diff --git a/src/tools/regexTools.cpp b/src/tools/regexTools.cpp
index 3f1d5b8ab..914404085 100644
--- a/src/tools/regexTools.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/regexTools.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 std::map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<icu::RegexPattern>> regexCache;
 static pthread_mutex_t regexLock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
-std::unique_ptr<icu::RegexMatcher> buildMatcher(const std::string& regex, const icu::UnicodeString& content)
+std::unique_ptr<icu::RegexMatcher> buildMatcher(const std::string& regex, icu::UnicodeString& content)
 {
   std::shared_ptr<icu::RegexPattern> pattern;
   /* Regex is in cache */
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<icu::RegexMatcher> buildMatcher(const std::string& regex, const
 bool matchRegex(const std::string& content, const std::string& regex)
 {
   ucnv_setDefaultName("UTF-8");
-  auto matcher = buildMatcher(regex, content.c_str());
+  icu::UnicodeString ucontent(content.c_str());
+  auto matcher = buildMatcher(regex, ucontent);
   return matcher->find();
 }
 
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index b08cabd47..fbd814bba 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 tests = [
     'parseUrl',
-    'library'
+    'library',
+    'regex'
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/test/regex.cpp b/test/regex.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdcd132ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regex.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Matthieu Gautier
+ *
+ * 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 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * is provided AS IS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+ * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, and
+ * NON-INFRINGEMENT.  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, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include <string>
+
+
+#include "../include/tools/regexTools.h"
+
+namespace
+{
+
+TEST(MatchRegex, match)
+{
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "f"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "ef"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "efg"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "mno"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "m*o"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "m*v"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "M"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "STU"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("Mythology & Folklore Stack Exchange", "folklore"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("Mythology &amp; Folklore Stack Exchange", "Folklore"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matchRegex("Mythology &amp; Folklore Stack Exchange", "folklore"));
+}
+
+TEST(MatchRegex, nomatch)
+{
+  EXPECT_FALSE(matchRegex("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "vu"));
+}
+
+TEST(ReplaceRegex, beginning)
+{
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "abcd"), "----efghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "abcde"), "----fghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "a.*i"), "----j");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "AbCd"), "----efghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "A"), "----bcdefghij");
+}
+
+TEST(ReplaceRegex, end)
+{
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "ghij"), "abcdef----");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "fghij"), "abcde----");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "c.*j"), "ab----");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "GhIj"), "abcdef----");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "J"), "abcdefghi----");
+}
+
+TEST(ReplaceRegex, middle)
+{
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "cdef"), "ab----ghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "cdefgh"), "ab----ij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "c.*f"), "ab----ghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "DeFg"), "abc----hij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(replaceRegex("abcdefghij", "----", "F"), "abcde----ghij");
+}
+
+TEST(append, beggining)
+{
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "abcd", "----"), "abcd----efghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "abcde", "----"), "abcde----fghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "a.*i", "----"), "abcdefghi----j");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "AbCd", "----"), "abcd----efghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij",  "A", "----"), "a----bcdefghij");
+}
+
+TEST(append, end)
+{
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "ghij", "----"), "abcdefghij----");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "fghij", "----"), "abcdefghij----");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "c.*j", "----"), "abcdefghij----");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "GhIj", "----"), "abcdefghij----");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "J", "----"), "abcdefghij----");
+}
+
+TEST(append, middle)
+{
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "cdef", "----"), "abcdef----ghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "cdefgh", "----"), "abcdefgh----ij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "c.*f", "----"), "abcdef----ghij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij", "DeFg", "----"), "abcdefg----hij");
+  EXPECT_EQ(appendToFirstOccurence("abcdefghij",  "F", "----"), "abcdef----ghij");
+}
+
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}
diff --git a/travis/compile.sh b/travis/compile.sh
index bf33f1c84..8720e5ca0 100755
--- a/travis/compile.sh
+++ b/travis/compile.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ set -e
 BUILD_DIR=${HOME}/BUILD_${PLATFORM}
 INSTALL_DIR=${BUILD_DIR}/INSTALL
 
-
+TEST=0
 case ${PLATFORM} in
     "native_static")
          MESON_OPTION="--default-library=static"
+         TEST=1
          ;;
     "native_dyn")
          MESON_OPTION="--default-library=shared"
+         TEST=1
          ;;
     "win32_static")
          MESON_OPTION="--default-library=static --cross-file ${BUILD_DIR}/meson_cross_file.txt"
@@ -39,3 +41,9 @@ export CPPFLAGS="-I${INSTALL_DIR}/include"
 meson . build ${MESON_OPTION}
 cd build
 ninja
+if [[ "$TEST" == "1" ]]
+then
+  echo "Running test"
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${INSTALL_DIR}/lib:${INSTALL_DIR}/lib64:${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+  ninja test
+fi