diff --git a/echosvg-test/src/test/java/io/sf/carte/echosvg/test/svg/SamplesSpecRenderingTest.java b/echosvg-test/src/test/java/io/sf/carte/echosvg/test/svg/SamplesSpecRenderingTest.java
index dcf7b9915..208315d27 100644
--- a/echosvg-test/src/test/java/io/sf/carte/echosvg/test/svg/SamplesSpecRenderingTest.java
+++ b/echosvg-test/src/test/java/io/sf/carte/echosvg/test/svg/SamplesSpecRenderingTest.java
@@ -844,6 +844,11 @@ public void testTextAnchor3() throws TranscoderException, IOException {
 		test("samples/tests/spec/text/textAnchor3.svg");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testTextArabicCharacters() throws TranscoderException, IOException {
+		testNV("samples/tests/spec/text/arabicCharacters.svg");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testTextBiDi() throws TranscoderException, IOException {
 		test("samples/tests/spec/text/textBiDi.svg");
diff --git a/samples/tests/spec/text/arabicCharacters.svg b/samples/tests/spec/text/arabicCharacters.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cfb33c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/tests/spec/text/arabicCharacters.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
+<!--
+
+   See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
+   information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<!-- ========================================================================= -->
+<!-- Arabic <text>                                                             -->
+<!--                                                                           -->
+<!-- Based on arabicCharacters.svg by Paritosh Chauhan.                        -->
+<!-- @version $Id$     -->
+<!-- ========================================================================= -->
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="450" height="200" viewBox="0 0 450 200">
+  <g font-family="dialog" font-size="24px" text-anchor="start">
+    <text fill="DarkRed" x="5%" y="25%"> Arabic Shadda : شارع طَوِي أم الظِّبا </text>
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/test-references/samples/tests/spec/text/arabicCharacters.png b/test-references/samples/tests/spec/text/arabicCharacters.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93145a4b3
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