diff --git a/test/regression/4843-trim-front-split-glyph/enabled b/test/regression/4843-trim-front-split-glyph/enabled
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cb6be3fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/4843-trim-front-split-glyph/enabled
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ $(echo -n "⌛" | wc -m) = '1' ] && locale | grep LC_CTYPE | grep -qi 'utf-*8'