diff --git a/lib/entities.js b/lib/entities.js
index 81d708200..804f59f27 100644
--- a/lib/entities.js
+++ b/lib/entities.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ exports.entityMap = {
yacute: "ý",
thorn: "þ",
yuml: "ÿ",
- nbsp: " ",
+ nbsp: "\u00a0",
iexcl: "¡",
cent: "¢",
pound: "£",
diff --git a/test/html/normalize.vows.js b/test/html/normalize.vows.js
index 349ed697f..54fdd45f5 100644
--- a/test/html/normalize.vows.js
+++ b/test/html/normalize.vows.js
@@ -13,13 +13,8 @@ wows.describe('html normalizer').addBatch({
assert(dom+'', '<123e>&<a
');
var dom = new DOMParser().parseFromString(' © ©
','text/html');
- assert.skip(
- dom+'', '\u00a0\u00a9 ©
',
- 'see https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/57'
- );
- assert(dom+'', ' \u00a9 ©
');
+ assert(dom+'', '\u00a0\u00a9 ©
');
-
var dom = new DOMParser().parseFromString(' ','text/html');
assert(dom+'', '