diff --git a/Tests/LibCompress/TestBrotli.cpp b/Tests/LibCompress/TestBrotli.cpp
index bff42326f50..5c4e9788123 100644
--- a/Tests/LibCompress/TestBrotli.cpp
+++ b/Tests/LibCompress/TestBrotli.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ TEST_CASE(brotli_decompress_katica_regular_10_font)
     run_test("KaticaRegular10.font"sv);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE(brotli_single_z)
+{
+    run_test("single-z.txt"sv);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE(brotli_decompress_zero_one_bin)
 {
     // This makes sure that the tests will run both on target and in Lagom.
diff --git a/Tests/LibCompress/brotli-test-files/single-z.txt b/Tests/LibCompress/brotli-test-files/single-z.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f137124110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibCompress/brotli-test-files/single-z.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Z
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tests/LibCompress/brotli-test-files/single-z.txt.br b/Tests/LibCompress/brotli-test-files/single-z.txt.br
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8eb59f49399
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/LibCompress/brotli-test-files/single-z.txt.br differ
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCompress/Brotli.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCompress/Brotli.cpp
index faae273bbec..2f150fea816 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCompress/Brotli.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCompress/Brotli.cpp
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ ErrorOr<Bytes> BrotliDecompressionStream::read(Bytes output_buffer)
                     return Error::from_string_literal("invalid reserved bit");
 
                 size_t skip_bytes = TRY(m_input_stream.read_bits(2));
-                size_t skip_length = TRY(m_input_stream.read_bits(8 * skip_bytes));
+                size_t skip_length = 1 + TRY(m_input_stream.read_bits(8 * skip_bytes));
 
                 u8 remainder = m_input_stream.align_to_byte_boundary();
                 if (remainder != 0)