diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 0054576ff2193..80954b5a17e7d 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -2821,7 +2821,7 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
           continue;
         }
 
-        if (!compareWithLastPosition()) {
+        if (!category.isZeroWidthDiacritic && !compareWithLastPosition()) {
           // The glyph is not in page so just skip it.
           continue;
         }
diff --git a/test/unit/pdf_find_controller_spec.js b/test/unit/pdf_find_controller_spec.js
index 7326f17b74208..22c83defb54bf 100644
--- a/test/unit/pdf_find_controller_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/pdf_find_controller_spec.js
@@ -780,4 +780,42 @@ describe("pdf_find_controller", function () {
       },
     });
   });
+
+  it("performs a search in a text containing combining diacritics", async function () {
+    if (isNodeJS) {
+      pending("Linked test-cases are not supported in Node.js.");
+    }
+
+    const { eventBus, pdfFindController } = await initPdfFindController(
+      "issue12909.pdf"
+    );
+
+    await testSearch({
+      eventBus,
+      pdfFindController,
+      state: {
+        query: "הספר",
+        matchDiacritics: true,
+      },
+      matchesPerPage: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
+      selectedMatch: {
+        pageIndex: 8,
+        matchIndex: 0,
+      },
+    });
+
+    await testSearch({
+      eventBus,
+      pdfFindController,
+      state: {
+        query: "הספר",
+        matchDiacritics: false,
+      },
+      matchesPerPage: [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1],
+      selectedMatch: {
+        pageIndex: 8,
+        matchIndex: 0,
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });