diff --git a/Cabal/Distribution/PackageDescription/Quirks.hs b/Cabal/Distribution/PackageDescription/Quirks.hs
index a546c190de1..843ec853c49 100644
--- a/Cabal/Distribution/PackageDescription/Quirks.hs
+++ b/Cabal/Distribution/PackageDescription/Quirks.hs
@@ -250,7 +250,11 @@ patches = Map.fromList
          (Fingerprint 12475837388692175691 18053834261188158945)
          (Fingerprint 16279938253437334942 15753349540193002309)
          (bsReplace "9223372036854775807" "999")
-
+    -- Not UTF8
+    , mk "Name:                     nat\nVersion:                  0.1\nDescription:            Implementation of natural numbers and integers by a binary\n                                representation. The implementation is supposed to be lazy and\n                   "
+         (Fingerprint 9222512268705577108 13085311382746579495)
+         (Fingerprint 17468921266614378430 13221316288008291892)
+         (bsReplace "\xf6" "\xc3\xb6")
     ]
   where
     mk a b c d = ((a, b), (c, d))
diff --git a/Cabal/tests/HackageTests.hs b/Cabal/tests/HackageTests.hs
index aae8beb0eec..3c24527ce89 100644
--- a/Cabal/tests/HackageTests.hs
+++ b/Cabal/tests/HackageTests.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import Data.Monoid                                 (Sum (..))
 import Distribution.PackageDescription.Check       (PackageCheck (..), checkPackage)
 import Distribution.PackageDescription.PrettyPrint (showGenericPackageDescription)
 import Distribution.PackageDescription.Quirks      (patchQuirks)
-import Distribution.Simple.Utils                   (fromUTF8BS, toUTF8BS)
+import Distribution.Simple.Utils                   (fromUTF8BS, toUTF8BS, fromUTF8BS)
 import System.Directory                            (getAppUserDataDirectory)
 import System.Environment                          (lookupEnv)
 import System.Exit                                 (exitFailure)
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ roundtripTest testFieldsTransform fpath bs = do
 
     -- fromParsecField, "shallow" parser/pretty roundtrip
     when testFieldsTransform $
-        if checkUTF8 bs
+        if checkUTF8 patchedBs
         then do
-            parsecFields <- assertRight $ Parsec.readFields $ snd $ patchQuirks bs
+            parsecFields <- assertRight $ Parsec.readFields patchedBs
             let prettyFields = PP.fromParsecFields parsecFields
             let bs'' = PP.showFields (return []) prettyFields
             z0 <- parse "3rd" (toUTF8BS bs'')
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ roundtripTest testFieldsTransform fpath bs = do
 
     return (Sum 1)
   where
+    patchedBs = snd (patchQuirks bs)
+
     checkUTF8 bs' = replacementChar `notElem` fromUTF8BS bs' where
         replacementChar = '\xfffd'
 
@@ -265,6 +267,7 @@ roundtripTest testFieldsTransform fpath bs = do
     assertEqual' bs' x y = unless (x == y || fpath == "ixset/1.0.4/ixset.cabal") $ do
         putStrLn fpath
 #ifdef MIN_VERSION_tree_diff
+        putStrLn "====== tree-diff:"
         print $ ansiWlEditExprCompact $ ediff x y
 #else
         putStrLn "<<<<<<"
@@ -273,6 +276,7 @@ roundtripTest testFieldsTransform fpath bs = do
         print y
         putStrLn ">>>>>>"
 #endif
+        putStrLn "====== contents:"
         putStrLn bs'
         exitFailure