+  OT_Ra, /* Not explicitly listed in the OT spec, but used in the grammar. */
+  OT_CM
 };
 
 /* Visual positions in a syllable from left to right. */
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ enum indic_syllabic_category_t {
   INDIC_SYLLABIC_CATEGORY_CONSONANT_DEAD	= OT_C,
   INDIC_SYLLABIC_CATEGORY_CONSONANT_FINAL	= OT_C,
   INDIC_SYLLABIC_CATEGORY_CONSONANT_HEAD_LETTER	= OT_C,
-  INDIC_SYLLABIC_CATEGORY_CONSONANT_MEDIAL	= OT_C,
+  INDIC_SYLLABIC_CATEGORY_CONSONANT_MEDIAL	= OT_CM,
   INDIC_SYLLABIC_CATEGORY_CONSONANT_PLACEHOLDER	= OT_NBSP,
   INDIC_SYLLABIC_CATEGORY_CONSONANT_SUBJOINED	= OT_C,
   INDIC_SYLLABIC_CATEGORY_CONSONANT_REPHA	= OT_Repha,
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ is_joiner (const hb_glyph_info_t &info)
  * We treat Vowels and placeholders as if they were consonants.  This is safe because Vowels
  * cannot happen in a consonant syllable.  The plus side however is, we can call the
  * consonant syllable logic from the vowel syllable function and get it all right! */
-#define CONSONANT_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_C) | FLAG (OT_Ra) | FLAG (OT_V) | FLAG (OT_NBSP) | FLAG (OT_DOTTEDCIRCLE))
+#define CONSONANT_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_C) | FLAG (OT_CM) | FLAG (OT_Ra) | FLAG (OT_V) | FLAG (OT_NBSP) | FLAG (OT_DOTTEDCIRCLE))
 static inline bool
 is_consonant (const hb_glyph_info_t &info)
 {