diff --git a/FlyingFox/Sources/HTTPDecoder.swift b/FlyingFox/Sources/HTTPDecoder.swift
index e47959b6..06d6834c 100644
--- a/FlyingFox/Sources/HTTPDecoder.swift
+++ b/FlyingFox/Sources/HTTPDecoder.swift
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct HTTPDecoder {
     }
 
     static func makeComponents(from comps: URLComponents?) -> (path: String, query: [HTTPRequest.QueryItem]) {
-        let path = (comps?.path).flatMap { URL(string: $0)?.standardized.path } ?? ""
+        let path = (comps?.percentEncodedPath).flatMap { URL(string: $0)?.standardized.path } ?? ""
         let query = comps?.queryItems?.map {
             HTTPRequest.QueryItem(name: $0.name, value: $0.value ?? "")
         }
diff --git a/FlyingFox/Sources/HTTPRoute.swift b/FlyingFox/Sources/HTTPRoute.swift
index a550a664..6ea7d024 100644
--- a/FlyingFox/Sources/HTTPRoute.swift
+++ b/FlyingFox/Sources/HTTPRoute.swift
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ public struct HTTPRoute: Sendable {
 
     init(method: String, path: String, headers: [HTTPHeader: String], body: HTTPBodyPattern?) {
         self.method = Component(method)
-        let comps = HTTPDecoder.readComponents(from: path)
+
+        let comps = HTTPRoute.readComponents(from: path)
         self.path = comps.path
             .split(separator: "/", omittingEmptySubsequences: true)
             .map { Component(String($0)) }
@@ -167,8 +168,8 @@ public extension HTTPRoute {
     }
 
     private static func components(for target: String) -> (method: String, path: String) {
-        let comps = target.split(separator: " ", maxSplits: 2, omittingEmptySubsequences: true)
-        guard comps.count > 1 else {
+        let comps = target.split(separator: " ", maxSplits: 1, omittingEmptySubsequences: true)
+        guard comps.count > 1 && !comps[0].hasPrefix("/") else {
             return (method: "*", path: target)
         }
         return (method: String(comps[0]), path: String(comps[1]))
@@ -184,6 +185,18 @@ public extension HTTPRoute {
     }
 }
 
+private extension HTTPRoute {
+
+    static func readComponents(from path: String) -> (path: String, query: [HTTPRequest.QueryItem]) {
+        guard path.removingPercentEncoding == path else {
+            return HTTPDecoder.readComponents(from: path)
+        }
+
+        let escaped = path.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)
+        return HTTPDecoder.readComponents(from: escaped ?? path)
+    }
+}
+
 extension HTTPRoute: ExpressibleByStringLiteral {
 
     public init(stringLiteral value: String) {
diff --git a/FlyingFox/Tests/HTTPDecoderTests.swift b/FlyingFox/Tests/HTTPDecoderTests.swift
index 146b9a68..0e74ecc6 100644
--- a/FlyingFox/Tests/HTTPDecoderTests.swift
+++ b/FlyingFox/Tests/HTTPDecoderTests.swift
@@ -218,6 +218,28 @@ final class HTTPDecoderTests: XCTestCase {
         )
     }
 
+    func testPercentEncodedPathDecodes() {
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPDecoder.readComponents(from: "/fish%20chips").path,
+            "/fish chips"
+        )
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPDecoder.readComponents(from: "/ocean/fish%20and%20chips").path,
+            "/ocean/fish and chips"
+        )
+    }
+
+    func testPercentQueryStringDecodes() {
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPDecoder.readComponents(from: "/?fish=%F0%9F%90%9F").query,
+            [.init(name: "fish", value: "🐟")]
+        )
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPDecoder.readComponents(from: "?%F0%9F%90%A1=chips").query,
+            [.init(name: "🐡", value: "chips")]
+        )
+    }
+
     func testEmptyQueryItem_Decodes() {
         var urlComps = URLComponents()
         urlComps.queryItems = [.init(name: "name", value: nil)]
diff --git a/FlyingFox/Tests/HTTPRouteTests.swift b/FlyingFox/Tests/HTTPRouteTests.swift
index f60a051f..b86e1e14 100644
--- a/FlyingFox/Tests/HTTPRouteTests.swift
+++ b/FlyingFox/Tests/HTTPRouteTests.swift
@@ -62,6 +62,39 @@ final class HTTPRouteTests: XCTestCase {
         )
     }
 
+    func testPercentEncodedPathComponents() {
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPRoute("GET /hello world").path,
+            [.caseInsensitive("hello world")]
+        )
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPRoute("/hello%20world").path,
+            [.caseInsensitive("hello world")]
+        )
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPRoute("🐡/*").path,
+            [.caseInsensitive("🐡"), .wildcard]
+        )
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPRoute("%F0%9F%90%A1/*").path,
+            [.caseInsensitive("🐡"), .wildcard]
+        )
+    }
+
+    func testPercentEncodedQueryItems() {
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPRoute("/?fish=%F0%9F%90%9F").query,
+            [.init(name: "fish", value: .caseInsensitive("🐟"))]
+        )
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            HTTPRoute("/?%F0%9F%90%A1=chips").query,
+            [.init(name: "🐡", value: .caseInsensitive("chips"))]
+        )
+    }
+
     func testMethod() {
         XCTAssertEqual(
             HTTPRoute("hello/world").method,