diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/PathExtensionFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/PathExtensionFixture.cs
index 1943e3a59..38ec414a5 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/PathExtensionFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/PathExtensionFixture.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using Moq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
@@ -316,5 +317,14 @@ public void GetAncestorFolders_should_return_all_ancestors_in_path_Linux()
             result[2].Should().Be(@"Music");
             result[3].Should().Be(@"Artist Title");
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_be_equal_with_different_unicode_representations()
+        {
+            var path1 = @"C:\Test\file.mkv".AsOsAgnostic().Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormC);
+            var path2 = @"C:\Test\file.mkv".AsOsAgnostic().Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD);
+
+            path1.PathEquals(path2);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/PathExtensions.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/PathExtensions.cs
index dad4cdc5f..917797540 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/PathExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Extensions/PathExtensions.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ public static bool PathNotEquals(this string firstPath, string secondPath, Strin
 
         public static bool PathEquals(this string firstPath, string secondPath, StringComparison? comparison = null)
         {
+            // Normalize paths to ensure unicode characters are represented the same way
+            firstPath = firstPath.Normalize();
+            secondPath = secondPath?.Normalize();
+
             if (!comparison.HasValue)
             {
                 comparison = DiskProviderBase.PathStringComparison;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/PathEqualityComparer.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/PathEqualityComparer.cs
index 5b9c3aa1c..bd6fa430d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/PathEqualityComparer.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/PathEqualityComparer.cs
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ public int GetHashCode(string obj)
         {
             if (OsInfo.IsWindows)
             {
-                return obj.CleanFilePath().ToLower().GetHashCode();
+                return obj.CleanFilePath().Normalize().ToLower().GetHashCode();
             }
 
-            return obj.CleanFilePath().GetHashCode();
+            return obj.CleanFilePath().Normalize().GetHashCode();
         }
     }
 }