diff --git a/nls/en_US.UTF-8/Compose.pre b/nls/en_US.UTF-8/Compose.pre
index d4ff8126..18a76684 100644
--- a/nls/en_US.UTF-8/Compose.pre
+++ b/nls/en_US.UTF-8/Compose.pre
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ XCOMM Special punctuation
 <Multi_key> <minus> <minus> <space>	: "­"	U00ad # SOFT HYPHEN
 <Multi_key> <bar> <minus>		: "†"	U2020 # DAGGER
 <Multi_key> <bar> <equal>		: "‡"	U2021 # DOUBLE DAGGER
+<Multi_key> <asterisk> <asterisk> <asterisk>	: "⁂"	U2042 # ASTERISM
 <Multi_key> <percent> <o>		: "‰"	U2030 # PER MILLE SIGN
 
 XCOMM Some ligatures