diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index b0259101fc2..4227c451244 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require "html/proofer"
 
 task :default => [:test]
@@ -6,12 +8,17 @@ task :test do
 	HTML::Proofer.new("dist/", {
 		:href_ignore => [
 			"#",
+			# The additional anchor link is picked up from the Geomap JSON, but shouldn't be flagged
+			"\\\"#\\\"",
 			"/v4.0-ci/index.html",
 			"/v4.0-ci/index-en.html",
 			"/v4.0-ci/index-fr.html",
 			"/v4.0-ci/unmin/index.html",
 			"/v4.0-ci/unmin/index-en.html",
 			"/v4.0-ci/unmin/index-fr.html",
+			# The texthighlight plug-in has some non-escaped characters in the query string
+			"texthighlight/texthighlight-fr.html?txthl=influenza%20aviaire+monde+suffis+symptômes%20semblables%20à%20ceux%20de%20l'influenza+À%20titre%20de%20rappel...+À%20de%20rares%20occasions,%20des%20humains%20ont%20été%20infectés%20par%20ce%20virus.",
+			"../../../demos/texthighlight/texthighlight-en.html?txthl=influenza%20aviaire+monde+suffis+sympt%C3%B4mes%20semblables%20%C3%A0%20ceux%20de%20l'influenza+%C3%80%20titre%20de%20rappel...+%C3%80%20de%20rares%20occasions,%20des%20humains%20ont%20%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20infect%C3%A9s%20par%20ce%20virus.#exemple"
 		],
 		:disable_external => true,
 		:ext => ".html"