diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ea3840764e57b07f9f3308201b8c5cca418d8d5b..d6a0e28a03db97163ac748b355e34ccf4ea2a74e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ HS_LIB_SRCS = \
 	htools/Ganeti/Utils.hs
 
 HS_TEST_SRCS = \
+	htest/Test/Ganeti/Attoparsec.hs \
 	htest/Test/Ganeti/BasicTypes.hs \
 	htest/Test/Ganeti/Common.hs \
 	htest/Test/Ganeti/Confd/Utils.hs \
diff --git a/htest/Test/Ganeti/Attoparsec.hs b/htest/Test/Ganeti/Attoparsec.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..20aab6e60998cef6ce2473184d29b51d8e86a91a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htest/Test/Ganeti/Attoparsec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+{-| Unittests for Attoparsec support for unicode -}
+
+{-
+
+Copyright (C) 2012 Google Inc.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301, USA.
+
+-}
+
+module Test.Ganeti.Attoparsec (testAttoparsec) where
+
+import Test.QuickCheck
+
+import Test.Ganeti.TestHelper
+import Test.Ganeti.TestCommon
+
+import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text as A
+import Data.Attoparsec.Text (Parser)
+import Data.Text (pack, unpack)
+
+-- | Unicode test string, first part.
+part1 :: String
+part1 = "Γ€ΓŸΔ‰"
+
+-- | Unicode test string, second part.
+part2 :: String
+part2 = "ðèق"
+
+-- | Simple parser able to split a string in two parts, name and
+-- value, separated by a '=' sign.
+simpleParser :: Parser (String, String)
+simpleParser = do
+  n <- A.takeTill (\c -> A.isHorizontalSpace c || c == '=')
+  A.skipWhile A.isHorizontalSpace
+  _ <- A.char '='
+  A.skipWhile A.isHorizontalSpace
+  v <- A.takeTill A.isEndOfLine
+  return (unpack n, unpack v)
+
+-- | Tests whether a Unicode string is still Unicode after being
+-- parsed.
+prop_parserSupportsUnicode :: Property
+prop_parserSupportsUnicode = case A.parseOnly simpleParser text of
+    Right (name, value) -> (name ==? part1) .&&. (value ==? part2)
+    Left msg -> failTest $ "Failed to parse: " ++ msg
+  where text = Data.Text.pack $ part1 ++ "  = \t" ++ part2
+
+testSuite "Attoparsec"
+          [ 'prop_parserSupportsUnicode
+          ]
diff --git a/htest/test.hs b/htest/test.hs
index 51808788ad61b5d726559359075c85e81eae0577..b41fb99bdda7149c0859661ee3d3b7c36b2c71dc 100644
--- a/htest/test.hs
+++ b/htest/test.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import Test.Framework
 import System.Environment (getArgs)
 
 import Test.Ganeti.TestImports ()
+import Test.Ganeti.Attoparsec
 import Test.Ganeti.BasicTypes
 import Test.Ganeti.Common
 import Test.Ganeti.Confd.Utils
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ defOpts = TestOptions
 allTests :: [Test]
 allTests =
   [ testBasicTypes
+  , testAttoparsec
   , testCommon
   , testConfd_Utils
   , testDaemon