diff --git a/plugins/PluginDownloader/test.py b/plugins/PluginDownloader/test.py
index 91469d4a9..ed892d6bc 100644
--- a/plugins/PluginDownloader/test.py
+++ b/plugins/PluginDownloader/test.py
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ class PluginDownloaderTestCase(PluginTestCase):
         self.assertNotError('plugindownloader install SpiderDave Pastebin')
         self._testPluginInstalled('Pastebin')
 
+    def testInstallNonAsciiInit(self):
+        self.assertNotError('plugindownloader install Hoaas DuckDuckGo')
+        self._testPluginInstalled('DuckDuckGo')
+
     def testInfo(self):
         self.assertResponse('plugindownloader info ProgVal Twitter',
                 'Advanced Twitter plugin for Supybot, with capabilities '