diff --git a/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib b/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ac636e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// The parser used to choke on the copyright symbol even in comments
+// © ® ø Φ
+library(dummy) {
+  cell(buffer) {
+    area : 1 ;
+    pin(A) {
+      direction : input ;
+    }
+    pin(Y) {
+      direction : output ;
+      function : "A" ;
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib.filtered.ok b/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib.filtered.ok
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f03f725f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib.filtered.ok
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+library(dummy) {
+  cell(buffer) {
+    area : 1 ;
+    pin(A) {
+      direction : input ;
+    }
+    pin(Y) {
+      direction : output ;
+      function : "A" ;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib.verilogsim.ok b/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib.verilogsim.ok
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de5e2e5f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/liberty/non-ascii.lib.verilogsim.ok
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module buffer (A, Y);
+  input A;
+  output Y;
+  assign Y = A; // "A"
+endmodule