diff --git a/examples/Test/Automated/008_ORU_R01_micro_character_encoding.hl7 b/examples/Test/Automated/008_ORU_R01_micro_character_encoding.hl7
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26f472c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Test/Automated/008_ORU_R01_micro_character_encoding.hl7
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+MSH|^~\&|Sender Application^sender.test.com^DNS|Sender Facility^0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0^ISO|Receiver Application^0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0^ISO|Receiver Facility^simulated-lab-id^DNS|20230101010000-0000||ORU^R01^ORU_R01|008|N|2.5.1||||||||||
+PID|1||80008836^^^&NPI^MR||CDPHSIX^BOY  MOMSIX^^^^^B|||M||2106-3^White||||||||||||2186-5^Not Hispanic or Latino||N|1
+NK1|1|CDPHSIX|MTH^Mother|132 ST^^SAN DIEGO^CA^92126^USA
+ORC|RE|7181233072^FormNumber||189430284^HospOrdNumber||||||||^ROSEN^REBECCA|||||||||UCSD JACOBS MEDICAL CENTER^^^^^^^^^R797| 2961DR YLLUT^^SAN DIEGO^CA^99999-9999
+OBR|1|7181233072^FormNumber||54089-8^NB Screen Panel Patient AHIC|||202402131546|||||||||^JOHNSON^KATHRYN||||||20240226034304|||F
+OBX|1|NM|47633-3^Glycine [Moles/volume] in Dried blood spot^LN|1|0.5|µmol/L||N|||F|||20240212103049
diff --git a/rs-e2e/src/main/resources/assertion_definitions.json b/rs-e2e/src/main/resources/assertion_definitions.json
index 2ec6eef10..88323d3d8 100644
--- a/rs-e2e/src/main/resources/assertion_definitions.json
+++ b/rs-e2e/src/main/resources/assertion_definitions.json
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@
         "OBX-3.5 = input.OBX-3.5",
         "OBX-3.6 = input.OBX-3.6"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Micro (µ) character is encoded correctly",
+      "conditions": [
+        "MSH-10 = '008'"
+      ],
+      "rules": [
+        "OBX-6 = 'µmol/L'"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }