diff --git a/common/libeval/numeric_evaluator.cpp b/common/libeval/numeric_evaluator.cpp
index ab25728d53..78631d0d8e 100644
--- a/common/libeval/numeric_evaluator.cpp
+++ b/common/libeval/numeric_evaluator.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ NUMERIC_EVALUATOR::Token NUMERIC_EVALUATOR::getToken()
             };
 
     // Lamda: Get unit for current token.
-    // Valid units are ", in, mm, mil and thou.  Returns Unit::Invalid otherwise.
+    // Valid units are ", in, um, cm, mm, mil and thou. Returns Unit::Invalid otherwise.
     auto checkUnit =
             [&]( double* siScaler ) -> Unit
             {
@@ -302,6 +302,15 @@ NUMERIC_EVALUATOR::Token NUMERIC_EVALUATOR::getToken()
                     return Unit::Degrees;
                 }
 
+                // Ideally we should also handle the unicode characters that can be used for micro,
+                // but unicode handling in this tokenizer doesn't work.
+                // (e.g. add support for μm (µ is MICRO SIGN), µm (µ is GREEK SMALL LETTER MU) later)
+                if( sizeLeft >= 2 && ch == 'u' && cptr[ 1 ] == 'm' && !isalnum( cptr[ 2 ] ) )
+                {
+                    m_token.pos += 2;
+                    return Unit::UM;
+                }
+
                 if( sizeLeft >= 2 && ch == 'm' && cptr[ 1 ] == 'm' && !isalnum( cptr[ 2 ] ) )
                 {
                     m_token.pos += 2;
@@ -387,6 +396,7 @@ NUMERIC_EVALUATOR::Token NUMERIC_EVALUATOR::getToken()
             {
             case Unit::Inch: retval.value.dValue = 25.4;          break;
             case Unit::Mil:  retval.value.dValue = 25.4 / 1000.0; break;
+            case Unit::UM:   retval.value.dValue = 1 / 1000.0;    break;
             case Unit::MM:   retval.value.dValue = 1.0;           break;
             case Unit::CM:   retval.value.dValue = 10.0;          break;
             default:
@@ -397,22 +407,24 @@ NUMERIC_EVALUATOR::Token NUMERIC_EVALUATOR::getToken()
         {
             switch( convertFrom )
             {
-            case Unit::Inch: retval.value.dValue = 1.0;          break;
-            case Unit::Mil:  retval.value.dValue = 1.0 / 1000.0; break;
-            case Unit::MM:   retval.value.dValue = 1.0 / 25.4;   break;
-            case Unit::CM:   retval.value.dValue = 1.0 / 2.54;   break;
+            case Unit::Inch: retval.value.dValue = 1.0;           break;
+            case Unit::Mil:  retval.value.dValue = 1.0 / 1000.0;  break;
+            case Unit::UM:   retval.value.dValue = 1.0 / 25400.0; break;
+            case Unit::MM:   retval.value.dValue = 1.0 / 25.4;    break;
+            case Unit::CM:   retval.value.dValue = 1.0 / 2.54;    break;
             default:
-            case Unit::Invalid:                                  break;
+            case Unit::Invalid:                                   break;
             }
         }
         else if( m_defaultUnits == Unit::Mil )
         {
             switch( convertFrom )
             {
-            case Unit::Inch: retval.value.dValue = 1.0 * 1000.0;  break;
-            case Unit::Mil:  retval.value.dValue = 1.0;           break;
-            case Unit::MM:   retval.value.dValue = 1000.0 / 25.4; break;
-            case Unit::CM:   retval.value.dValue = 1000.0 / 2.54; break;
+            case Unit::Inch: retval.value.dValue = 1.0 * 1000.0;   break;
+            case Unit::Mil:  retval.value.dValue = 1.0;            break;
+            case Unit::UM:   retval.value.dValue = 1.0 / 25.4;     break;
+            case Unit::MM:   retval.value.dValue = 1000.0 / 25.4;  break;
+            case Unit::CM:   retval.value.dValue = 1000.0 / 2.54;  break;
             default:
             case Unit::Invalid:                                   break;
             }
diff --git a/common/preview_items/preview_utils.cpp b/common/preview_items/preview_utils.cpp
index 92118651d7..27db8097eb 100644
--- a/common/preview_items/preview_utils.cpp
+++ b/common/preview_items/preview_utils.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ wxString KIGFX::PREVIEW::DimensionLabel( const wxString& prefix, double aVal,
     // nanometre
     switch( aUnits )
     {
-    case EDA_UNITS::MICROMETRES: fmtStr = wxT( "%.1f" ); break;  // 0.1um
+    case EDA_UNITS::MICROMETRES: fmtStr = wxT( "%.0f" ); break;  // 1um
     case EDA_UNITS::MILLIMETRES: fmtStr = wxT( "%.3f" ); break;  // 1um
     case EDA_UNITS::CENTIMETRES: fmtStr = wxT( "%.4f" ); break;  // 1um
     case EDA_UNITS::MILS:        fmtStr = wxT( "%.1f" ); break;  // 0.1mil
diff --git a/include/libeval/numeric_evaluator.h b/include/libeval/numeric_evaluator.h
index 1ef999b6e8..23cd15a86b 100644
--- a/include/libeval/numeric_evaluator.h
+++ b/include/libeval/numeric_evaluator.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace numEval
 
 class NUMERIC_EVALUATOR
 {
-    enum class Unit { Invalid, MM, CM, Inch, Mil, Degrees, SI };
+    enum class Unit { Invalid, UM, MM, CM, Inch, Mil, Degrees, SI };
 
 public:
     NUMERIC_EVALUATOR( EDA_UNITS aUnits );
diff --git a/qa/tests/common/libeval/test_numeric_evaluator.cpp b/qa/tests/common/libeval/test_numeric_evaluator.cpp
index 1da6518420..9787337963 100644
--- a/qa/tests/common/libeval/test_numeric_evaluator.cpp
+++ b/qa/tests/common/libeval/test_numeric_evaluator.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ static const std::vector<EVAL_CASE> eval_cases_valid = {
     { "x = 1; 1 + x", "2" },
     // Multiple set vars
     { "x = 1; y = 2; 10 + x - y", "9" },
+
+    // Unicode units - these currently fail
+//    { wxT( "1um" ), "0.001" },      // GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
+//    { wxT( "1µm" ), "0.001" },      // GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
+//    { wxT( "1 µm" ), "0.001" },     // GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
+//    { wxT( "1µm" ), "0.001" },      // MICRO SIGN
+//    { wxT( "1 µm" ), "0.001" },     // MICRO SIGN
 };
 
 
@@ -175,6 +182,31 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( Results )
     }
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Test unicode parsing of the degree symbol
+ */
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( UnicodeDegree )
+{
+    wxString degreeInput = wxT( "1\u00B0" );
+
+    // Set to degrees and make ready for input
+    m_eval.SetDefaultUnits( EDA_UNITS::DEGREES );
+    m_eval.Clear();
+
+    m_eval.Process( degreeInput );
+
+    // These are all valid
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( m_eval.IsValid(), true );
+
+// Currently disabled since the parser doesn't parse the unicode correctly
+    //BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( m_eval.Result(), degreeInput );
+
+    // Does original text still match?
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( m_eval.OriginalText(), degreeInput );
+}
+
+
 struct EVAL_INVALID_CASE
 {
     wxString input;