diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e528f4..3de399c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 0.15.0
+ * Fix compactCurrency to correctly use passed-in symbol.
+
 ## 0.14.0
  * MAJOR BREAKING CHANGE! Remove message extraction and code generation into a
    separate intl_translation package. This means packages with a runtime
diff --git a/lib/src/intl/number_format.dart b/lib/src/intl/number_format.dart
index 6f16d6d..d1410ab 100644
--- a/lib/src/intl/number_format.dart
+++ b/lib/src/intl/number_format.dart
@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@
         locale: locale,
         formatType: _CompactFormatType.COMPACT_DECIMAL_SHORT_CURRENCY_PATTERN,
         name: name,
+        getPattern: (symbols) => symbols.CURRENCY_PATTERN,
+        currencySymbol: symbol,
         decimalDigits: decimalDigits,
         isForCurrency: true);
   }
diff --git a/test/number_format_compact_test.dart b/test/number_format_compact_test.dart
index 53cd593..4648a20 100644
--- a/test/number_format_compact_test.dart
+++ b/test/number_format_compact_test.dart
@@ -64,11 +64,17 @@
   testCurrency("it", 4420, "4420\u00A0\$", "4000\u00A0\$", currency: 'CAD');
   testCurrency("it", 4420000, "4,42\u00A0Mio\u00A0\$", "4\u00A0Mio\u00A0\$",
       currency: 'USD');
+  
+  test("Explicit non-default symbol with compactCurrency", () {
+    var format = new NumberFormat.compactCurrency(locale: "ja", symbol: "()");
+    var result = format.format(98765);
+    expect(result, "()9.88\u4e07");
+  });
 }
 
 testCurrency(String locale, num number, String expected, String expectedShort,
     {String currency}) {
-  test("Compact currency for $locale, $number", () {
+  test("Compact simple currency for $locale, $number", () {
     var format =
         new NumberFormat.compactSimpleCurrency(locale: locale, name: currency);
     var result = format.format(number);
@@ -79,6 +85,26 @@
     var shortResult = shortFormat.format(number);
     expect(shortResult, expectedShort);
   });
+  test("Compact currency for $locale, $number", () {
+    var symbols = {
+      "ja": "¥",
+      "en_US": r"$",
+      "ru": "руб.",
+      "it": "€",
+      "CAD": r"$",
+      "USD": r"$"
+    };
+    var symbol = symbols[currency] ?? symbols[locale];
+    var format = new NumberFormat.compactCurrency(
+        locale: locale, name: currency, symbol: symbol);
+    var result = format.format(number);
+    expect(result, expected);
+    var shortFormat = new NumberFormat.compactCurrency(
+        locale: locale, name: currency, symbol: symbol);
+    shortFormat.significantDigits = 1;
+    var shortResult = shortFormat.format(number);
+    expect(shortResult, expectedShort);
+  });
 }
 
 // TODO(alanknight): Don't just skip the whole locale if there's one problem