diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterConfig.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterConfig.java
index e4a7c06ca9..1cc6fcb715 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterConfig.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterConfig.java
@@ -164,4 +164,15 @@ public interface ChatFilterConfig extends Config
 	{
 		return 0;
 	}
+
+	@ConfigItem(
+		keyName = "stripAccents",
+		name = "Strip accents",
+		description = "Remove accents before applying filters",
+		position = 13
+	)
+	default boolean stripAccents()
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPlugin.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPlugin.java
index a529800017..e5befde35f 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPlugin.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPlugin.java
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ public class ChatFilterPlugin extends Plugin
 	{
 		String strippedMessage = jagexPrintableCharMatcher.retainFrom(message)
 			.replace('\u00A0', ' ');
-		String strippedAccents = StringUtils.stripAccents(strippedMessage);
+		String strippedAccents = stripAccents(strippedMessage);
 		assert strippedMessage.length() == strippedAccents.length();
 
 		if (username != null && shouldFilterByName(username))
@@ -377,23 +377,28 @@ public class ChatFilterPlugin extends Plugin
 		filteredNamePatterns.clear();
 
 		Text.fromCSV(config.filteredWords()).stream()
-			.map(StringUtils::stripAccents)
+			.map(this::stripAccents)
 			.map(s -> Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(s), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE))
 			.forEach(filteredPatterns::add);
 
 		NEWLINE_SPLITTER.splitToList(config.filteredRegex()).stream()
-			.map(StringUtils::stripAccents)
+			.map(this::stripAccents)
 			.map(ChatFilterPlugin::compilePattern)
 			.filter(Objects::nonNull)
 			.forEach(filteredPatterns::add);
 
 		NEWLINE_SPLITTER.splitToList(config.filteredNames()).stream()
-			.map(StringUtils::stripAccents)
+			.map(this::stripAccents)
 			.map(ChatFilterPlugin::compilePattern)
 			.filter(Objects::nonNull)
 			.forEach(filteredNamePatterns::add);
 	}
 
+	private String stripAccents(String input)
+	{
+		return config.stripAccents() ? StringUtils.stripAccents(input) : input;
+	}
+
 	private static Pattern compilePattern(String pattern)
 	{
 		try
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPluginTest.java b/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPluginTest.java
index b93f3b1078..324e3dacdf 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPluginTest.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/chatfilter/ChatFilterPluginTest.java
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ public class ChatFilterPluginTest
 	{
 		when(chatFilterConfig.filterType()).thenReturn(ChatFilterType.CENSOR_WORDS);
 		when(chatFilterConfig.filteredWords()).thenReturn("filterme");
+		when(chatFilterConfig.stripAccents()).thenReturn(true);
 
 		chatFilterPlugin.updateFilteredPatterns();
 		assertEquals("plëäsë ******** plügïn", chatFilterPlugin.censorMessage("Blue", "plëäsë fïltërmë plügïn"));
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ public class ChatFilterPluginTest
 	{
 		when(chatFilterConfig.filterType()).thenReturn(ChatFilterType.CENSOR_WORDS);
 		when(chatFilterConfig.filteredWords()).thenReturn("plëäsë, filterme");
+		when(chatFilterConfig.stripAccents()).thenReturn(true);
 
 		chatFilterPlugin.updateFilteredPatterns();
 		assertEquals("****** ******** plügïn", chatFilterPlugin.censorMessage("Blue", "plëäsë fïltërmë plügïn"));