diff --git a/src/find/matchers/printf.rs b/src/find/matchers/printf.rs
index 31151db2..ff25d676 100644
--- a/src/find/matchers/printf.rs
+++ b/src/find/matchers/printf.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ impl FormatStringParser<'_> {
 
     fn advance_one(&mut self) -> Result<char, Box<dyn Error>> {
         let c = self.front()?;
-        self.string = &self.string[1..];
+        self.string = &self.string[c.len_utf8()..];
         Ok(c)
     }
 
@@ -727,6 +727,16 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_multibyte_char_after_directive() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            FormatString::parse("%€").unwrap().components,
+            vec![FormatComponent::Literal("€".to_owned())]
+        );
+        assert!(FormatString::parse("\\€").is_err());
+        assert!(FormatString::parse("%A€").is_err());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_formatting() {
         fn unaligned_directive(directive: FormatDirective) -> FormatComponent {
diff --git a/tests/test_find.rs b/tests/test_find.rs
index 2fbdff37..99a8bde9 100644
--- a/tests/test_find.rs
+++ b/tests/test_find.rs
@@ -588,6 +588,22 @@ fn find_printf_width_too_large() {
         .stderr_contains("find: Invalid format width");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn find_printf_multibyte_char_after_directive() {
+    ucmd()
+        .args(&["./test_data/simple", "-maxdepth", "0", "-printf", "%€\\n"])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only("€\n");
+    ucmd()
+        .args(&["./test_data/simple", "-maxdepth", "0", "-printf", "\\€\\n"])
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains("find: Invalid escape sequence");
+    ucmd()
+        .args(&["./test_data/simple", "-maxdepth", "0", "-printf", "%A€"])
+        .fails()
+        .stderr_contains("find: Invalid time specifier");
+}
+
 #[cfg(unix)]
 #[test]
 fn find_perm() {