diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 1069a23d2..b3cdb1498 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -1035,6 +1035,9 @@ module Unicode
         end
 
         isnumeric(c::Char) = isnumber(c)
+        isassigned(c) = is_assigned_char(c)
+        normalize(s::AbstractString; kws...) = normalize_string(s; kws...)
+        normalize(s::AbstractString, nf::Symbol) = normalize_string(s, nf)
 
         # 0.6.0-dev.1404 (https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/19469)
         if !isdefined(Base, :titlecase)
@@ -1058,6 +1061,7 @@ module Unicode
         end
     else
         using Unicode
+        import Unicode: isassigned, normalize # not exported from Unicode module due to conflicts
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index f8f6d105f..c88320bc4 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1049,6 +1049,9 @@ module Test25021
     @test !isnumeric('a')
     @test isnumeric('1')
     @test titlecase("firstname lastname") == "Firstname Lastname"
+    @test Compat.Unicode.isassigned('柒') && !Compat.Unicode.isassigned(0xfffe)
+    @test Compat.Unicode.normalize("\U1e9b\U0323", :NFKC) == "\U1e69"
+    @test Compat.Unicode.normalize("\t\r", stripcc=true) == "  "
 end
 
 # 0.7.0-DEV.2951