1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Haddock/Parser.hs b/src/Haddock/Parser.hs
index bd5cd200..ece9291f 100644
--- a/src/Haddock/Parser.hs
+++ b/src/Haddock/Parser.hs
@@ -419,13 +419,21 @@ autoUrl = mkLink <$> url
 -- characters and does no actual validation itself.
 parseValid :: Parser String
 parseValid = do
-  vs <- many' $ satisfy (`elem` "_.!#$%&*+/<=>?@\\|-~:") <|> digit <|> letter_ascii
+  vs' <- many' $ utf8String "⋆" <|> return <$> idChar
+  let vs = concat vs'
   c <- peekChar
   case c of
     Just '`' -> return vs
     Just '\'' -> (\x -> vs ++ "'" ++ x) <$> ("'" *> parseValid)
                  <|> return vs
     _ -> fail "outofvalid"
+  where
+    idChar = satisfy (`elem` "_.!#$%&*+/<=>?@\\|-~:^")
+             <|> digit <|> letter_ascii
+
+-- | Parses UTF8 strings from ByteString streams.
+utf8String :: String -> Parser String
+utf8String x = decodeUtf8 <$> string (encodeUtf8 x)
 
 -- | Parses identifiers with help of 'parseValid'. Asks GHC for 'RdrName' from the
 -- string it deems valid.