diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py b/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py
index acf333e91ea..aef7931e037 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py
@@ -75,9 +75,16 @@ class Test_StreamWriter(unittest.TestCase):
         wr.write('abcd')
         self.assertEqual(s.getvalue(), 'abcd')
 
+class Test_ISO2022(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_g2(self):
+        iso2022jp2 = '\x1b(B:hu4:unit\x1b.A\x1bNi de famille'
+        uni = u':hu4:unit\xe9 de famille'
+        self.assertEqual(iso2022jp2.decode('iso2022-jp-2'), uni)
+
 def test_main():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
     suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_StreamWriter))
+    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(Test_ISO2022))
     test_support.run_suite(suite)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 48c5ae8dd5d..1c142fb176f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ Core and builtins
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1448490: Fixed a bug that ISO-2022 codecs could not handle
+  SS2 (single-shift 2) escape sequences correctly.
+
 - The unicodedata module was updated to the 4.1 version of the Unicode
   database. The 3.2 version is still available as unicodedata.db_3_2_0
   for applications that require this specific version (such as IDNA).
diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_iso2022.c b/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_iso2022.c
index 1e52c34cca1..8a2ab7eb2f4 100644
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_iso2022.c
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_iso2022.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ iso2022processg2(const void *config, MultibyteCodec_State *state,
 	(*inbuf) += 3;
 	*inleft -= 3;
 	(*outbuf) += 1;
-	*outbuf -= 1;
+	*outleft -= 1;
 	return 0;
 }