diff --git a/tests/AbstractTestCase.php b/tests/AbstractTestCase.php
index ece3d1a..cba685d 100644
--- a/tests/AbstractTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/AbstractTestCase.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ protected function assertEqualHtml($expected, $actual)
     protected function createDocumentWithHtml(string $html): DOMDocument
     {
         $vueDocument = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8');
-        @$vueDocument->loadHTML($html, LIBXML_HTML_NOIMPLIED | LIBXML_HTML_NODEFDTD);
+        @$vueDocument->loadHTML('<?xml encoding="utf-8" ?>'.$html, LIBXML_HTML_NOIMPLIED | LIBXML_HTML_NODEFDTD);
 
         return $vueDocument;
     }
diff --git a/tests/CompilerTest.php b/tests/CompilerTest.php
index 4305583..4af2aed 100644
--- a/tests/CompilerTest.php
+++ b/tests/CompilerTest.php
@@ -51,4 +51,16 @@ public function setBannerAddsMultipleCommentsToTheTopOfTheTwigFile()
         $this->assertEqualHtml($expected, $actual);
 
     }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function canHandleUTF8()
+    {
+        $html = '<template><div>Äöü: 10,00€</div></template>';
+        $expected = '<div>Äöü: 10,00€</div>';
+
+        $compiler = $this->createCompiler($html);
+        $actual = $compiler->convert();
+
+        $this->assertEqualHtml($expected, $actual);
+    }
 }