diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_message_histories/elasticsearch.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_message_histories/elasticsearch.py
index 39a18460224..f98515e99dc 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_message_histories/elasticsearch.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_message_histories/elasticsearch.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class ElasticsearchChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
         es_password: Password to use when connecting to Elasticsearch.
         es_api_key: API key to use when connecting to Elasticsearch.
         es_connection: Optional pre-existing Elasticsearch connection.
+        esnsure_ascii: Used to escape ASCII symbols in json.dumps. Defaults to True.
         index: Name of the index to use.
         session_id: Arbitrary key that is used to store the messages
             of a single chat session.
@@ -42,9 +43,11 @@ class ElasticsearchChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
         es_user: Optional[str] = None,
         es_api_key: Optional[str] = None,
         es_password: Optional[str] = None,
+        esnsure_ascii: Optional[bool] = True,
     ):
         self.index: str = index
         self.session_id: str = session_id
+        self.ensure_ascii: bool = esnsure_ascii
 
         # Initialize Elasticsearch client from passed client arg or connection info
         if es_connection is not None:
@@ -172,7 +175,10 @@ class ElasticsearchChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
                 document={
                     "session_id": self.session_id,
                     "created_at": round(time() * 1000),
-                    "history": json.dumps(message_to_dict(message)),
+                    "history": json.dumps(
+                        message_to_dict(message),
+                        ensure_ascii=self.ensure_ascii,
+                    ),
                 },
                 refresh=True,
             )