diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70f8e55b..1d8248bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ A preview of the next release can be installed from
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- [#1815](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1815): Make install-script wget-compatible
+- Add `java.text.BreakIterator`
 - Bump `fs` to `0.5.25`
 - Bump `jsoup` to `1.20.1`
 - Bump `edamame` to `1.4.30`
+- [#1815](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1815): Make install-script wget-compatible ([@eval](https://github.com/eval))
+
 
 ## 1.12.200 (2025-04-26)
 
diff --git a/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn b/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
index c8dbd20b..d9630228 100644
--- a/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
+++ b/resources/META-INF/babashka/deps.edn
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@
                          org.clj-commons/hickory {:git/url "https://github.com/clj-commons/hickory"
                                                   :git/sha "9385b6708ef35f161732d8464b3a3aa57dd79f30"}
                          com.potetm/fusebox {:git/url "https://github.com/potetm/fusebox"
-                                             :git/sha "ac6d6a0a69510b009b3c1bb2247cd110fd9f7246"}}
+                                             :git/sha "ac6d6a0a69510b009b3c1bb2247cd110fd9f7246"}
+                         net.sekao/odoyle-rules {:git/url "https://github.com/oakes/odoyle-rules"
+                                                 :git/sha "0b1d825ec45a998c4d3481dfb292e08ce6a47f0b"}}
             :classpath-overrides {org.clojure/clojure nil
                                   org.clojure/spec.alpha nil}}
            :clj-nvd
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index a7bda5e9..129e15ff 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@
           java.text.ParsePosition
           ;; adds about 200kb, same functionality provided by java.time:
           java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+          java.text.BreakIterator
           ~@(when features/java-time?
               `[java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
                 java.time.Clock
@@ -824,6 +825,8 @@
                                    (and thread-builder
                                         (instance? thread-builder v))
                                    thread-builder
+                                   (instance? java.text.BreakIterator v)
+                                   java.text.BreakIterator
                                    ;; keep commas for merge friendliness
                                    ,)]
                      ;; (prn :res res)
diff --git a/test/babashka/interop_test.clj b/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
index e10f8d09..8ea97b6b 100644
--- a/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
@@ -250,3 +250,19 @@
   (is (nil? (bb nil "(import '(java.util.concurrent Executors ExecutorService))
                      (let [fut (.submit ^ExecutorService (Executors/newCachedThreadPool) ^Runnable (fn [] 3))]
                        (.get fut))"))))
+
+(deftest break-iterator-test
+  (is (= 1 (bb nil "(ns dude
+  (:import [java.text BreakIterator]))
+
+(defn count-characters
+  [^String text]
+  (let [it (BreakIterator/getCharacterInstance)]
+    (.setText it text)
+    (loop [count 0]
+      (if (= (.next it) BreakIterator/DONE)
+        count
+        (recur (inc count))))))
+
+(prn
+ (count-characters \"🇨🇦\"))"))))