diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/FilterEmailValidation.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/FilterEmailValidation.php
index 88ca1546c5ee..83fa326974ed 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/FilterEmailValidation.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/FilterEmailValidation.php
@@ -7,6 +7,31 @@
 
 class FilterEmailValidation implements EmailValidation
 {
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    protected $flags;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance which allows any unicode characters in local-part.
+     *
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function unicode()
+    {
+        return new static(FILTER_FLAG_EMAIL_UNICODE);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * FilterEmailValidation constructor.
+     *
+     * @param int $flags
+     */
+    public function __construct($flags = 0)
+    {
+        $this->flags = $flags;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns true if the given email is valid.
      *
@@ -16,7 +41,7 @@ class FilterEmailValidation implements EmailValidation
      */
     public function isValid($email, EmailLexer $emailLexer)
     {
-        return filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) !== false;
+        return filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL, $this->flags) !== false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
index d30d7b5d2ad4..75bc067401d2 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ public function validateEmail($attribute, $value, $parameters)
                     return new SpoofCheckValidation();
                 } elseif ($validation === 'filter') {
                     return new FilterEmailValidation();
+                } elseif ($validation === 'filter_unicode') {
+                    return FilterEmailValidation::unicode();
                 }
             })
             ->values()
diff --git a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
index f5426a3e74b7..f696d8f166bd 100755
--- a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
@@ -2353,6 +2353,32 @@ public function testValidateEmailWithFilterCheck()
     {
         $v = new Validator($this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(), ['x' => 'foo@bar'], ['x' => 'email:filter']);
         $this->assertFalse($v->passes());
+
+        $v = new Validator($this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(), ['x' => 'example@example.com'], ['x' => 'email:filter']);
+        $this->assertTrue($v->passes());
+
+        // Unicode characters are not allowed
+        $v = new Validator($this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(), ['x' => 'exämple@example.com'], ['x' => 'email:filter']);
+        $this->assertFalse($v->passes());
+
+        $v = new Validator($this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(), ['x' => 'exämple@exämple.com'], ['x' => 'email:filter']);
+        $this->assertFalse($v->passes());
+    }
+
+    public function testValidateEmailWithFilterUnicodeCheck()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator($this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(), ['x' => 'foo@bar'], ['x' => 'email:filter_unicode']);
+        $this->assertFalse($v->passes());
+
+        $v = new Validator($this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(), ['x' => 'example@example.com'], ['x' => 'email:filter_unicode']);
+        $this->assertTrue($v->passes());
+
+        // Any unicode characters are allowed only in local-part
+        $v = new Validator($this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(), ['x' => 'exämple@example.com'], ['x' => 'email:filter_unicode']);
+        $this->assertTrue($v->passes());
+
+        $v = new Validator($this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator(), ['x' => 'exämple@exämple.com'], ['x' => 'email:filter_unicode']);
+        $this->assertFalse($v->passes());
     }
 
     /**