diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c96670e82..47798bd4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1378,7 +1378,22 @@ sources:
             new_name: 1. DE$1
 ```
 
-### 2.5.2.8 `watch`
+### 2.2.2.8 `favourites`
+Allows you to explicitly add items to a favorite group based on a filter. This is processed after mapping and resolution.
+
+- `group`: The name of the group to add the favorite items to.
+- `filter`: A filter statement to select the original items.
+- `match_as_ascii`: _optional_ (default `false`). If `true`, the filter matching will be case-insensitive and normalized (e.g., "Cinema" matches "Cinéma").
+
+Example:
+```yaml
+favourites:
+  - group: "My Favourites"
+    filter: 'Name ~ "Cinema"'
+    match_as_ascii: true
+```
+
+### 2.2.2.9 `watch`
 For each target with a *unique name*, you can define watched groups.
 It is a list of regular expression matching final group names from this target playlist.
 Final means in this case: the name in the resulting playlist after applying all steps
diff --git a/backend/src/model/config/favourites.rs b/backend/src/model/config/favourites.rs
index d6467de9a..aa47343d0 100644
--- a/backend/src/model/config/favourites.rs
+++ b/backend/src/model/config/favourites.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use shared::model::{ConfigFavouritesDto, ItemField};
 pub struct ConfigFavourites {
     pub group: String,
     pub filter: Filter,
+    pub match_as_ascii: bool,
 }
 
 impl ConfigFavourites {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ impl From<&ConfigFavouritesDto> for ConfigFavourites {
         Self {
             group: dto.group.clone(),
             filter: dto.t_filter.as_ref().map_or_else(Self::default_filter, Clone::clone),
+            match_as_ascii: dto.match_as_ascii,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ impl From<&ConfigFavourites> for ConfigFavouritesDto {
         Self {
             group: instance.group.clone(),
             filter: instance.filter.to_string(),
+            match_as_ascii: instance.match_as_ascii,
             t_filter: Some(instance.filter.clone()),
         }
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/processing/processor/playlist.rs b/backend/src/processing/processor/playlist.rs
index 2596b65e5..ce9c61fa5 100644
--- a/backend/src/processing/processor/playlist.rs
+++ b/backend/src/processing/processor/playlist.rs
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ pub fn process_favourites(playlist: &mut Vec<PlaylistGroup>, favourites_cfg: Opt
                     continue;
                 }
                 for fav in favourites {
-                    if is_valid(pli, &fav.filter, false) {
+                    if is_valid(pli, &fav.filter, fav.match_as_ascii) {
                         let mut channel = pli.clone();
                         channel.header.group.clone_from(&fav.group);
                         // Update UUID to be an alias of the original
diff --git a/shared/src/model/config/favourites.rs b/shared/src/model/config/favourites.rs
index 677246c90..141e74088 100644
--- a/shared/src/model/config/favourites.rs
+++ b/shared/src/model/config/favourites.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ pub struct ConfigFavouritesDto {
     pub group: String,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub filter: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub match_as_ascii: bool,
     #[serde(skip)]
     pub t_filter: Option<Filter>,
 }