diff --git a/storage/http_client.go b/storage/http_client.go
index 9c53f1ad82ed..263b077becac 100644
--- a/storage/http_client.go
+++ b/storage/http_client.go
@@ -790,9 +790,10 @@ func (c *httpStorageClient) NewRangeReader(ctx context.Context, params *newRange
 
 func (c *httpStorageClient) newRangeReaderXML(ctx context.Context, params *newRangeReaderParams, s *settings) (r *Reader, err error) {
 	u := &url.URL{
-		Scheme: c.scheme,
-		Host:   c.readHost,
-		Path:   fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s", params.bucket, params.object),
+		Scheme:  c.scheme,
+		Host:    c.readHost,
+		Path:    fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s", params.bucket, params.object),
+		RawPath: fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s", params.bucket, url.PathEscape(params.object)),
 	}
 	verb := "GET"
 	if params.length == 0 {
diff --git a/storage/integration_test.go b/storage/integration_test.go
index b87ccd72a1cc..9a4427f7a92e 100644
--- a/storage/integration_test.go
+++ b/storage/integration_test.go
@@ -4002,7 +4002,8 @@ func TestIntegration_Reader(t *testing.T) {
 			"obj2",
 			"obj/with/slashes",
 			"obj/",
-			// "./obj", // does not work with XML
+			"./obj",
+			"!#$&'()*+,/:;=,?@,[] and spaces",
 		}
 		contents := make(map[string][]byte)