diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index ede0ae7..dc5342d 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ pluralize('test', 1) //=> "test"
 pluralize('test', 5) //=> "tests"
 pluralize('test', 1, true) //=> "1 test"
 pluralize('test', 5, true) //=> "5 tests"
+pluralize('蘋果', 2, true) //=> "2 蘋果"
 
 pluralize.plural('regex') //=> "regexes"
 pluralize.addPluralRule(/gex$/i, 'gexii')
diff --git a/pluralize.js b/pluralize.js
index 9d6afe8..d0a41a1 100644
--- a/pluralize.js
+++ b/pluralize.js
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@
    */
   [
     [/s?$/i, 's'],
+    [/[^\u0000-\u007F]$/i, '$0'],
     [/([^aeiou]ese)$/i, '$1'],
     [/(ax|test)is$/i, '$1es'],
     [/(alias|[^aou]us|tlas|gas|ris)$/i, '$1es'],
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index db70f5b..19396f2 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -581,7 +581,12 @@ var BASIC_TESTS = [
   ['camelCase', 'camelCases'],
   ['PascalCase', 'PascalCases'],
   ['Alumnus', 'Alumni'],
-  ['CHICKEN', 'CHICKENS']
+  ['CHICKEN', 'CHICKENS'],
+  ['日本語', '日本語'],
+  ['한국', '한국'],
+  ['中文', '中文'],
+  ['اللغة العربية', 'اللغة العربية'],
+  ['四 chicken', '四 chickens']
 ];
 
 /**