diff --git a/core/server/models/base.js b/core/server/models/base.js
index 3b32a19c8d..bb844ab0f3 100644
--- a/core/server/models/base.js
+++ b/core/server/models/base.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var ghostBookshelf,
     uuid      = require('node-uuid'),
     config    = require('../../../config'),
     Validator = require('validator').Validator,
+    unidecode = require('unidecode'),
     sanitize  = require('validator').sanitize;
 
 // Initializes a new Bookshelf instance, for reference elsewhere in Ghost.
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ ghostBookshelf.Model = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
 
         // Remove trailing hyphen
         slug = slug.charAt(slug.length - 1) === '-' ? slug.substr(0, slug.length - 1) : slug;
+        // Remove non ascii characters
+        slug = unidecode(slug);
         // Check the filtered slug doesn't match any of the reserved keywords
         slug = /^(ghost|ghost\-admin|admin|wp\-admin|wp\-login|dashboard|logout|login|signin|signup|signout|register|archive|archives|category|categories|tag|tags|page|pages|post|posts|user|users)$/g
             .test(slug) ? slug + '-post' : slug;
diff --git a/core/test/integration/model_posts_spec.js b/core/test/integration/model_posts_spec.js
index d66e5324e2..365ef018bf 100644
--- a/core/test/integration/model_posts_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/integration/model_posts_spec.js
@@ -228,6 +228,18 @@ describe('Post Model', function () {
         }).then(null, done);
     });
 
+    it('can generate slugs without non-ascii characters', function (done) {
+        var newPost = {
+            title: 'भुते धडकी भरवणारा आहेत',
+            markdown: 'Test Content 1'
+        };
+
+        PostModel.add(newPost).then(function (createdPost) {
+            createdPost.get('slug').should.equal('bhute-dhddkii-bhrvnnaaraa-aahet');
+            done();
+        })
+    });
+
     it('detects duplicate slugs before saving', function (done) {
         var firstPost = {
                 title: 'First post',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4530cc5850..e64bbe3a3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         "showdown": "0.3.1",
         "sqlite3": "2.1.19",
         "underscore": "1.5.2",
+        "unidecode": "0.1.3",
         "validator": "1.4.0",
         "when": "2.5.1"
     },