diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/BuildAndDecodeTest.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/BuildAndDecodeTest.java
index 5c5395eb..6a4dace5 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/BuildAndDecodeTest.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/java/brut/androlib/BuildAndDecodeTest.java
@@ -373,6 +373,16 @@ public class BuildAndDecodeTest {
         compareUnknownFiles();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void fileAssetTest() throws BrutException, IOException {
+        compareAssetsFolder("txt");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void unicodeAssetTest() throws BrutException, IOException {
+        // failure using ∂ (unicode)
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void multipleDexTest() throws BrutException, IOException {
         compareBinaryFolder("/smali_classes2", false);
@@ -434,6 +444,10 @@ public class BuildAndDecodeTest {
         compareBinaryFolder(File.separatorChar + path, false);
     }
 
+    private void compareAssetsFolder(String path) throws BrutException, IOException {
+        compareBinaryFolder(File.separatorChar + "assets" + File.separatorChar + path, false);
+    }
+
     private void compareValuesFiles(String path) throws BrutException {
         compareXmlFiles("res/" + path, new ElementNameAndAttributeQualifier("name"));
     }
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/assets/txt/no-unicode.txt b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/assets/txt/no-unicode.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3306f918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/assets/txt/no-unicode.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is an empty file.
\ No newline at end of file