diff --git a/tests/data/webp/20250422-155738.webp b/tests/data/webp/20250422-155738.webp
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diff --git a/tests/test_backend_webp.py b/tests/test_backend_webp.py
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+++ b/tests/test_backend_webp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from docling.datamodel.base_models import InputFormat
+from docling.datamodel.document import ConversionResult, DoclingDocument
+from docling.datamodel.pipeline_options import RapidOcrOptions
+from docling.document_converter import DocumentConverter, ImageFormatOption
+from .test_data_gen_flag import GEN_TEST_DATA
+from .verify_utils import verify_document, verify_export
+
+GENERATE = GEN_TEST_DATA
+
+
+def get_webp_paths():
+    # Define the directory you want to search
+    directory = Path("./tests/data/webp/")
+
+    # List all WEBP files in the directory and its subdirectories
+    webp_files = sorted(directory.rglob("*.webp"))
+    return webp_files
+
+
+def get_converter():
+    image_format_option = ImageFormatOption()
+    image_format_option.pipeline_options.ocr_options = RapidOcrOptions()
+    converter = DocumentConverter(
+        format_options={InputFormat.IMAGE: image_format_option},
+        allowed_formats=[InputFormat.IMAGE]
+    )
+
+    return converter
+
+
+def test_e2e_webp_conversions():
+    webp_paths = get_webp_paths()
+    converter = get_converter()
+
+    for webp_path in webp_paths:
+        print(f"converting {webp_path}")
+
+        gt_path = (
+            webp_path.parent.parent / "groundtruth" / "docling_v2" / webp_path.name
+        )
+
+        conv_result: ConversionResult = converter.convert(webp_path)
+
+        doc: DoclingDocument = conv_result.document
+
+        pred_md: str = doc.export_to_markdown()
+        assert verify_export(pred_md, str(gt_path) + ".md"), "export to md"
+
+        pred_itxt: str = doc._export_to_indented_text(
+            max_text_len=70, explicit_tables=False
+        )
+        assert verify_export(pred_itxt, str(gt_path) + ".itxt"), (
+            "export to indented-text"
+        )
+
+        assert verify_document(doc, str(gt_path) + ".json", GENERATE), (
+            "document document"
+        )
diff --git a/tests/verify_utils.py b/tests/verify_utils.py
index 1a913c2c..ca26b9b9 100644
--- a/tests/verify_utils.py
+++ b/tests/verify_utils.py
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ def verify_conversion_result_v2(
 def verify_document(pred_doc: DoclingDocument, gtfile: str, generate: bool = False):
     if not os.path.exists(gtfile) or generate:
         with open(gtfile, "w") as fw:
-            json.dump(pred_doc.export_to_dict(), fw, indent=2)
+            json.dump(pred_doc.export_to_dict(), fw, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
 
         return True
     else: