diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/kses.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/kses.php
index 6690797e9d..ef28686a6a 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/kses.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/kses.php
@@ -359,4 +359,19 @@ EOF;
 		$this->assertEquals( $allowedposttags, wp_kses_allowed_html( 'post' ) );
 		$this->assertEquals( $allowedtags, wp_kses_allowed_html( 'data' ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 
+	 */
+	public function test_wp_kses_normalize_entities() {
+		$this->assertEquals( '♠', wp_kses_normalize_entities( '♠' ) );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( '¹', wp_kses_normalize_entities( '¹' ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( '²', wp_kses_normalize_entities( '²' ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( '³', wp_kses_normalize_entities( '³' ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( '¼', wp_kses_normalize_entities( '¼' ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( '½', wp_kses_normalize_entities( '½' ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( '¾', wp_kses_normalize_entities( '¾' ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( '∴', wp_kses_normalize_entities( '∴' ) );
+	}
 }