diff --git a/code/model/Blog.php b/code/model/Blog.php
index a05477e..9248ce3 100644
--- a/code/model/Blog.php
+++ b/code/model/Blog.php
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ class Blog_Controller extends Page_Controller
 
         if ($urlSegment) {
             $filter = URLSegmentFilter::create();
+            $filter->setAllowMultibyte(true);
 
             return Member::get()
                 ->filter('URLSegment', $filter->filter($urlSegment))