diff --git a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Helper/UrlHelper.php b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Helper/UrlHelper.php
index 4a13fff0460..84a3d835ca6 100644
--- a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Helper/UrlHelper.php
+++ b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Helper/UrlHelper.php
@@ -286,18 +286,19 @@ private static function removeTrailingNonAlphaNumeric($string)
     }
 
     /**
-     * FILTER_VALIDATE_URL allow only alphanumerics [0-9a-zA-Z], the special characters "$-_.+!*'()," [not including the quotes - ed]. This validation passed also special characters in URL.
+     *  This method return true with special characters in URL, for example https://domain.tld/é.pdf
+     * filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) allow only alphanumerics [0-9a-zA-Z], the special characters "$-_.+!*'()," [not including the quotes - ed].
      *
      * @param string $url
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public static function isValidateUrl($url)
+    public static function isValidUrl($url)
     {
         $path         = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH);
         $encodedPath  = array_map('urlencode', explode('/', $path));
         $url          = str_replace($path, implode('/', $encodedPath), $url);
 
-        return filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
+        return (bool) filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Tests/unit/Helper/UrlHelperTest.php b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Tests/unit/Helper/UrlHelperTest.php
index fba8cdcec6e..90c5de34786 100644
--- a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Tests/unit/Helper/UrlHelperTest.php
+++ b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Tests/unit/Helper/UrlHelperTest.php
@@ -149,4 +149,12 @@ public function testGetUrlsFromPlaintextWithSymbols()
             )
         );
     }
+
+    public function testUrlValid()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(UrlHelper::isValidUrl('https://domain.tld/e'));
+        $this->assertTrue(UrlHelper::isValidUrl('https://domain.tld/é'));
+        $this->assertFalse(UrlHelper::isValidUrl('notvalidurl'));
+        $this->assertFalse(UrlHelper::isValidUrl('notvalidurlé'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/bundles/PageBundle/Controller/PublicController.php b/app/bundles/PageBundle/Controller/PublicController.php
index af0535c35d7..7c7bc4b48d4 100644
--- a/app/bundles/PageBundle/Controller/PublicController.php
+++ b/app/bundles/PageBundle/Controller/PublicController.php
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ public function redirectAction($redirectId)
 
         $url = UrlHelper::sanitizeAbsoluteUrl($url);
 
-        if (!UrlHelper::isValidateUrl($url)) {
+        if (!UrlHelper::isValidUrl($url)) {
             throw $this->createNotFoundException($this->translator->trans('mautic.core.url.error.404', ['%url%' => $url]));
         }