diff --git a/collects/scriblib/autobib.ss b/collects/scriblib/autobib.ss
index 3da8ba81..9c8de65a 100644
--- a/collects/scriblib/autobib.ss
+++ b/collects/scriblib/autobib.ss
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
   (if (author-element? a)
       a
       (let* ([s (content->string a)]
-             [m (regexp-match #rx"^(.*) ([A-Za-z]+)$" s)])
+             [m (regexp-match #px"^(.*) (\\p{L}+)$" s)])
         (make-author-element
          #f
          (list a)