--- /dev/null
+use utf8;
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+use Encode 2.21 'decode_utf8', 'encode_utf8';
+use lib 't/lib';
+
+{
+ package MyApp::Controller::Root;
+ $INC{'MyApp/Controller/Root.pm'} = __FILE__;
+
+ use base 'Catalyst::Controller';
+
+ sub heart :Path('♥') {
+ my ($self, $c) = @_;
+ $c->response->content_type('text/html');
+ $c->response->body("<p>This is path-heart action ♥</p>");
+ }
+
+ package MyApp;
+ use Catalyst;
+
+ MyApp->setup;
+}
+
+use Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst 'MyApp';
+
+my $root = "http://localhost";
+my $m = Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst->new( autocheck => 0 );
+
+if(MyApp->can('encoding') and MyApp->can('clear_encoding') and MyApp->encoding eq 'UTF-8') {
+ $m->get_ok("$root/root/♥", 'got page');
+ is( $m->ct, "text/html" );
+ $m->content_contains("This is path-heart action ♥", 'matched expected content');
+} else {
+ ok 1, 'Skipping the UTF8 Tests for older installed catalyst';
+}
+
+done_testing;
+