diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/src/engine.c b/linux/ibus-keyman/src/engine.c
index 368fe94182..6273d3ecd9 100644
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/src/engine.c
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/src/engine.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct _IBusKeymanEngine {
 
   commit_queue_item commit_queue[MAX_QUEUE_SIZE];
   commit_queue_item *commit_item;
+  guint             consecutive_backspaces;
 };
 
 struct _IBusKeymanEngineClass {
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@ ibus_keyman_engine_constructor(
     keyman->lctrl_pressed = FALSE;
     keyman->ralt_pressed = FALSE;
     keyman->rctrl_pressed = FALSE;
+    keyman->consecutive_backspaces = 0;
     initialize_queue(keyman, 0, MAX_QUEUE_SIZE);
     keyman->commit_item    = &keyman->commit_queue[0];
     gchar **split_name     = g_strsplit(engine_name, ":", 2);
@@ -656,8 +658,8 @@ process_backspace_action(
         "DAR: %s - client_capabilities=%x, %x", __FUNCTION__, engine->client_capabilities, IBUS_CAP_SURROUNDING_TEXT);
 
     if (client_supports_surrounding_text(engine)) {
-      g_message("%s: deleting surrounding text 1 char", __FUNCTION__);
-      ibus_engine_delete_surrounding_text(engine, -1, 1);
+      keyman->consecutive_backspaces++;
+      g_message("%s: increment consecutive backspaces to %d", __FUNCTION__, keyman->consecutive_backspaces);
     } else {
       g_message("%s: forwarding backspace with reset context", __FUNCTION__);
       km_kbp_context_item *context_items;
@@ -671,6 +673,21 @@ process_backspace_action(
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+finish_backspace_action(
+  IBusEngine *engine
+) {
+  IBusKeymanEngine *keyman = (IBusKeymanEngine *)engine;
+  if (keyman->consecutive_backspaces <= 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  g_assert(client_supports_surrounding_text(engine));
+  g_message("%s: deleting surrounding text %d char", __FUNCTION__, keyman->consecutive_backspaces);
+  ibus_engine_delete_surrounding_text(engine, -keyman->consecutive_backspaces, keyman->consecutive_backspaces);
+  keyman->consecutive_backspaces = 0;
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 process_persist_action(
   IBusKeymanEngine *keyman,
@@ -816,6 +833,9 @@ process_actions(
   IBusKeymanEngine *keyman = (IBusKeymanEngine *)engine;
   for (int i = 0; i < num_action_items; i++) {
     gboolean continue_with_next_action = TRUE;
+    if (action_items[i].type != KM_KBP_IT_BACK && keyman->consecutive_backspaces > 0) {
+      finish_backspace_action(engine);
+    }
     switch (action_items[i].type) {
     case KM_KBP_IT_CHAR:
       g_message("CHAR action %d/%d", i + 1, (int)num_action_items);