diff --git a/src/run_tests.py b/src/run_tests.py
index 75a8087..66bb6ce 100644
--- a/src/run_tests.py
+++ b/src/run_tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import unittest
 
-testmodules = ['test.test_storage', 'test.test_extractors', 'test.test_fixes']
+testmodules = ['test.test_storage', 'test.test_extractors', 'test.test_fixes', 'test.test_i18n']
 
 suite = unittest.TestSuite()
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_fixes.py b/src/test/test_fixes.py
index bd8d73e..194ba38 100644
--- a/src/test/test_fixes.py
+++ b/src/test/test_fixes.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """ Unittests for fixers applied in some cases. """
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import os
diff --git a/src/test/test_i18n.py b/src/test/test_i18n.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02b65fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test_i18n.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+""" Unittests for internationalization features. This test is here for avoiding breaking things between gettext for python 2 and 3. """
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import os
+import unittest
+import sys
+import i18n
+
+# Python 2/3 compat.
+if sys.version[0] == "2":
+	strtype = unicode
+else:
+	strtype = str
+
+class i18nTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+	def test_i18n_unicode(self):
+		""" Testing gettext function so it will generate only unicode strings both in python 2 and 3. """
+		i18n.setup()
+		# If something happened to i18n, it should raise a traceback in the next call
+		translated_str = _("This is a string with no special characters.")
+		self.assertIsInstance(translated_str, strtype)
+		# Test something with a special character here.
+		localized_fake_str = _("Привет всем")
+		self.assertIsInstance(localized_fake_str, strtype)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	unittest.main()
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