diff --git a/lib/tasks/testing.rake b/lib/tasks/testing.rake
index 33bedd4e0..6a44c3eb7 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/testing.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/testing.rake
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace :test do
         FileUtils.mkdir_p Rails.root + '/tmp/test'
       end
 
-      supported_scms = [:subversion, :cvs, :bazaar, :mercurial, :git, :filesystem]
+      supported_scms = [:subversion, :cvs, :bazaar, :mercurial, :git, :git_utf8, :filesystem]
 
       desc "Creates a test subversion repository"
       task :subversion => :create_dir do
diff --git a/test/fixtures/repositories/git_utf8_repository.tar.gz b/test/fixtures/repositories/git_utf8_repository.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..477012f13
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