diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index af920c4542..0e6511fe23 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ static void compile_pcre_regexp(struct grep_pat *p, const struct grep_opt *opt)
 			p->pcre_tables = pcre_maketables();
 		options |= PCRE_CASELESS;
 	}
+	if (is_utf8_locale() && has_non_ascii(p->pattern))
+		options |= PCRE_UTF8;
 
 	p->pcre_regexp = pcre_compile(p->pattern, options, &error, &erroffset,
 				      p->pcre_tables);
diff --git a/t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh b/t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh
index 1929809d4a..08ae4c945d 100755
--- a/t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh
+++ b/t/t7812-grep-icase-non-ascii.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ test_expect_success REGEX_LOCALE 'grep literal string, no -F' '
 	git grep -i "TILRAUN: HALLÓ HEIMUR!"
 '
 
+test_expect_success GETTEXT_LOCALE,LIBPCRE 'grep pcre utf-8 icase' '
+	git grep --perl-regexp    "TILRAUN: H.lló Heimur!" &&
+	git grep --perl-regexp -i "TILRAUN: H.lló Heimur!" &&
+	git grep --perl-regexp -i "TILRAUN: H.LLÓ HEIMUR!"
+'
+
+test_expect_success GETTEXT_LOCALE,LIBPCRE 'grep pcre utf-8 string with "+"' '
+	test_write_lines "TILRAUN: Hallóó Heimur!" >file2 &&
+	git add file2 &&
+	git grep -l --perl-regexp "TILRAUN: H.lló+ Heimur!" >actual &&
+	echo file >expected &&
+	echo file2 >>expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success REGEX_LOCALE 'grep literal string, with -F' '
 	git grep --debug -i -F "TILRAUN: Halló Heimur!"  2>&1 >/dev/null |
 		 grep fixed >debug1 &&