1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/test_shellwords.rb b/test/test_shellwords.rb
index d48a8882c8..593f0e0aea 100644
--- a/test/test_shellwords.rb
+++ b/test/test_shellwords.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'shellwords'
 
@@ -36,4 +37,11 @@ class TestShellwords < Test::Unit::TestCase
       shellwords(bad_cmd)
     end
   end
+
+  def test_multibyte_characters
+    # This is not a spec.  It describes the current behavior which may
+    # be changed in future.  There would be no multibyte character
+    # used as shell meta-character that needs to be escaped.
+    assert_equal "\\あ\\い", "あい".shellescape
+  end
 end