2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/slugify/slugify.py b/slugify/slugify.py
index 5951eb3..4c134f3 100644
--- a/slugify/slugify.py
+++ b/slugify/slugify.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from html.entities import name2codepoint
     _unicode = str
     _unicode_type = str
+    unichr = chr
 
 import unidecode
 
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 775a264..4d883d2 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ class TestSlugification(unittest.TestCase):
         r = slugify(txt, stopwords=['the', 'in', 'a', 'hurry'])
         self.assertEqual(r, 'quick-brown-fox-jumps-over-lazy-dog')
 
+    def test_html_entities(self):
+        txt = 'foo & bar'
+        r = slugify(txt)
+        self.assertEqual(r, 'foo-bar')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()