diff --git a/_test/tests/inc/auth_nameencode.test.php b/_test/tests/inc/auth_nameencode.test.php
index da9f31f9037f342fee1d3bc26547dfed3c244e16..64e43700458f83441523dfc2e5cea439f0b4d6a6 100644
--- a/_test/tests/inc/auth_nameencode.test.php
+++ b/_test/tests/inc/auth_nameencode.test.php
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ class auth_nameencode_test extends DokuWikiTest {
         $out = '%40hey%24you';
         $this->assertEquals(auth_nameencode($in),$out);
     }
+
+    // include a two byte utf8 character which shouldn't be encoded
+    function test_hebrew(){
+        $in = 'nun-× 8';
+        $expect = 'nun%2d× 8';
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expect, auth_nameencode($in));
+    }
+
+    // include a three byte utf8 character which shouldn't be encoded
+    function test_devanagiri(){
+        $in = 'ut-fठ8';
+        $expect = 'ut%2dfठ8';
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expect, auth_nameencode($in));
+    }
 }
 
 //Setup VIM: ex: et ts=4 :