diff --git a/src/document/katedocument.cpp b/src/document/katedocument.cpp
--- a/src/document/katedocument.cpp
+++ b/src/document/katedocument.cpp
@@ -3009,7 +3009,7 @@
     const auto realUcs4Chars = realChars.toUcs4();
     QVector<uint> ucs4Chars;
     Q_FOREACH (auto c, realUcs4Chars)
-        if (QChar::isPrint(c) || c == QChar::fromLatin1('\t') || c == QChar::fromLatin1('\n') || c == QChar::fromLatin1('\r')) {
+        if (QChar::isPrint(c) || c == QChar::fromLatin1('\t') || c == QChar::fromLatin1('\n') || c == QChar::fromLatin1('\r') || c == QChar::SoftHyphen) {
             ucs4Chars.append(c);
         }