diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 17b1493800..35711f5feb 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -4446,7 +4446,8 @@ build_stl_str_hl(
 		// correct the start of the items for the truncation
 		for (l = stl_groupitem[groupdepth] + 1; l < curitem; l++)
 		{
-		    stl_items[l].stl_start -= n;
+		    // Minus one for the leading '<' added above.
+		    stl_items[l].stl_start -= n - 1;
 		    if (stl_items[l].stl_start < t)
 			stl_items[l].stl_start = t;
 		}
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_hl.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_hl.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cebece5683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_hl.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+> +0&#ffffff0@74
+|~+0#4040ff13&| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|<+0#ffffff16#e000002|F|G+0#0000e05#ffffff0|H|I| @69
+| +0#0000000&@74
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_statusline.vim b/src/testdir/test_statusline.vim
index eaf152593d..7c75f61a87 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_statusline.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_statusline.vim
@@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ func Test_statusline_removed_group()
   call writefile(lines, 'XTest_statusline')
 
   let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S XTest_statusline', {'rows': 10, 'cols': 50})
-  call TermWait(buf, 50)
   call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_statusline_1', {})
 
   " clean up
@@ -541,4 +540,22 @@ func Test_statusline_verylong_filename()
   bwipe!
 endfunc
 
+func Test_statusline_highlight_truncate()
+  CheckScreendump
+
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    set laststatus=2
+    hi! link User1 Directory
+    hi! link User2 ErrorMsg
+    set statusline=%.5(%1*ABC%2*DEF%1*GHI%)
+  END
+  call writefile(lines, 'XTest_statusline')
+
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S XTest_statusline', {'rows': 6})
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_statusline_hl', {})
+
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+  call delete('XTest_statusline')
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index c069781c34..6fbc3bec02 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -746,6 +746,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    4929,
 /**/
     4928,
 /**/