diff --git a/include/geos/geom/CompoundCurve.h b/include/geos/geom/CompoundCurve.h
index 1dbdf0f230..211a4aaa46 100644
--- a/include/geos/geom/CompoundCurve.h
+++ b/include/geos/geom/CompoundCurve.h
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ class GEOS_DLL CompoundCurve : public Curve {
 
     std::unique_ptr<CompoundCurve> reverse() const;
 
+    void validateConstruction() const;
+
 protected:
     /// Construct a CompoundCurve, taking ownership of the
     /// provided CoordinateSequence
diff --git a/src/geom/CompoundCurve.cpp b/src/geom/CompoundCurve.cpp
index 2175c7ed2b..740e7c5bce 100644
--- a/src/geom/CompoundCurve.cpp
+++ b/src/geom/CompoundCurve.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  *
  **********************************************************************/
 
+#include <sstream>
+
 #include <geos/geom/CompoundCurve.h>
 #include <geos/geom/CoordinateFilter.h>
 #include <geos/geom/GeometryFactory.h>
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ CompoundCurve::CompoundCurve(std::vector<std::unique_ptr<SimpleCurve>>&& p_curve
                              const GeometryFactory& gf)
     : Curve(gf),
       curves(std::move(p_curves)),
-      envelope(computeEnvelopeInternal()) {}
+      envelope(computeEnvelopeInternal()) {
+    validateConstruction();
+}
 
 CompoundCurve::CompoundCurve(const CompoundCurve& other)
     : Curve(other),
@@ -307,5 +311,24 @@ CompoundCurve::reverseImpl() const
     return getFactory()->createCompoundCurve(std::move(reversed)).release();
 }
 
+void
+CompoundCurve::validateConstruction() const
+{
+    for (std::size_t i = 1; i < curves.size(); i++) {
+        const CoordinateXY& end = curves[i-1]->getCoordinatesRO()->back<CoordinateXY>();
+        const CoordinateXY& start = curves[i]->getCoordinatesRO()->front<CoordinateXY>();
+
+        if (start != end) {
+            std::ostringstream ss;
+
+            ss << "Sections of CompoundCurve are not contiguous: " <<
+                   "curve " << (i-1) << " ends at " << end <<
+                   " ; curve " << i << " begins at " << start;
+
+            throw util::IllegalArgumentException(ss.str());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/geom/CompoundCurveTest.cpp b/tests/unit/geom/CompoundCurveTest.cpp
index a430842fa7..958cf109e1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/geom/CompoundCurveTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/geom/CompoundCurveTest.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 #include <geos/io/WKTReader.h>
 #include <geos/util.h>
 
+using geos::geom::CompoundCurve;
 using geos::geom::CoordinateXY;
 using geos::geom::CoordinateSequence;
+using geos::geom::SimpleCurve;
 
 namespace tut {
 // Common data used by tests
@@ -21,11 +23,11 @@ struct test_compoundcurve_data {
     geos::geom::GeometryFactory::Ptr factory_ = geos::geom::GeometryFactory::create();
     geos::io::WKTReader wktreader_;
 
-    std::unique_ptr<geos::geom::CompoundCurve> cc_;
+    std::unique_ptr<CompoundCurve> cc_;
 
     test_compoundcurve_data()
     {
-        std::vector<std::unique_ptr<geos::geom::SimpleCurve>> curves;
+        std::vector<std::unique_ptr<SimpleCurve>> curves;
 
         curves.emplace_back(factory_->createCircularString({
             CoordinateXY(0, 0),
@@ -312,6 +314,17 @@ void object::test<8>()
     ensure_equals(tcsf.args[3].second, 0u);
 }
 
+template<>
+template<>
+void object::test<9>()
+{
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<SimpleCurve>> curves;
+
+    curves.push_back(wktreader_.read<SimpleCurve>("LINESTRING (0 0, 1 2)"));
+    curves.push_back(wktreader_.read<SimpleCurve>("CIRCULARSTRING (2 1, 3 3, 4 1)"));
+
+    ensure_THROW(factory_->createCompoundCurve(std::move(curves)), geos::util::IllegalArgumentException);
+}
 
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/io/WKTWriterTest.cpp b/tests/unit/io/WKTWriterTest.cpp
index 8618f8be03..4622e9b988 100644
--- a/tests/unit/io/WKTWriterTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/io/WKTWriterTest.cpp
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@ void object::test<22>()
     geom = wktreader.read("CIRCULARSTRING (0 0, 1 1, 2 0)");
     ensure_equals(wktwriter.writeFormatted(geom.get()), "CIRCULARSTRING (0 0, 1 1, 2 0)");
 
-    geom = wktreader.read("COMPOUNDCURVE((0 10, 0 5), CIRCULARSTRING (0 0, 1 1, 2 0), (2 0, 3 0))");
+    geom = wktreader.read("COMPOUNDCURVE((0 10, 0 5), CIRCULARSTRING (0 5, 1 1, 2 0), (2 0, 3 0))");
     ensure_equals(wktwriter.writeFormatted(geom.get()), "COMPOUNDCURVE ((0 10, 0 5), \n"
-                                                        "  CIRCULARSTRING (0 0, 1 1, 2 0), \n"
+                                                        "  CIRCULARSTRING (0 5, 1 1, 2 0), \n"
                                                         "  (2 0, 3 0))");
 
     geom = wktreader.read("POLYGON ((0 0, 10 0, 10 10, 0 10, 0 0), (1 1, 1 2, 2 2, 2 1, 1 1), (3 3, 3 4, 4 4, 4 3, 3 3))");
@@ -786,9 +786,9 @@ void object::test<22>()
                                                         "  (2 2, 3 3), \n"
                                                         "  (4 4, 5 5))");
 
-    geom = wktreader.read("MULTICURVE ((0 0, 1 1), COMPOUNDCURVE ((2 2, 3 3), CIRCULARSTRING (4 4, 5 5, 6 4), (6 4, 7 4)), (100 100, 200 200))");
+    geom = wktreader.read("MULTICURVE ((0 0, 1 1), COMPOUNDCURVE ((2 2, 4 4), CIRCULARSTRING (4 4, 5 5, 6 4), (6 4, 7 4)), (100 100, 200 200))");
     ensure_equals(wktwriter.writeFormatted(geom.get()), "MULTICURVE ((0 0, 1 1), \n"
-                                                        "  COMPOUNDCURVE ((2 2, 3 3), \n"
+                                                        "  COMPOUNDCURVE ((2 2, 4 4), \n"
                                                         "    CIRCULARSTRING (4 4, 5 5, 6 4), \n"
                                                         "    (6 4, 7 4)), \n"
                                                         "  (100 100, 200 200))");