diff --git a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/XMLUtil.java b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/XMLUtil.java
index 890130c262..5c8af6a430 100644
--- a/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/XMLUtil.java
+++ b/artemis-core-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/utils/XMLUtil.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public final class XMLUtil {
    public static void validate(final Node node, final String schemaFile) throws Exception {
       SchemaFactory factory = SchemaFactory.newInstance(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI);
 
-      Schema schema = factory.newSchema(findResource(schemaFile));
+      Schema schema = factory.newSchema(new URL(findResource(schemaFile).toURI().toASCIIString()));
       Validator validator = schema.newValidator();
 
       // validate the DOM tree
diff --git a/artemis-distribution/src/test/scripts/validate-spaces.sh b/artemis-distribution/src/test/scripts/validate-spaces.sh
index 391773335d..fd9c21ceab 100755
--- a/artemis-distribution/src/test/scripts/validate-spaces.sh
+++ b/artemis-distribution/src/test/scripts/validate-spaces.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 
 # This script will validate the distribution works with folders with spaces on Linux machines
 
-./validate-instalation.sh with\ spaces\ And\ Weird\ %26\ Characters
+./validate-instalation.sh with\ spaces\ And\ Weird\ %26\ Characters\ Čeština\ 漢字\ водка\ 昨夜のコ\ ﷹ‬ﷸ‬
\ No newline at end of file