diff --git a/application/config/mimes.php b/application/config/mimes.php
index d0e1516..1f591ba 100644
--- a/application/config/mimes.php
+++ b/application/config/mimes.php
@@ -154,5 +154,5 @@
 	'vcf'	=>	'text/x-vcard',
 	'srt'	=>	array('text/srt', 'text/plain'),
 	'vtt'	=>	array('text/vtt', 'text/plain'),
-	'ico'	=>	'image/x-icon'
+	'ico'	=>	array('image/x-icon', 'image/x-ico', 'image/vnd.microsoft.icon')
 );
diff --git a/system/helpers/url_helper.php b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
index 6a033d6..d65f92f 100644
--- a/system/helpers/url_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
 
 		$trans = array(
 			'&.+?;'			=> '',
-			'[^a-z0-9 _-]'		=> '',
+			'[^\w\d _-]'		=> '',
 			'\s+'			=> $separator,
 			'('.$q_separator.')+'	=> $separator
 		);
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 		$str = strip_tags($str);
 		foreach ($trans as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$str = preg_replace('#'.$key.'#i', $val, $str);
+			$str = preg_replace('#'.$key.'#i'.(UTF8_ENABLED ? 'u' : ''), $val, $str);
 		}
 
 		if ($lowercase === TRUE)
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 8457d8f..d431d49 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 
    -  Added 'is_resource' to the available expectations in :doc:`Unit Testing Library <libraries/unit_testing>`.
 
+-  Helpers
+
+   -  Added Unicode support to :doc:`URL Helper <helpers/url_helper>` function :php:func:`url_title()`.
 
 Bug fixes for 3.0.1
 -------------------