diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index abb9d85..e061a00 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ const RawSource = require('webpack-sources').RawSource
 const FONT_REGEX = /\.(eot|ttf|svg|woff|woff2)$/
 const TEXT_REGEX = /\.(js|css|html)$/
 const GLYPH_REGEX = /content\s*:[^};]*?('|")(.*?)\s*('|"|;)/g
-const UNICODE_REGEX = /\\(\w{4})/
+const UNICODE_REGEX = /\\([0-9a-f]{4,6})/i
 const FONTMIN_EXTENSIONS = ['eot', 'woff', 'svg']
 
+function getSurrogatePair(astralCodePoint) {
+  let highSurrogate = Math.floor((astralCodePoint - 0x10000) / 0x400) + 0xd800
+  let lowSurrogate = ((astralCodePoint - 0x10000) % 0x400) + 0xdc00
+  return [highSurrogate, lowSurrogate]
+}
+
 class FontminPlugin {
   constructor(options) {
     this._options = _.assign(
@@ -105,7 +111,15 @@ class FontminPlugin {
         return matches
           .map(match => {
             const unicodeMatch = match.match(UNICODE_REGEX)
-            return unicodeMatch ? String.fromCharCode(parseInt(unicodeMatch[1], 16)) : false
+            if (!unicodeMatch) return false
+            const unicodeHex = unicodeMatch[1]
+            const numericValue = parseInt(unicodeHex, 16)
+            const character = String.fromCharCode(numericValue)
+            if (unicodeHex.length === 4) return character
+            const multiCharacter = getSurrogatePair(numericValue)
+              .map(v => String.fromCharCode(v))
+              .join('')
+            return multiCharacter
           })
           .filter(Boolean)
       })
@@ -173,13 +187,15 @@ class FontminPlugin {
 
     const glyphs = this.computeFinalGlyphs(glyphsInCss)
     return minifiableFonts.reduce((prev, group) => {
-      return prev.then(() => this.minifyFontGroup(group, glyphs)).then(files => {
-        files.forEach(file => {
-          if (file.buffer.length > file.minified.length) {
-            compilation.assets[file.asset] = new RawSource(file.minified)
-          }
+      return prev
+        .then(() => this.minifyFontGroup(group, glyphs))
+        .then(files => {
+          files.forEach(file => {
+            if (file.buffer.length > file.minified.length) {
+              compilation.assets[file.asset] = new RawSource(file.minified)
+            }
+          })
         })
-      })
     }, Promise.resolve())
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 371676c..06edd62 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "webpack": "5.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@mdi/font": "^5.9.55",
     "@patrickhulce/lint": "^3.0.2",
     "chai": "^4.3.0",
     "css-loader": "^5.0.2",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/entry-utf32.js b/test/fixtures/entry-utf32.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f2df0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/entry-utf32.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require('@mdi/font/css/materialdesignicons.min.css')
diff --git a/test/fixtures/webpack.unicode.config.js b/test/fixtures/webpack.unicode.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..976ef0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/webpack.unicode.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const FontminPlugin = require('../../lib')
+
+module.exports = {
+  entry: `${__dirname}/entry-utf32.js`,
+  output: {filename: 'out.js', path: `${__dirname}/dist`, publicPath: '/test/fixtures/dist/'},
+  module: {
+    rules: [
+      {test: /\.(woff|woff2)(\?v=.+)?$/, use: ['file-loader']},
+      {test: /\.(svg|ttf|eot|png)(\?v=.+)?$/, use: ['file-loader']},
+      {test: /\.css$/, use: ['style-loader', 'css-loader']},
+    ],
+  },
+  plugins: [new FontminPlugin()],
+}
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 1a19818..19777e7 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe('FontminPlugin', () => {
   let fontStats
   const baseConfig = require('./fixtures/webpack.config.js')
   const baseExtractConfig = require('./fixtures/webpack.extract-text.config.js')
+  const baseUnicodeConfig = require('./fixtures/webpack.unicode.config.js')
   const originalStats = collectFontStats(FONT_AWESOME_FOLDER + '/fonts', {
     'fontawesome-webfont.eot': true,
     'fontawesome-webfont.ttf': true,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ describe('FontminPlugin', () => {
   }
 
   describe('FontAwesome micro', () => {
-    it('should run successfully', function (done) {
+    it('should run successfully', function(done) {
       this.timeout(10000)
       const plugin = new Plugin({autodetect: false, glyphs: '\uF0C7'})
       const config = _.cloneDeep(baseConfig)
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ describe('FontminPlugin', () => {
   })
 
   describe('FontAwesome inferred', () => {
-    it('should run successfully', function (done) {
+    it('should run successfully', function(done) {
       this.timeout(60000)
       testWithConfig(baseConfig, done)
     })
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ describe('FontminPlugin', () => {
   })
 
   describe('FontAwesome full', () => {
-    it('should run successfully', function (done) {
+    it('should run successfully', function(done) {
       this.timeout(60000)
       const plugin = new Plugin({autodetect: false})
       const config = _.cloneDeep(baseConfig)
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ describe('FontminPlugin', () => {
   })
 
   describe('FontAwesome with ExtractTextPlugin', () => {
-    it('should run successfully', function (done) {
+    it('should run successfully', function(done) {
       this.timeout(60000)
       testWithConfig(baseExtractConfig, done)
     })
@@ -195,4 +196,13 @@ describe('FontminPlugin', () => {
       expect(glyphs).to.contain('remove')
     })
   })
+
+  describe('FontAwesome with multi-byte unicode characters', () => {
+    it('should run successfully', function(done) {
+      this.timeout(60000)
+      testWithConfig(baseUnicodeConfig, done)
+    })
+
+    after(done => rimraf(DIST_FOLDER, done))
+  })
 })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 17d8fae..2561f24 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@discoveryjs/json-ext/-/json-ext-0.5.2.tgz#8f03a22a04de437254e8ce8cc84ba39689288752"
   integrity sha512-HyYEUDeIj5rRQU2Hk5HTB2uHsbRQpF70nvMhVzi+VJR0X+xNEhjPui4/kBf3VeH/wqD28PT4sVOm8qqLjBrSZg==
 
+"@mdi/font@^5.9.55":
+  version "5.9.55"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mdi/font/-/font-5.9.55.tgz#41acd50b88073ded7095fc3029d8712b6e12f38e"
+  integrity sha512-jswRF6q3eq8NWpWiqct6q+6Fg/I7nUhrxYJfiEM8JJpap0wVJLQdbKtyS65GdlK7S7Ytnx3TTi/bmw+tBhkGmg==
+
 "@patrickhulce/lint@^3.0.2":
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@patrickhulce/lint/-/lint-3.0.2.tgz#6b4fd8030bfad70df33dcf19a88a0176f23ff83d"