diff --git a/tests/basics/unicode.py b/tests/basics/unicode.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a52cb79c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/unicode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+s = "asdf©qwer"
+for i in range(len(s)):
+    print("s[%d]: %s"%(i, s[i]))