diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 93539101..b0889fd7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ NEWS
   * fixed EINTR handling for waitpid in mod_fastcgi
   * mod_{fast,s}cgi: overwrite environment variables (#1722)
   * inserted many con->mode checks; they should prevent two modules to handle the same request if they shouldn't (#631)
+  * fixed url encoding to encode more characters (#266)
 
 - 1.4.19 - 2008-03-10
 
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 9f7646a2..35df1bde 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ int buffer_copy_string_hex(buffer *b, const char *in, size_t in_len) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* everything except: ! ( ) * - . 0-9 A-Z _ a-z */
 const char encoded_chars_rel_uri_part[] = {
 	/*
 	0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F
@@ -635,11 +636,11 @@ const char encoded_chars_rel_uri_part[] = {
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  00 -  0F control chars */
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  10 -  1F */
 	1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,  /*  20 -  2F space " # $ % & ' + , / */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  30 -  3F : ; = ? @ < > */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  40 -  4F */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  50 -  5F */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  60 -  6F */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,  /*  70 -  7F DEL */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  30 -  3F : ; < = > ? */
+	1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  40 -  4F @ */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0,  /*  50 -  5F [ \ ] ^ */
+	1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  60 -  6F ` */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  70 -  7F { | } ~ DEL */
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  80 -  8F */
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  90 -  9F */
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  A0 -  AF */
@@ -650,18 +651,19 @@ const char encoded_chars_rel_uri_part[] = {
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  F0 -  FF */
 };
 
+/* everything except: ! ( ) * - . / 0-9 A-Z _ a-z */
 const char encoded_chars_rel_uri[] = {
 	/*
 	0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F
 	*/
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  00 -  0F control chars */
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  10 -  1F */
-	1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0,  /*  20 -  2F space " # $ % & ' + , / */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  30 -  3F : ; = ? @ < > */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  40 -  4F */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  50 -  5F */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  60 -  6F */
-	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,  /*  70 -  7F DEL */
+	1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0,  /*  20 -  2F space " # $ % & ' + , */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  30 -  3F : ; < = > ? */
+	1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  40 -  4F @ */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0,  /*  50 -  5F [ \ ] ^ */
+	1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /*  60 -  6F ` */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  70 -  7F { | } ~ DEL */
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  80 -  8F */
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  90 -  9F */
 	1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,  /*  A0 -  AF */