diff --git a/src/util/unicode.cc b/src/util/unicode.cc
index d373de2..1bbf4ee 100644
--- a/src/util/unicode.cc
+++ b/src/util/unicode.cc
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ bool isLegalUnicode(Unicode u)
     if(u < max_small_unicode)
         return valid_small_unicode[u];
 
+    /*
+     * U+2029: Paragraph Separator
+     */
+    if(u == 0x2029)
+        return false;
+
     /*
      * Reserved code for utf-16
      */