2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/it.class b/it.class
index 1382073..36bc903 100644
--- a/it.class
+++ b/it.class
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static function convertregex($pattern, $p = null)
 static function match($pattern, $string, $p = null)
 {
 	if (!preg_match('/\\\\[wb]|[!\x80-\xff]|\[\[:/i', $pattern) && !$p)
-		$r = preg_match('!' . $pattern . '!i', $string, $m); # fast path for simple patterns
+		$r = preg_match('!' . $pattern . '!i' . (ini_get('default_charset') == 'utf-8' ? 'u' : ''), $string, $m); # fast path for simple patterns
 	else
 	{
 		$flags = $p['offset_capture'] ? PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE : 0;
diff --git a/tests/it.t b/tests/it.t
index c0efa2c..1a308ec 100755
--- a/tests/it.t
+++ b/tests/it.t
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ match(
 	utf8_encode('Müller'),
 	'\w matches umlaut in utf-8 mode'
 );
+match(
+	'M.ller', utf8_encode('Müller'),
+	utf8_encode('Müller'),
+	'. matches umlaut in utf-8 mode'
+);
 ini_set('default_charset', $oldcharset);
 
 is(