1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/string/gsub_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/string/gsub_spec.rb
index 6789199ff3..ad41b7e0a2 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/string/gsub_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/string/gsub_spec.rb
@@ -594,6 +594,14 @@ describe "String#gsub with pattern and without replacement and block" do
   end
 end
 
+describe "String#gsub with a string pattern" do
+  it "handles multibyte characters" do
+    "é".gsub("é", "â").should == "â"
+    "aé".gsub("é", "â").should == "aâ"
+    "éa".gsub("é", "â").should == "âa"
+  end
+end
+
 describe "String#gsub! with pattern and replacement" do
   it "modifies self in place and returns self" do
     a = "hello"