diff --git a/unicode/norm/input.go b/unicode/norm/input.go
index 045d4cc..479e35b 100644
--- a/unicode/norm/input.go
+++ b/unicode/norm/input.go
@@ -90,16 +90,20 @@
 }
 
 func (in *input) hangul(p int) (r rune) {
+	var size int
 	if in.bytes == nil {
 		if !isHangulString(in.str[p:]) {
 			return 0
 		}
-		r, _ = utf8.DecodeRuneInString(in.str[p:])
+		r, size = utf8.DecodeRuneInString(in.str[p:])
 	} else {
 		if !isHangul(in.bytes[p:]) {
 			return 0
 		}
-		r, _ = utf8.DecodeRune(in.bytes[p:])
+		r, size = utf8.DecodeRune(in.bytes[p:])
+	}
+	if size != hangulUTF8Size {
+		return 0
 	}
 	return r
 }
diff --git a/unicode/norm/normalize_test.go b/unicode/norm/normalize_test.go
index 69a84bf..4f83737 100644
--- a/unicode/norm/normalize_test.go
+++ b/unicode/norm/normalize_test.go
@@ -699,6 +699,24 @@
 		"\u0d4a" + strings.Repeat("\u0d3e", 30),
 		"\u0d4a" + strings.Repeat("\u0d3e", 29) + cgj + "\u0d3e",
 	},
+
+	{ //  https://golang.org/issues/20079
+		"",
+		"\xeb\u0344",
+		"\xeb\u0308\u0301",
+	},
+
+	{ //  https://golang.org/issues/20079
+		"",
+		"\uac00" + strings.Repeat("\u0300", 30),
+		"\uac00" + strings.Repeat("\u0300", 29) + "\u034f\u0300",
+	},
+
+	{ //  https://golang.org/issues/20079
+		"",
+		"\xeb" + strings.Repeat("\u0300", 31),
+		"\xeb" + strings.Repeat("\u0300", 30) + "\u034f\u0300",
+	},
 }
 
 var appendTestsNFD = []AppendTest{