diff --git a/tests/native_tests/language.hy b/tests/native_tests/language.hy
index cf345f4..07ed7db 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/language.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/language.hy
@@ -728,3 +728,7 @@
                   (assert (= x [3 2 1]))
                   "success")
               (except [NameError] "failure")))))
+
+(defn test-encoding-nightmares []
+  "NATIVE: test unicode encoding escaping crazybits"
+  (assert (= (len "ℵℵℵ♥♥♥\t♥♥\r\n") 11)))