diff --git a/rpminspect.yaml b/rpminspect.yaml
index dff72ef..6e92eef 100644
--- a/rpminspect.yaml
+++ b/rpminspect.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ runpath:
   # rpath to bundled content
   allowed_paths:
     - /usr/lib64/firefox/bundled/lib64
+unicode:
+  ignore:
+    # documentation contains example of wrong unicode data to demonstrate vulnerability
+    - wasi-sdk-20/src/llvm-project/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc/misleading-bidirectional.rst