diff --git a/test/rsrc/unicode’d.mp3 b/test/rsrc/unicode’d.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef732eba6
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/rsrc/unicode’d.mp3 differ
diff --git a/test/test_library.py b/test/test_library.py
index 9c40e8823..c5faa7f71 100644
--- a/test/test_library.py
+++ b/test/test_library.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
 # This file is part of beets.
 # Copyright 2013, Adrian Sampson.
 #
@@ -1012,6 +1013,12 @@ class TemplateTest(_common.LibTestCase):
         self.album.store()
         self.assertEqual(self.i.evaluate_template('$foo'), 'baz')
 
+class UnicodeReadWriteTest(_common.LibTestCase):
+    def test_unicode_path(self):
+        self.i.path = os.path.join(_common.RSRC, 'unicode’d.mp3')
+        # if there are any problems with unicode paths, we will raise here and fail
+        self.i.read()
+        self.i.write()
 
 class WriteTest(_common.LibTestCase):
     def test_write_nonexistant(self):