diff --git a/plugins/Google/plugin.py b/plugins/Google/plugin.py
index 819d71684..5a6662326 100644
--- a/plugins/Google/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Google/plugin.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class Google(callbacks.PluginRegexp):
     _calcRe = re.compile(r'<td nowrap><font size=\+1><b>(.*?)</b>', re.I)
     _calcSupRe = re.compile(r'<sup>(.*?)</sup>', re.I)
     _calcFontRe = re.compile(r'<font size=-2>(.*?)</font>')
-    _calcTimesRe = re.compile(r'&times;')
+    _calcTimesRe = re.compile(r'&(?:times|#215);')
     def calc(self, irc, msg, args, expr):
         """<expression>
 
diff --git a/plugins/Google/test.py b/plugins/Google/test.py
index 9735c4609..f45019f05 100644
--- a/plugins/Google/test.py
+++ b/plugins/Google/test.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ from supybot.test import *
 class GoogleTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase):
     plugins = ('Google',)
     if network:
+        def testCalcHandlesMultiplicationSymbol(self):
+            self.assertNotRegexp('google calc seconds in a century', r'215')
+
         def testCalc(self):
             self.assertNotRegexp('google calc e^(i*pi)+1', r'didn\'t')