diff --git a/src/main/java/apoc/text/Strings.java b/src/main/java/apoc/text/Strings.java
index 36640554eb..f5044e4994 100644
--- a/src/main/java/apoc/text/Strings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/apoc/text/Strings.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public String urldecode(@Name("text") String text) {
         }
     }
 
-    private static Pattern cleanPattern = Pattern.compile("[^A-Za-z0-9]+");
+    private static Pattern cleanPattern = Pattern.compile("[^\\p{L}\\p{N}]+");
     private static Pattern specialCharPattern = Pattern.compile("\\p{IsM}+");
     private static String[][] UMLAUT_REPLACEMENTS = {
             { new String("Ä"), "Ae" },
diff --git a/src/test/java/apoc/text/StringsTest.java b/src/test/java/apoc/text/StringsTest.java
index 228a913790..c8214c5db5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/apoc/text/StringsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/apoc/text/StringsTest.java
@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ public void testJoinWithNull() throws Exception {
                 row -> assertEquals(null, row.get("value")));
     }
 
+    @Test public void testCleanNonLatin() throws Exception {
+        testCall(db,
+                "RETURN apoc.text.clean('А .::Б В=Г Д-Е Ж%Ѕ Ꙁ И І К Л М Н О П+++Р С Т ОУ Ф Х Ѡ Ц Ч,.,.Ш Щ Ъ ЪІ Ь Ѣ Ꙗ Ѥ Ю Ѫ Ѭ Ѧ Ѩ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ҁ') AS value",
+                row -> assertEquals("абвгдежѕꙁиіклмнопрстоуфхѡцчшщъъіьѣꙗѥюѫѭѧѩѯѱѳѵҁ", row.get("value")));
+    }
+
+    @Test public void testCleanNonLatinChinese() throws Exception {
+        testCall(db,
+                "RETURN apoc.text.clean('桃 .::山= 區 %') AS value",
+                row -> assertEquals("桃山區", row.get("value")));
+    }
+
     @Test public void testCompareCleaned() throws Exception {
         String string1 = "&N[]eo 4 #J-(3.0)  ";
         String string2 = " neo4j-<30";
@@ -368,7 +380,7 @@ public void testRegexGroupsForNPE() {
         testCall(db, "RETURN apoc.text.regexGroups(null,'<link (\\\\w+)>(\\\\w+)</link>') AS result", row -> { });
         testCall(db, "RETURN apoc.text.regexGroups('abc',null) AS result", row -> { });
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     public void testSlug() {
         testCall(db, "RETURN apoc.text.slug('a-b','-') AS value", row -> assertEquals("a-b", row.get("value")));