diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py
index dc3693f0d6..caa58e1257 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/defaultfilters/tests.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ u''
 >>> title('a nice title, isn\'t it?')
 u"A Nice Title, Isn't It?"
 
+>>> title(u'discoth\xe8que')
+u'Discoth\xe8que'
 
 >>> truncatewords(u'A sentence with a few words in it', 1)
 u'A ...'