diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/ClientServerTest.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/ClientServerTest.cs
index dcdddc769e835059e969a32b2fe831768ec2ee96..6bf9756962ea8637b379ec438258c81a89cd0558 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/ClientServerTest.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/ClientServerTest.cs
@@ -335,6 +335,22 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Tests
             Assert.AreEqual(StatusCode.Unimplemented, ex.Status.StatusCode);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void StatusDetailIsUtf8()
+        {
+            // some japanese and chinese characters
+            var nonAsciiString = "\u30a1\u30a2\u30a3 \u62b5\u6297\u662f\u5f92\u52b3\u7684";
+            helper.UnaryHandler = new UnaryServerMethod<string, string>(async (request, context) =>
+            {
+                context.Status = new Status(StatusCode.Unknown, nonAsciiString);
+                return "";
+            });
+
+            var ex = Assert.Throws<RpcException>(() => Calls.BlockingUnaryCall(helper.CreateUnaryCall(), "abc"));
+            Assert.AreEqual(StatusCode.Unknown, ex.Status.StatusCode);
+            Assert.AreEqual(nonAsciiString, ex.Status.Detail);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void ServerCallContext_PeerInfoPresent()
         {