diff --git a/src/controllers/ignores/ignorephrase.hpp b/src/controllers/ignores/ignorephrase.hpp
index 4fdef9ffa..0be4ca105 100644
--- a/src/controllers/ignores/ignorephrase.hpp
+++ b/src/controllers/ignores/ignorephrase.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ public:
         : pattern(_pattern)
         , _isRegex(isRegex)
         , regex(_isRegex ? _pattern : "\\b" + QRegularExpression::escape(_pattern) + "\\b",
-                QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption)
+                QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption |
+                    QRegularExpression::UseUnicodePropertiesOption)
     {
     }