diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 13e7907ef..493e6cbdf 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ var _isSlug = _interopRequireDefault(require("./lib/isSlug"));
 
 function _interopRequireWildcard(obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } else { var newObj = {}; if (obj != null) { for (var key in obj) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) { var desc = Object.defineProperty && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor ? Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, key) : {}; if (desc.get || desc.set) { Object.defineProperty(newObj, key, desc); } else { newObj[key] = obj[key]; } } } } newObj.default = obj; return newObj; } }
 
+function _interopRequireWildcard(obj) { if (obj && obj.__esModule) { return obj; } var cache = _getRequireWildcardCache(); if (cache && cache.has(obj)) { return cache.get(obj); } var newObj = {}; if (obj != null) { var hasPropertyDescriptor = Object.defineProperty && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor; for (var key in obj) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) { var desc = hasPropertyDescriptor ? Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, key) : null; if (desc && (desc.get || desc.set)) { Object.defineProperty(newObj, key, desc); } else { newObj[key] = obj[key]; } } } } newObj.default = obj; if (cache) { cache.set(obj, newObj); } return newObj; }
+
 function _interopRequireDefault(obj) { return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj }; }
 
 var version = '11.1.0';
diff --git a/lib/isEmail.js b/lib/isEmail.js
index 47f649d0f..ca756cc24 100644
--- a/lib/isEmail.js
+++ b/lib/isEmail.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function _slicedToArray(arr, i) { return _arrayWithHoles(arr) || _iterableToArra
 
 function _nonIterableRest() { throw new TypeError("Invalid attempt to destructure non-iterable instance"); }
 
-function _iterableToArrayLimit(arr, i) { var _arr = []; var _n = true; var _d = false; var _e = undefined; try { for (var _i = arr[Symbol.iterator](), _s; !(_n = (_s = _i.next()).done); _n = true) { _arr.push(_s.value); if (i && _arr.length === i) break; } } catch (err) { _d = true; _e = err; } finally { try { if (!_n && _i["return"] != null) _i["return"](); } finally { if (_d) throw _e; } } return _arr; }
+function _iterableToArrayLimit(arr, i) { if (!(Symbol.iterator in Object(arr) || Object.prototype.toString.call(arr) === "[object Arguments]")) { return; } var _arr = []; var _n = true; var _d = false; var _e = undefined; try { for (var _i = arr[Symbol.iterator](), _s; !(_n = (_s = _i.next()).done); _n = true) { _arr.push(_s.value); if (i && _arr.length === i) break; } } catch (err) { _d = true; _e = err; } finally { try { if (!_n && _i["return"] != null) _i["return"](); } finally { if (_d) throw _e; } } return _arr; }
 
 function _arrayWithHoles(arr) { if (Array.isArray(arr)) return arr; }
 
diff --git a/lib/isFQDN.js b/lib/isFQDN.js
index b5c769dba..965284f75 100644
--- a/lib/isFQDN.js
+++ b/lib/isFQDN.js
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ function isFQDN(str, options) {
 
     if (!parts.length || !/^([a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}|xn[a-z0-9-]{2,})$/i.test(tld)) {
       return false;
-    } // disallow spaces
+    } // disallow spaces && special characers
 
 
-    if (/[\s\u2002-\u200B\u202F\u205F\u3000\uFEFF\uDB40\uDC20]/.test(tld)) {
+    if (/[\s\u2002-\u200B\u202F\u205F\u3000\uFEFF\uDB40\uDC20\u00A9\uFFFD]/.test(tld)) {
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/isFQDN.js b/src/lib/isFQDN.js
index c0dee981d..cb1b724f7 100644
--- a/src/lib/isFQDN.js
+++ b/src/lib/isFQDN.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export default function isFQDN(str, options) {
     if (!parts.length || !/^([a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}|xn[a-z0-9-]{2,})$/i.test(tld)) {
       return false;
     }
-    // disallow spaces
-    if (/[\s\u2002-\u200B\u202F\u205F\u3000\uFEFF\uDB40\uDC20]/.test(tld)) {
+    // disallow spaces && special characers
+    if (/[\s\u2002-\u200B\u202F\u205F\u3000\uFEFF\uDB40\uDC20\u00A9\uFFFD]/.test(tld)) {
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/validators.js b/test/validators.js
index e86c36201..a01629dc3 100644
--- a/test/validators.js
+++ b/test/validators.js
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         'multiple..dots@gmail.com',
         'wrong()[]",:;<>@@gmail.com',
         '"wrong()[]",:;<>@@gmail.com',
+        'username@domain.com�',
+        'username@domain.com©',
       ],
     });
   });
@@ -814,6 +816,8 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         's!ome.com',
         'domain.com/',
         '/more.com',
+        'domain.com�',
+        'domain.com©',
       ],
     });
   });
diff --git a/validator.js b/validator.js
index defa7d437..e2af84a54 100644
--- a/validator.js
+++ b/validator.js
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ function _arrayWithHoles(arr) {
 }
 
 function _iterableToArrayLimit(arr, i) {
+  if (!(Symbol.iterator in Object(arr) || Object.prototype.toString.call(arr) === "[object Arguments]")) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   var _arr = [];
   var _n = true;
   var _d = false;
@@ -220,10 +224,10 @@ function isFQDN(str, options) {
 
     if (!parts.length || !/^([a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}|xn[a-z0-9-]{2,})$/i.test(tld)) {
       return false;
-    } // disallow spaces
+    } // disallow spaces && special characers
 
 
-    if (/[\s\u2002-\u200B\u202F\u205F\u3000\uFEFF\uDB40\uDC20]/.test(tld)) {
+    if (/[\s\u2002-\u200B\u202F\u205F\u3000\uFEFF\uDB40\uDC20\u00A9\uFFFD]/.test(tld)) {
       return false;
     }
   }