diff --git a/icu.icu5431.malayam.patch b/icu.icu5431.malayam.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a72832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu.icu5431.malayam.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+diff -ru icu.orig/source/layout/IndicReordering.cpp icu/source/layout/IndicReordering.cpp
+--- icu.orig/source/layout/IndicReordering.cpp	2006-10-03 13:41:18.000000000 +0100
++++ icu/source/layout/IndicReordering.cpp	2006-10-03 13:54:11.000000000 +0100
+@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@
+ #define distFeatureMask 0x00010000UL
+ #define initFeatureMask 0x00008000UL
+ 
++// TODO: Find better names for these!
++#define tagArray4 (loclFeatureMask | nuktFeatureMask | akhnFeatureMask | vatuFeatureMask | presFeatureMask | blwsFeatureMask | abvsFeatureMask | pstsFeatureMask | halnFeatureMask | blwmFeatureMask | abvmFeatureMask | distFeatureMask)
++#define tagArray3 (pstfFeatureMask | tagArray4)
++#define tagArray2 (halfFeatureMask | tagArray3)
++#define tagArray1 (blwfFeatureMask | tagArray2)
++#define tagArray0 (rphfFeatureMask | tagArray1)
++
++
+ class IndicReorderingOutput : public UMemory {
+ private:
+     le_int32   fOutIndex;
+@@ -154,6 +162,27 @@
+         fSMabove = fSMbelow = 0;
+     }
+ 
++    void swapChars(int a, int b)
++    {
++	LEErrorCode success = LE_NO_ERROR;
++        LEUnicode temp_char;
++        le_uint32 temp_index;
++        FeatureMask temp_tag;
++
++        temp_char = fOutChars[fOutIndex + b];
++	temp_index = fGlyphStorage.getCharIndex(fOutIndex + b, success);
++        temp_tag = fGlyphStorage.getAuxData(fOutIndex + b, success);
++
++        fOutChars[fOutIndex + b] = fOutChars[fOutIndex + a];
++        le_uint32 toswap = fGlyphStorage.getCharIndex(fOutIndex + a, success);
++        fGlyphStorage.setCharIndex(fOutIndex + b,  toswap, success);
++        fGlyphStorage.setAuxData(fOutIndex + b, tagArray3, success);
++
++        fOutChars[fOutIndex + a] = temp_char;
++        fGlyphStorage.setCharIndex(fOutIndex + a, temp_index, success);
++        fGlyphStorage.setAuxData(fOutIndex + a, temp_tag, success);
++    }
++
+     void writeChar(LEUnicode ch, le_uint32 charIndex, FeatureMask charFeatures)
+     {
+         LEErrorCode success = LE_NO_ERROR;
+@@ -335,13 +364,6 @@
+     C_DOTTED_CIRCLE = 0x25CC
+ };
+ 
+-// TODO: Find better names for these!
+-#define tagArray4 (loclFeatureMask | nuktFeatureMask | akhnFeatureMask | vatuFeatureMask | presFeatureMask | blwsFeatureMask | abvsFeatureMask | pstsFeatureMask | halnFeatureMask | blwmFeatureMask | abvmFeatureMask | distFeatureMask)
+-#define tagArray3 (pstfFeatureMask | tagArray4)
+-#define tagArray2 (halfFeatureMask | tagArray3)
+-#define tagArray1 (blwfFeatureMask | tagArray2)
+-#define tagArray0 (rphfFeatureMask | tagArray1)
+-
+ static const FeatureMap featureMap[] =
+ {
+     {loclFeatureTag, loclFeatureMask},
+@@ -629,6 +651,15 @@
+                 output.writeChar(chars[i], i, tagArray4);
+             }
+ 
++           /* for the special conjuction of Cons+0x0d4d+0x0d31 of Malayalam */
++            if ((baseConsonant - 2 >= 0) &&
++                (chars[baseConsonant - 1] == 0x0d4d) &&
++                (chars[baseConsonant] == 0x0d31) &&
++                ((chars[baseConsonant - 2] >= 0x0d15) &&
++                 (chars[baseConsonant - 2] <= 0x0d39)))  {
++                output.swapChars(-1, -3);
++            }
++
+             if ((classTable->scriptFlags & SF_MATRAS_AFTER_BASE) != 0) {
+                 output.writeMbelow();
+                 output.writeSMbelow(); // FIXME: there are no SMs in these scripts...
diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index b8b3c5b..fb447e0 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Patch1: icu-3.4-multiarchdevel.patch
 Patch2: icu-config
 Patch3: icu.icu5365.dependantvowels.patch
 Patch4: icu.icu5418.malayam.patch
+Patch5: icu.icu5431.malayam.patch
 
 %description
 The International Components for Unicode (ICU) libraries provide
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ Group:          Documentation
 %setup -q -n %{name}
 %patch1 -p1 -b .multiarchdevel
 %patch3 -p1 -b .dependantvowels
-%patch4 -p1 -b .malayam.patch
+%patch4 -p1 -b .icu5418.malayam.patch
+%patch5 -p1 -b .icu5431.malayam.patch
 
 %build
 cd source
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %changelog
 * Mon Oct 02 2006 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 3.6-5
 - rh#208705# add pkg-config Require for -devel package
+- add icu.icu5431.malayam.patch for rh#208551#/rh#209084#
 
 * Sun Oct 01 2006 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com> - 3.6-4
 - rebuilt for unwind info generation, broken in gcc-4.1.1-21