diff --git a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/char_constant_runme.rb b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/char_constant_runme.rb
index c00941e79..dc29affce 100644
--- a/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/char_constant_runme.rb
+++ b/SWIG/Examples/test-suite/ruby/char_constant_runme.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if Char_constant::NULL_CONST != "\000"
   raise RuntimeError, "Invalid value for NULL_CONST."
 end
 
-if Char_constant::SPECIALCHAR != 'á'
+if Char_constant::SPECIALCHAR != "\341"  #'á'
   raise RuntimeError, "Invalid value for SPECIALCHAR."
 end