diff --git a/src/getchar.c b/src/getchar.c
index fa8c574..6fecc1a 100644
--- a/src/getchar.c
+++ b/src/getchar.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@
     int
 ins_char_typebuf(int c, int modifier)
 {
-    char_u	buf[MB_MAXBYTES + 4];
+    char_u	buf[MB_MAXBYTES * 3 + 4];
     int		len = 0;
 
     if (modifier != 0)
@@ -1142,8 +1142,18 @@
     }
     else
     {
-	len += (*mb_char2bytes)(c, buf + len);
-	buf[len] = NUL;
+	char_u	*p = buf + len;
+	int	char_len = (*mb_char2bytes)(c, p);
+#ifdef FEAT_GUI
+	int	save_gui_in_use = gui.in_use;
+
+	gui.in_use = FALSE;
+#endif
+	// if the character contains CSI or K_SPECIAL bytes they need escaping
+	len += fix_input_buffer(p, char_len);
+#ifdef FEAT_GUI
+	gui.in_use = save_gui_in_use;
+#endif
     }
     (void)ins_typebuf(buf, KeyNoremap, 0, !KeyTyped, cmd_silent);
     return len;
@@ -3644,7 +3654,6 @@
 	    p += 2;
 	    i -= 2;
 	}
-# ifndef MSWIN
 	// When the GUI is not used CSI needs to be escaped.
 	else if (!gui.in_use && p[0] == CSI)
 	{
@@ -3654,7 +3663,6 @@
 	    *p = (int)KE_CSI;
 	    len += 2;
 	}
-# endif
 	else
 #endif
 	if (p[0] == NUL || (p[0] == K_SPECIAL
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_utf8.vim b/src/testdir/test_utf8.vim
index 250df0b..0210ce6 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_utf8.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_utf8.vim
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 " Tests for Unicode manipulations
  
+source check.vim
 source view_util.vim
 
 " Visual block Insert adjusts for multi-byte char
@@ -206,4 +207,55 @@
   bwipe!
 endfunc
 
+func Test_recording_with_select_mode_utf8()
+  call Run_test_recording_with_select_mode_utf8()
+endfunc
+
+func Run_test_recording_with_select_mode_utf8()
+  new
+
+  " No escaping
+  call feedkeys("qacc12345\<Esc>gH哦\<Esc>q", "tx")
+  call assert_equal("哦", getline(1))
+  call assert_equal("cc12345\<Esc>gH哦\<Esc>", @a)
+  call setline(1, 'asdf')
+  normal! @a
+  call assert_equal("哦", getline(1))
+
+  " 固 is 0xE5 0x9B 0xBA where 0x9B is CSI
+  call feedkeys("qacc12345\<Esc>gH固\<Esc>q", "tx")
+  call assert_equal("固", getline(1))
+  call assert_equal("cc12345\<Esc>gH固\<Esc>", @a)
+  call setline(1, 'asdf')
+  normal! @a
+  call assert_equal("固", getline(1))
+
+  " 四 is 0xE5 0x9B 0x9B where 0x9B is CSI
+  call feedkeys("qacc12345\<Esc>gH四\<Esc>q", "tx")
+  call assert_equal("四", getline(1))
+  call assert_equal("cc12345\<Esc>gH四\<Esc>", @a)
+  call setline(1, 'asdf')
+  normal! @a
+  call assert_equal("四", getline(1))
+
+  " 倒 is 0xE5 0x80 0x92 where 0x80 is K_SPECIAL
+  call feedkeys("qacc12345\<Esc>gH倒\<Esc>q", "tx")
+  call assert_equal("倒", getline(1))
+  call assert_equal("cc12345\<Esc>gH倒\<Esc>", @a)
+  call setline(1, 'asdf')
+  normal! @a
+  call assert_equal("倒", getline(1))
+
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
+" This must be done as one of the last tests, because it starts the GUI, which
+" cannot be undone.
+func Test_zz_recording_with_select_mode_utf8_gui()
+  CheckCanRunGui
+
+  gui -f
+  call Run_test_recording_with_select_mode_utf8()
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index e4c5bb8..310a6a4 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    4002,
+/**/
     4001,
 /**/
     4000,