diff --git a/Src/JSON.ahk b/Src/JSON.ahk
index 98d9214..2942483 100644
--- a/Src/JSON.ahk
+++ b/Src/JSON.ahk
@@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ class JSON
 		}
 	}
 
+	EscapeUnicode[]
+	{
+		get
+		{
+			this._init()
+			return NumGet(this.lib.bEscapeUnicode, "Int")
+		}
+
+		set
+		{
+			this._init()
+			NumPut(value, this.lib.bEscapeUnicode, "Int")
+			return value
+		}
+	}
+
 	_init()
 	{
 		if (this.lib)
diff --git a/Src/dumps.c b/Src/dumps.c
index 1966769..01681c4 100644
--- a/Src/dumps.c
+++ b/Src/dumps.c
@@ -239,8 +239,11 @@ int write_escaped(LPTSTR pt, LPTSTR *ppszString, DWORD *pcchString)
 			write('\\');
 			write('t');
 		}
-		else if (*pt < ' ' || *pt > '~') // outside printable ascii
-		{
+		else if (
+			bEscapeUnicode
+			? ((unsigned short)*pt < ' ' ||(unsigned short)*pt > '~') // Outside printable ascii
+			: ((unsigned short)*pt < ' ' || ((unsigned short)*pt > '~' && (unsigned short)*pt < 0xA1)) // Outside printable ascii, allowing Unicode passthrough
+		) {
 			write('\\');
 			write('u');
 			write_hex_uint16(*pt, ppszString, pcchString);
diff --git a/Src/shared.h b/Src/shared.h
index ff7f7fe..07a385d 100644
--- a/Src/shared.h
+++ b/Src/shared.h
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ MCL_EXPORT_GLOBAL(fnGetObj);
 static bool bBoolsAsInts = true;
 MCL_EXPORT_GLOBAL(bBoolsAsInts);
 
+static bool bEscapeUnicode = true;
+MCL_EXPORT_GLOBAL(bEscapeUnicode);
+
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tests/DumpsTestSuite.ahk b/Tests/DumpsTestSuite.ahk
index ce36742..c674f0b 100644
--- a/Tests/DumpsTestSuite.ahk
+++ b/Tests/DumpsTestSuite.ahk
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ class DumpsTestSuite
 		Yunit.assert(produced == expected, Format(this.message, expected, produced))
 	}
 
+	Test_Escape_Unicode()
+	{
+		JSON.EscapeUnicode := False
+		expected = ["📎🐟💝🐤🔼🏡👓 🍩🌅🌳🐔🏩🍎 📵🍭🌖🔠🍚"]
+		produced := JSON.Dump(["📎🐟💝🐤🔼🏡👓 🍩🌅🌳🐔🏩🍎 📵🍭🌖🔠🍚"])
+		Yunit.assert(produced == expected, Format(this.message, expected, produced))
+	}
+
 	Test_Big_Numbers()
 	{
 		if (A_PtrSize == 4)