diff --git a/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp b/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
index c1716ec9..e7d1685e 100644
--- a/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
+++ b/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
@@ -1269,4 +1269,14 @@ TEST_CASE("Test reference member being registered")
   CHECK(d == Approx(2.3));
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("Test unicode matches C++")
+{
+  chaiscript::ChaiScript_Basic chai(create_chaiscript_stdlib(),create_chaiscript_parser());
+  CHECK(u8"\U000000AC" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\U000000AC")"));
+  CHECK(u8"\xF0\x9F\x8D\x8C" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\xF0\x9F\x8D\x8C")"));
+  CHECK(u8"\U0001F34C" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\U0001F34C")"));
+  CHECK(u8"\u2022" == chai.eval<std::string>(R"("\u2022")"));
+
+}
+