diff --git a/src/intl/charsets.c b/src/intl/charsets.c
index 3d20db7d3..01cd1e9ab 100644
--- a/src/intl/charsets.c
+++ b/src/intl/charsets.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ u2cp_(unicode_val_T u, int to, int no_nbsp_hack)
 	/* To mark non breaking spaces, we use a special char NBSP_CHAR. */
 	if (u == UCS_NO_BREAK_SPACE)
 		return no_nbsp_hack ? " " : NBSP_CHAR_STRING;
-	if (u == 0xad) return "";
+	if (u == UCS_SOFT_HYPHEN) return "";
 
 	if (u < 0xa0) {
 		unicode_val_T strange = strange_chars[u - 0x80];
diff --git a/src/intl/charsets.h b/src/intl/charsets.h
index 35b1a6bfd..91daffec6 100644
--- a/src/intl/charsets.h
+++ b/src/intl/charsets.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ typedef uint32_t unicode_val_T;
 /* U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE.  */
 #define UCS_NO_BREAK_SPACE ((unicode_val_T) 0x00A0)
 
+/* U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN.  */
+#define UCS_SOFT_HYPHEN ((unicode_val_T) 0x00AD)
+
 /* UCS/Unicode replacement character. */
 #define UCS_NO_CHAR ((unicode_val_T) 0xFFFD)