diff --git a/lib/combinators.mjs b/lib/combinators.mjs
index 1a52312..c0da4b6 100644
--- a/lib/combinators.mjs
+++ b/lib/combinators.mjs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function regex(re) {
 }
 
 export function charset(range) {
-    return regex(new RegExp(`[${range}]`));
+    return regex(`[${range}]`);
 }
 
 export function eof() {
diff --git a/lib/stream.mjs b/lib/stream.mjs
index 1731125..92aa386 100644
--- a/lib/stream.mjs
+++ b/lib/stream.mjs
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ export default class Stream {
 
     // Execute a regex on the iterable.
     exec(re) {
-        const sticky = new RegExp(re, "y");
+        // The "u" flag is a feature of ES2015 which makes regexes Unicode-aware.
+        // See https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/es6-unicode-regex.
+        // The "y" flag makes the regex sticky. The match must start at the
+        // offset specified by the regex's lastIndex property.
+        let sticky = new RegExp(re, "uy");
         sticky.lastIndex = this.cursor;
         return sticky.exec(this.iterable);
     }
diff --git a/lib/visitor.mjs b/lib/visitor.mjs
index a0553c6..933a50b 100644
--- a/lib/visitor.mjs
+++ b/lib/visitor.mjs
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ export default {
 
 function escape(str) {
     return str
-        .replace("\\", "\\\\")
-        .replace("\"", "\\\"")
+        // Escape backslash and double quote, which are special in EBNF.
+        .replace(/\\/g, "\\\\")
+        .replace(/"/g, "\\\"")
         // Replace all Control and non-Basic Latin characters.
         .replace(/([^\u0021-\u007E])/g, unicode_sequence);
 }
diff --git a/spec/CHANGELOG.md b/spec/CHANGELOG.md
index a1d4975..9c0a0b7 100644
--- a/spec/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/spec/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+  - Support astral Unicode characters. (#179)
+
+    Unicode characters from outside of the Basic Multilingual Plane can now
+    be used in values of `TextElements` and `StringLiterals`. This means all
+    characters in the U+10000 to U+10FFFF range. 🎉
 
 ## 0.7.0 (October 15, 2018)
 
diff --git a/spec/fluent.ebnf b/spec/fluent.ebnf
index 16697cd..f0a1fa8 100644
--- a/spec/fluent.ebnf
+++ b/spec/fluent.ebnf
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ quote               ::= "\""
 /* Any Unicode character from BMP excluding C0 control characters, space,
  * surrogate blocks and non-characters (U+FFFE, U+FFFF).
  * Cf. https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-Char
- * TODO Add characters from other planes: U+10000 to U+10FFFF.
  */
-regular_char        ::= [!-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD]
+regular_char        ::= [\\u{21}-\\u{D7FF}\\u{E000}-\\u{FFFD}\\u{10000}-\\u{10FFFF}]
 text_char           ::= blank_inline
                       | "\u0009"
                       | /\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}/
diff --git a/syntax/grammar.mjs b/syntax/grammar.mjs
index cfb9b2f..17a35f4 100644
--- a/syntax/grammar.mjs
+++ b/syntax/grammar.mjs
@@ -386,10 +386,9 @@ let quote = string("\"");
 /* Any Unicode character from BMP excluding C0 control characters, space,
  * surrogate blocks and non-characters (U+FFFE, U+FFFF).
  * Cf. https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-Char
- * TODO Add characters from other planes: U+10000 to U+10FFFF.
  */
 let regular_char =
-    charset("\u0021-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD");
+    charset("\\u{21}-\\u{D7FF}\\u{E000}-\\u{FFFD}\\u{10000}-\\u{10FFFF}");
 
 let text_char = defer(() =>
     either(
diff --git a/test/fixtures/astral.ftl b/test/fixtures/astral.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b77e32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/astral.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+face-with-tears-of-joy = 😂
+tetragram-for-centre = 𝌆
+
+surrogates-in-text = \uD83D\uDE02
+surrogates-in-string = {"\uD83D\uDE02"}
+surrogates-in-adjacent-strings = {"\uD83D"}{"\uDE02"}
+
+emoji-in-text = A face 😂 with tears of joy.
+emoji-in-string = {"A face 😂 with tears of joy."}
+
+# ERROR Invalid identifier
+err-😂 = Value
+
+# ERROR Invalid expression
+err-invalid-expression = { 😂 }
+
+# ERROR Invalid variant key
+err-invalid-variant-key = { $sel ->
+    *[😂] Value
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/astral.json b/test/fixtures/astral.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6056fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/astral.json
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+{
+    "type": "Resource",
+    "body": [
+        {
+            "type": "Message",
+            "id": {
+                "type": "Identifier",
+                "name": "face-with-tears-of-joy"
+            },
+            "value": {
+                "type": "Pattern",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "TextElement",
+                        "value": "😂"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attributes": [],
+            "comment": null
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Message",
+            "id": {
+                "type": "Identifier",
+                "name": "tetragram-for-centre"
+            },
+            "value": {
+                "type": "Pattern",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "TextElement",
+                        "value": "𝌆"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attributes": [],
+            "comment": null
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Message",
+            "id": {
+                "type": "Identifier",
+                "name": "surrogates-in-text"
+            },
+            "value": {
+                "type": "Pattern",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "TextElement",
+                        "value": "\\uD83D\\uDE02"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attributes": [],
+            "comment": null
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Message",
+            "id": {
+                "type": "Identifier",
+                "name": "surrogates-in-string"
+            },
+            "value": {
+                "type": "Pattern",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "Placeable",
+                        "expression": {
+                            "type": "StringLiteral",
+                            "value": "\\uD83D\\uDE02"
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attributes": [],
+            "comment": null
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Message",
+            "id": {
+                "type": "Identifier",
+                "name": "surrogates-in-adjacent-strings"
+            },
+            "value": {
+                "type": "Pattern",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "Placeable",
+                        "expression": {
+                            "type": "StringLiteral",
+                            "value": "\\uD83D"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "type": "Placeable",
+                        "expression": {
+                            "type": "StringLiteral",
+                            "value": "\\uDE02"
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attributes": [],
+            "comment": null
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Message",
+            "id": {
+                "type": "Identifier",
+                "name": "emoji-in-text"
+            },
+            "value": {
+                "type": "Pattern",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "TextElement",
+                        "value": "A face 😂 with tears of joy."
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attributes": [],
+            "comment": null
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Message",
+            "id": {
+                "type": "Identifier",
+                "name": "emoji-in-string"
+            },
+            "value": {
+                "type": "Pattern",
+                "elements": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "Placeable",
+                        "expression": {
+                            "type": "StringLiteral",
+                            "value": "A face 😂 with tears of joy."
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "attributes": [],
+            "comment": null
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Comment",
+            "content": "ERROR Invalid identifier"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Junk",
+            "annotations": [],
+            "content": "err-😂 = Value\n"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Comment",
+            "content": "ERROR Invalid expression"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Junk",
+            "annotations": [],
+            "content": "err-invalid-expression = { 😂 }\n"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Comment",
+            "content": "ERROR Invalid variant key"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "Junk",
+            "annotations": [],
+            "content": "err-invalid-variant-key = { $sel ->\n    *[😂] Value\n}\n"
+        }
+    ]
+}