diff --git a/tests/lib/db.php b/tests/lib/db.php
index 1977025cf12def4e8ed25f8b916a48112891b21d..3fcdf8a7dc654cd968f7559ce1e7797c3b58cc7d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/db.php
+++ b/tests/lib/db.php
@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ class Test_DB extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 	protected static $schema_file = 'static://test_db_scheme';
 	protected $test_prefix;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	private $table1;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	private $table2;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	private $table3;
+
 	public function setUp() {
 		$dbfile = OC::$SERVERROOT.'/tests/data/db_structure.xml';
 
@@ -145,4 +160,16 @@ class Test_DB extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals(1, $result->numRows());
 
 	}
+
+	public function testUtf8Data() {
+		$table = "*PREFIX*{$this->table2}";
+		$expected = "Ћö雙喜\xE2\x80\xA2";
+
+		$query = OC_DB::prepare("INSERT INTO `$table` (`fullname`, `uri`, `carddata`) VALUES (?, ?, ?)");
+		$result = $query->execute(array($expected, 'uri_1', 'This is a vCard'));
+		$this->assertEquals(1, $result);
+
+		$actual = OC_DB::prepare("SELECT `fullname` FROM `$table`")->execute()->fetchOne();
+		$this->assertSame($expected, $actual);
+	}
 }