diff --git a/src/nvim/regexp_nfa.c b/src/nvim/regexp_nfa.c
index 2926206ba7..a4e7f1df13 100644
--- a/src/nvim/regexp_nfa.c
+++ b/src/nvim/regexp_nfa.c
@@ -3516,9 +3516,8 @@ static void copy_ze_off(regsub_T *to, regsub_T *from)
   }
 }
 
-/*
- * Return TRUE if "sub1" and "sub2" have the same start positions.
- */
+// Return TRUE if "sub1" and "sub2" have the same start positions.
+// When using back-references also check the end position.
 static int sub_equal(regsub_T *sub1, regsub_T *sub2)
 {
   int i;
@@ -3544,6 +3543,26 @@ static int sub_equal(regsub_T *sub1, regsub_T *sub2)
       if (s1 != -1 && sub1->list.multi[i].start.col
           != sub2->list.multi[i].start.col)
         return FALSE;
+
+      if (nfa_has_backref) {
+        if (i < sub1->in_use) {
+          s1 = sub1->list.multi[i].end.lnum;
+        } else {
+          s1 = -1;
+        }
+        if (i < sub2->in_use) {
+          s2 = sub2->list.multi[i].end.lnum;
+        } else {
+          s2 = -1;
+        }
+        if (s1 != s2) {
+          return FALSE;
+        }
+        if (s1 != -1
+            && sub1->list.multi[i].end.col != sub2->list.multi[i].end.col) {
+          return FALSE;
+        }
+      }
     }
   } else {
     for (i = 0; i < todo; ++i) {
@@ -3557,6 +3576,22 @@ static int sub_equal(regsub_T *sub1, regsub_T *sub2)
         sp2 = NULL;
       if (sp1 != sp2)
         return FALSE;
+
+      if (nfa_has_backref) {
+        if (i < sub1->in_use) {
+          sp1 = sub1->list.line[i].end;
+        } else {
+          sp1 = NULL;
+        }
+        if (i < sub2->in_use) {
+          sp2 = sub2->list.line[i].end;
+        } else {
+          sp2 = NULL;
+        }
+        if (sp1 != sp2) {
+          return FALSE;
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test64.in b/src/nvim/testdir/test64.in
index 29bf0b902b..e3f5d82a4d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test64.in
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test64.in
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ STARTTEST
 :call add(tl, [2, '^.*\.\(.*\)/.\+\(\1\)\@<=$', 'foo.bat/foo.bat', 'foo.bat/foo.bat', 'bat', 'bat'])
 :call add(tl, [2, '\\\@<!\${\(\d\+\%(:.\{-}\)\?\\\@<!\)}', '2013-06-27${0}', '${0}', '0'])
 :call add(tl, [2, '^\(a*\)\1$', 'aaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaa', 'aaaa'])
+:call add(tl, [2, '^\(a\{-2,}\)\1\+$', 'aaaaaaaaa', 'aaaaaaaaa', 'aaa'])
 :"
 :"""" Look-behind with limit
 :call add(tl, [2, '<\@<=span.', 'xxspanxx<spanyyy', 'spany'])
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test64.ok b/src/nvim/testdir/test64.ok
index a1498ea5d6..9fb6c60b9d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test64.ok
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test64.ok
@@ -947,6 +947,9 @@ OK 2 - \\\@<!\${\(\d\+\%(:.\{-}\)\?\\\@<!\)}
 OK 0 - ^\(a*\)\1$
 OK 1 - ^\(a*\)\1$
 OK 2 - ^\(a*\)\1$
+OK 0 - ^\(a\{-2,}\)\1\+$
+OK 1 - ^\(a\{-2,}\)\1\+$
+OK 2 - ^\(a\{-2,}\)\1\+$
 OK 0 - <\@<=span.
 OK 1 - <\@<=span.
 OK 2 - <\@<=span.
diff --git a/src/nvim/version.c b/src/nvim/version.c
index 49fe3ea909..1f7754853d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/version.c
+++ b/src/nvim/version.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static char *(features[]) = {
 
 static int included_patches[] = {
   // Add new patch number below this line
+  289,
   288,
   //287,
   286,