diff --git a/cmake/MpVerovio.cmake b/cmake/MpVerovio.cmake
index 8c15217a..d5da4ede 100644
--- a/cmake/MpVerovio.cmake
+++ b/cmake/MpVerovio.cmake
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ if(MP_VEROVIO_CCACHE_DIR)
 endif()
 # Third-party code: its warnings are not ours to act on.
 if(MSVC)
-  target_compile_options(mp_verovio PRIVATE /W0 /bigobj /O1 /Gy /Gw)
+  # /utf-8: its sources hold UTF-8 text, such as the dashes round a page
+  # number and the accidentals of a chord symbol, which MSVC otherwise reads
+  # in the system code page.
+  target_compile_options(mp_verovio PRIVATE /W0 /bigobj /O1 /Gy /Gw /utf-8)
   # Unused functions and data left out, and identical ones folded. The
   # release default already, unless a configuration asks for debug
   # information; stated so that one does too.
diff --git a/tests/test_score.cpp b/tests/test_score.cpp
index 4d65f0dd..f38a939d 100644
--- a/tests/test_score.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_score.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ class ScoreEngraverTest final : public mp::test::Test {
     size_t notes = 0;
     for (int p = 1; p <= eng.pageCount(); ++p) notes += countOf(eng.renderPage(p), "class=\"note\"");
     MP_CHECK(notes == 6, "no note is lost when the page narrows");
+    // The second page's number sits between two en dashes, U+2013.
+    {
+      mp::ScoreEngraver trio(MP_TEST_SCORE_DATA_DIR);
+      trio.setPage(300, 300, 100);
+      MP_CHECK(trio.load(readScoreFixture("organ-trio.musicxml")) && trio.pageCount() >= 2,
+               "the trio on a small page takes several pages, got " + std::to_string(trio.pageCount()));
+      const std::string second = trio.renderPage(2);
+      MP_CHECK(second.find("\xe2\x80\x93") != std::string::npos && second.find("\xc3\xa2") == std::string::npos,
+               "the page number's dashes are en dashes");
+    }
 
     MP_CHECK(!eng.midiBase64().empty(), "the score is given as MIDI");
     MP_CHECK(eng.timemapJson().find("tstamp") != std::string::npos, "and as a time map");