diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/tests/contrib/test_archvive_with_special_characters_filename_member.zip b/mayan/apps/common/tests/contrib/test_archvive_with_special_characters_filename_member.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b151a6c49
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diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/tests/contrib/test_file_spé©íáø_©hárß.txt b/mayan/apps/common/tests/contrib/test_file_spé©íáø_©hárß.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82c5a3c804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/tests/contrib/test_file_spé©íáø_©hárß.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TEST FILE SPECIAL CHARACTERS FILENAME
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/tests/literals.py b/mayan/apps/common/tests/literals.py
index 6a03f9b38d..3cfb7ca5fd 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/tests/literals.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/tests/literals.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ TEST_VIEW_NAME = 'test view name'
 TEST_VIEW_URL = 'test-view-url'
 
 # Filenames
+TEST_ARCHIVE_ZIP_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS_FILENAME_MEMBER = 'test_archvive_with_special_characters_filename_member.zip'
 TEST_FILENAME1 = 'test_file1.txt'
 TEST_FILENAME2 = 'test_file2.txt'
 TEST_FILENAME3 = 'test_file3.txt'
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ TEST_ZIP_FILE = 'test_file.zip'
 TEST_COMPRESSED_FILE_CONTENTS = [TEST_FILENAME1, TEST_FILENAME2]
 
 # File paths
+TEST_ARCHIVE_ZIP_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS_FILENAME_MEMBER_PATH = os.path.join(
+    settings.BASE_DIR, 'apps', 'common', 'tests', 'contrib',
+    TEST_ARCHIVE_ZIP_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS_FILENAME_MEMBER
+)
 TEST_FILE3_PATH = os.path.join(
     settings.BASE_DIR, 'apps', 'common', 'tests', 'contrib', TEST_FILENAME3
 )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_compressed_files.py b/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_compressed_files.py
index 30e1634d87..e004514c28 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_compressed_files.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_compressed_files.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from mayan.apps.common.tests import BaseTestCase
 from ..compressed_files import Archive, TarArchive, ZipArchive
 
 from .literals import (
+    TEST_ARCHIVE_ZIP_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS_FILENAME_MEMBER_PATH,
     TEST_COMPRESSED_FILE_CONTENTS, TEST_FILE_CONTENTS_1, TEST_FILE3_PATH,
     TEST_FILENAME1, TEST_FILENAME3, TEST_TAR_BZ2_FILE_PATH,
     TEST_TAR_FILE_PATH, TEST_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH, TEST_ZIP_FILE_PATH
@@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ class ZipArchiveClassTestCase(TarArchiveClassTestCase):
     archive_path = TEST_ZIP_FILE_PATH
     cls = ZipArchive
 
+    def test_open_member_with_special_characters_filename(self):
+        with open(TEST_ARCHIVE_ZIP_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS_FILENAME_MEMBER_PATH, mode='rb') as file_object:
+            archive = Archive.open(file_object=file_object)
+            list(archive.get_members())
+
 
 class TarGzArchiveClassTestCase(TarArchiveClassTestCase):
     archive_path = TEST_TAR_GZ_FILE_PATH
@@ -67,3 +73,5 @@ class TarGzArchiveClassTestCase(TarArchiveClassTestCase):
 class TarBz2ArchiveClassTestCase(TarArchiveClassTestCase):
     archive_path = TEST_TAR_BZ2_FILE_PATH
     cls = TarArchive
+
+