diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 5ebca09804..0889db91d6 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -7786,21 +7786,23 @@ next_search_hl_pos(
     shl->lnum = 0;
     for (i = posmatch->cur; i < MAXPOSMATCH; i++)
     {
-	if (posmatch->pos[i].lnum == 0)
+	llpos_T	*pos = &posmatch->pos[i];
+
+	if (pos->lnum == 0)
 	    break;
-	if (posmatch->pos[i].col < mincol)
+	if (pos->col + pos->len - 1 <= mincol)
 	    continue;
-	if (posmatch->pos[i].lnum == lnum)
+	if (pos->lnum == lnum)
 	{
 	    if (shl->lnum == lnum)
 	    {
 		/* partially sort positions by column numbers
 		 * on the same line */
-		if (posmatch->pos[i].col < posmatch->pos[bot].col)
+		if (pos->col < posmatch->pos[bot].col)
 		{
-		    llpos_T	tmp = posmatch->pos[i];
+		    llpos_T	tmp = *pos;
 
-		    posmatch->pos[i] = posmatch->pos[bot];
+		    *pos = posmatch->pos[bot];
 		    posmatch->pos[bot] = tmp;
 		}
 	    }
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_match.vim b/src/testdir/test_match.vim
index 9ac1db157f..3b20d5d439 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_match.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_match.vim
@@ -181,6 +181,16 @@ func Test_matchaddpos()
   redraw!
   call assert_equal(screenattr(2,2), screenattr(1,6))
 
+  " Check overlapping pos
+  call clearmatches()
+  call setline(1, ['1234567890', 'NH'])
+  call matchaddpos('Error', [[1,1,5], [1,3,5], [2,2]])
+  redraw!
+  call assert_notequal(screenattr(2,2), 0)
+  call assert_equal(screenattr(2,2), screenattr(1,5))
+  call assert_equal(screenattr(2,2), screenattr(1,7))
+  call assert_notequal(screenattr(2,2), screenattr(1,8))
+
   nohl
   syntax off
   set hlsearch&
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 6fee4abf73..b2066e4e84 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    33,
 /**/
     32,
 /**/