diff --git a/tests/test_misc.cpp b/tests/test_misc.cpp
index 926bf3df..363f9509 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_misc.cpp
@@ -157,3 +157,21 @@ TEST_CASE("default logger API", "[default logger]") {
     spdlog::drop_all();
     spdlog::set_pattern("%v");
 }
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+TEST_CASE("utf8 to utf16 conversion using windows api", "[windows utf]") {
+    spdlog::wmemory_buf_t buffer;
+
+    spdlog::details::os::utf8_to_wstrbuf("", buffer);
+    REQUIRE(std::wstring(buffer.data(), buffer.size()) == std::wstring(L""));
+
+    spdlog::details::os::utf8_to_wstrbuf("abc", buffer);
+    REQUIRE(std::wstring(buffer.data(), buffer.size()) == std::wstring(L"abc"));
+
+    spdlog::details::os::utf8_to_wstrbuf("\xc3\x28", buffer); // Invalid UTF-8 sequence.
+    REQUIRE(std::wstring(buffer.data(), buffer.size()) == std::wstring(L"\xfffd("));
+
+    spdlog::details::os::utf8_to_wstrbuf("\xe3\x81\xad\xe3\x81\x93", buffer); // "Neko" in hiragana.
+    REQUIRE(std::wstring(buffer.data(), buffer.size()) == std::wstring(L"\x306d\x3053"));
+}
+#endif