--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Ensure cp handles dirs with non-UTF8 names when using recursive copy with dot
+# This test covers the case where a directory name contains non-UTF8 bytes
+
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ cp
+
+non_utf8_dir=$(bad_unicode)
+mkdir "$non_utf8_dir" target \
+ || skip_ 'bad unicode not supported in shell or file system'
+
+# Create some test files in the non-UTF8 directory
+touch "$non_utf8_dir"/file1 "$non_utf8_dir"/file2 || framework_failure_
+
+for loc in C "$LOCALE_FR" "$LOCALE_FR_UTF8"; do
+ test -z "$loc" && continue
+ export LC_ALL="$loc"
+
+ # Test: copy contents of non-UTF8 directory using /. syntax
+ # This should work without panicking or erroring
+ cp -r "$non_utf8_dir"/. target || fail=1
+
+ # Verify the files were copied correctly
+ rm target/file1 || fail=1
+ rm target/file2 || fail=1
+
+ # Verify original files still exist
+ test -f "$non_utf8_dir"/file1 || fail=1
+ test -f "$non_utf8_dir"/file2 || fail=1
+done
+
+Exit $fail
tests/cp/link-preserve.sh \
tests/cp/link-symlink.sh \
tests/cp/nfs-removal-race.sh \
+ tests/cp/non-utf8-name.sh \
tests/cp/no-deref-link1.sh \
tests/cp/no-deref-link2.sh \
tests/cp/no-deref-link3.sh \