diff --git a/test/test_plyvel.py b/test/test_plyvel.py

index 58481f4..f6470d6 100644

--- a/test/test_plyvel.py

+++ b/test/test_plyvel.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@

 import os

 import shutil

 import stat

+import sys

 import tempfile

 try:

@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@

     # Python 3

     xrange = range

+from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest

 from nose.tools import (

     assert_equal,

     assert_greater_equal,

@@ -97,9 +99,6 @@ def test_open():

         with assert_raises(plyvel.IOError):

             DB(name)

-    with tmp_db('úñîçøđê_name') as db:

-        pass

-

     with tmp_db('no_create', create=False) as name:

         with assert_raises(plyvel.Error):

             DB(name, create_if_missing=False)

@@ -134,6 +133,15 @@ def test_open():

            compression='snappy', bloom_filter_bits=10)

+def test_open_unicode_name():

+    if sys.getfilesystemencoding().lower() != 'utf-8':

+        # XXX: letter casing differs between Python 2 and 3

+        raise SkipTest("Not running with UTF-8 file system encoding")

+

+    with tmp_db('úñîçøđê_name'):

+        pass

+

+

 def test_open_close():

     with tmp_db('open_close', create=False) as name:

         # Create a database with options that result in additional