diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-08-15  Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/35863
+	* gfortran.dg/utf8_1.f03: New test.
+	* gfortran.dg/utf8_2.f03: New test.
+
 2008-08-15  Manuel Lopez-Ibanez  <manu@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	* gcc.dg/pr30551-6.c: Skip for SPU.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/utf8_1.f03 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/utf8_1.f03
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+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/utf8_1.f03
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+! { dg-do run }
+! { dg-options "-fbackslash" }
+! Contributed by Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu.org>
+program test1
+  implicit none
+  integer, parameter :: k4 = 4
+  character(kind=4, len=30) :: string1, string2
+  character(kind=1, len=30) :: string3
+  string1 = k4_"This is Greek:  \u039f\u03cd\u03c7\u03af"
+  string2 = k4_"Jerry in Japanese is:    \u30b8\u30a8\u30ea\u30fc"
+  open(10, encoding="utf-8", status="scratch")
+  write(10,'(a)') trim(string1)
+  write(10,*) string2
+  rewind(10)
+  string1 = k4_""
+  string2 = k4_""
+  string3 = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+  read(10,'(a)') string1
+  read(10,'(a)') string2
+  if (string1 /= k4_"This is Greek:  \u039f\u03cd\u03c7\u03af") call abort
+  if (len(trim(string1)) /= 20) call abort
+  if (string2 /= k4_" Jerry in Japanese is:    \u30b8\u30a8\u30ea\u30fc")&
+  &  call abort
+  if (len(string2) /= 30) call abort
+  rewind(10)
+  read(10,'(a)') string3
+  if (string3 /= "This is Greek:  ????") call abort
+end program test1
+! The following examples require UTF-8 enabled editor to see correctly.
+! ジエリー  Sample of Japanese characters.
+! Οὐχὶ    Sample of Greek characters.
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diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/utf8_2.f03 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/utf8_2.f03
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/utf8_2.f03
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+! { dg-do run }
+! { dg-options "-fbackslash" }
+! Contributed by Tobias Burnus
+program test2
+  integer,parameter :: ucs4 = selected_char_kind("iso_10646")
+  character(1,ucs4),parameter :: nen=char(int(z'5e74'),ucs4), & !year
+    gatsu=char(int(z'6708'),kind=ucs4), & !month
+    nichi=char(int(z'65e5'),kind=ucs4) !day
+  character(25,ucs4) :: string
+  open(10, encoding="utf-8", status="scratch")
+  write(10,1) 2008,nen,8,gatsu,10,nichi
+1 format(i0,a,i0,a,i0,a)
+  rewind(10)
+  read(10,'(a)') string
+  if (string /= ucs4_"2008\u5e748\u670810\u65e5") call abort
+end program test2