diff --git a/media/subtitles-unicode.srt b/media/subtitles-unicode.srt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..430315850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/subtitles-unicode.srt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+0
+00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
+ÁÉíöÙ
+
diff --git a/media/subtitles1.srt b/media/subtitles.srt
similarity index 100%
rename from media/subtitles1.srt
rename to media/subtitles.srt
diff --git a/tests/test_PR.py b/tests/test_PR.py
index d7c0603f5..96e4fb1e8 100644
--- a/tests/test_PR.py
+++ b/tests/test_PR.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def make_textclip(txt):
             stroke_width=0.5,
         )
 
-    SubtitlesClip(Path("media/subtitles1.srt"), make_textclip=make_textclip).close()
+    SubtitlesClip(Path("media/subtitles.srt"), make_textclip=make_textclip).close()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index 2b81e1cc0..4648dad55 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@
 from tests.test_helper import FONT, TMP_DIR
 
 
+MEDIA_SUBTITLES_DATA = [
+    ([0.0, 4.0], "Red!"),
+    ([5.0, 9.0], "More Red!"),
+    ([10.0, 14.0], "Green!"),
+    ([15.0, 19.0], "More Green!"),
+    ([20.0, 24.0], "Blue"),
+    ([25.0, 29.0], "More Blue!"),
+]
+
+MEDIA_SUBTITLES_UNICODE_DATA = [
+    ([0, 5.0], "ÁÉíöÙ"),
+]
+
+
 def test_cuts1():
     clip = VideoFileClip("media/big_buck_bunny_432_433.webm").resize(0.2)
     cuts.find_video_period(clip) == pytest.approx(0.966666666667, 0.0001)
@@ -36,37 +50,25 @@ def test_subtitles():
         color="white",
     )
 
-    subtitles = SubtitlesClip("media/subtitles1.srt", generator)
+    subtitles = SubtitlesClip("media/subtitles.srt", generator)
     final = CompositeVideoClip([myvideo, subtitles])
-    final.write_videofile(os.path.join(TMP_DIR, "subtitles1.mp4"), fps=30)
-
-    data = [
-        ([0.0, 4.0], "Red!"),
-        ([5.0, 9.0], "More Red!"),
-        ([10.0, 14.0], "Green!"),
-        ([15.0, 19.0], "More Green!"),
-        ([20.0, 24.0], "Blue"),
-        ([25.0, 29.0], "More Blue!"),
-    ]
+    final.write_videofile(os.path.join(TMP_DIR, "subtitles.mp4"), fps=30)
 
-    assert subtitles.subtitles == data
+    assert subtitles.subtitles == MEDIA_SUBTITLES_DATA
 
-    subtitles = SubtitlesClip(data, generator)
-    assert subtitles.subtitles == data
+    subtitles = SubtitlesClip(MEDIA_SUBTITLES_DATA, generator)
+    assert subtitles.subtitles == MEDIA_SUBTITLES_DATA
     close_all_clips(locals())
 
 
 def test_file_to_subtitles():
-    data = [
-        ([0.0, 4.0], "Red!"),
-        ([5.0, 9.0], "More Red!"),
-        ([10.0, 14.0], "Green!"),
-        ([15.0, 19.0], "More Green!"),
-        ([20.0, 24.0], "Blue"),
-        ([25.0, 29.0], "More Blue!"),
-    ]
-
-    assert data == file_to_subtitles("media/subtitles1.srt")
+    assert MEDIA_SUBTITLES_DATA == file_to_subtitles("media/subtitles.srt")
+
+
+def test_file_to_subtitles_unicode():
+    assert MEDIA_SUBTITLES_UNICODE_DATA == file_to_subtitles(
+        "media/subtitles-unicode.srt", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":