diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 6c64d185..12a0ab89 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ The main API is fairly stable now, but expect some amount of breaking changes ar
 - Strictness checks around accepted content types, resulting in  Unsupported Media Type (415) in case of mismatch.
 
 #####v8.2.0
-- Upgraded version of Finagle that we build against to v6.27.0
+- Upgraded version of Finagle that we build against to v6.27.0.
+- Bugfix for Path parameter values not being encoded correctly in clients.
 
 #####v8.1.0
-- Added native XML support as a body and a parameter type
+- Added native XML support as a body and a parameter type.
 
 #####v8.0.1
 - Bugfix for cannot bind custom body to a request.
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/fintrospect/parameters/Path.scala b/src/main/scala/io/fintrospect/parameters/Path.scala
index b287af06..fdf16479 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/fintrospect/parameters/Path.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/fintrospect/parameters/Path.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package io.fintrospect.parameters
 
-import java.net.URI
+import io.fintrospect.util.PathSegmentEncoderDecoder.{decode, encode}
 
 import scala.util.Try
 
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ object Path extends Parameters[PathParameter, PathBindable] {
 
     override def toString() = s"{$name}"
 
-    override def unapply(str: String) = Option(str).flatMap(s => {
-      Try(spec.deserialize(new URI("http://localhost/" + s).getPath.substring(1))).toOption
-    })
+    override def unapply(str: String) = Option(str).flatMap(s => Try(spec.deserialize(decode(s))).toOption)
 
-    override def -->(value: T) = Seq(new PathBinding(this, spec.serialize(value)))
+    override def -->(value: T) = Seq(new PathBinding(this, encode(spec.serialize(value))))
 
     override def iterator = Option(this).iterator
   }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/fintrospect/util/PathSegmentEncoderDecoder.scala b/src/main/scala/io/fintrospect/util/PathSegmentEncoderDecoder.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07518482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/fintrospect/util/PathSegmentEncoderDecoder.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package io.fintrospect.util
+
+import java.net.URI
+
+object PathSegmentEncoderDecoder {
+  def encode(in: String): String = {
+    in.split("/").map(new URI("http", "localhost", _).getRawFragment).mkString("%2F")
+  }
+
+  def decode(in: String): String = new URI("http://localhost/" + in).getPath.substring(1)
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/fintrospect/parameters/PathTest.scala b/src/test/scala/io/fintrospect/parameters/PathTest.scala
index 64721bb5..86ffb3fe 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/fintrospect/parameters/PathTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/fintrospect/parameters/PathTest.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.fintrospect.parameters
 
 
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod
 import org.scalatest.{FunSpec, ShouldMatchers}
 
 class PathTest extends FunSpec with ShouldMatchers {
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ class PathTest extends FunSpec with ShouldMatchers {
     it("does not url decode reserved characters") {
       Path.string("urlEncoded").unapply(":@-._~!$&'()*+,;=") shouldEqual Option(":@-._~!$&'()*+,;=")
     }
+
+    it("handles special characters when binding values") {
+      (Path.string("urlEncoded") --> "a path/+piece").head.apply(RequestBuild()).build(HttpMethod.GET).getUri shouldEqual "a%20path%2F+piece"
+    }
   }
 
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/fintrospect/util/PathSegmentEncoderDecoder$Test.scala b/src/test/scala/io/fintrospect/util/PathSegmentEncoderDecoder$Test.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5026cb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/fintrospect/util/PathSegmentEncoderDecoder$Test.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package io.fintrospect.util
+
+import io.fintrospect.util.PathSegmentEncoderDecoder._
+import org.scalatest.{FunSpec, ShouldMatchers}
+
+class PathSegmentEncoderDecoder$Test extends FunSpec with ShouldMatchers{
+
+  describe("encode/decode") {
+    it("roundtrips") {
+      val inputString = " :@-._~!$&'()*+,;="
+      decode(encode(inputString)) shouldBe inputString
+    }
+
+    it("does not url encode reserved characters") {
+      encode(":@-._~!$&'()*+,;=") shouldEqual ":@-._~!$&'()*+,;="
+    }
+
+    it("handles spaces and forward slashes gracefully") {
+      encode("a path/+piece") shouldEqual "a%20path%2F+piece"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/presentation/_6/FakeRemoteLibrary.scala b/src/test/scala/presentation/_6/FakeRemoteLibrary.scala
index 60b7c91e..517a5200 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/presentation/_6/FakeRemoteLibrary.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/presentation/_6/FakeRemoteLibrary.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import presentation.Books
 class FakeRemoteLibrary(books: Books) {
   def search(titlePart: String) = new Service[HttpRequest, HttpResponse] {
     override def apply(request: HttpRequest): Future[HttpResponse] = {
-      println("i go this", titlePart)
       val results = books.titles().filter(_.toLowerCase.contains(titlePart.toLowerCase))
       Future.value(PlainTextResponseBuilder.Ok(results.mkString(",")))
     }