diff --git a/lib/Dancer2/Core/Request.pm b/lib/Dancer2/Core/Request.pm
index 059453c31..9cd1689f7 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer2/Core/Request.pm
+++ b/lib/Dancer2/Core/Request.pm
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ sub dispatch_path {
     $path =~ s|^/+|/|;
     # PSGI spec notes that '' should be considered '/'
     $path = '/' if $path eq '';
-    return $path;
+    return Encode::decode('utf8', $path);
 }
 
 sub uri_for {
diff --git a/t/utf8.t b/t/utf8.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b8d6392c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/utf8.t
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use utf8;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use Plack::Test;
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+use Encode;
+
+my $utf8 = 'ľščťžýáí';
+
+{
+    package MyApp;
+
+    use Dancer2;
+    use utf8;
+
+    get '/ľščťžýáí' => sub {
+        return 'ľščťžýáí';
+    };
+}
+
+my $app = Dancer2->psgi_app;
+
+test_psgi $app, sub {
+    my $cb = shift;
+
+    my $res = $cb->( GET '/ľščťžýáí' );
+    is $res->code, 200;
+    is Encode::decode('utf8', $res->content), 'ľščťžýáí';
+};
+
+done_testing();