diff --git a/src/test.cpp b/src/test.cpp
index 920b5f4..a1483ff 100644
--- a/src/test.cpp
+++ b/src/test.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ TEST_CASE("parser3") {
 
 TEST_CASE("streaming") { testStreaming(json); }
 
-TEST_CASE("unescaping") {
+TEST_CASE("unescaping basic") {
   auto c = noopCallbacks();
   c.on_string_data = +[](void *, const char *buf, int len) {
     CHECK(std::string(buf, len) == "\n");
@@ -219,6 +219,17 @@ TEST_CASE("unescaping") {
   CHECK(parser.parse(nullptr, 0) == parser3::S_OK);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("unescaping utf-8") {
+  auto c = noopCallbacks();
+  c.on_string_data = +[](void *, const char *buf, int len) {
+    CHECK(std::string(buf, len) == "\uaB34");
+  };
+  std::string copy = "\"\\uaB34\"";
+  parser3::Parser3 parser(&c, nullptr);
+  CHECK(parser.parse(copy.data(), copy.length()) == parser3::S_AGAIN);
+  CHECK(parser.parse(nullptr, 0) == parser3::S_OK);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("bench3") {
   auto c = noopCallbacks();
   ankerl::nanobench::Bench bench;