diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f344f4e..4fc254f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ We use [Break Versioning][breakver]. The version numbers follow a `<major>.<mino
 [io.pedestal/pedestal.service "0.5.9"] is available but we use "0.5.8"
 ```
 
+### `reitit-ring`
+
+* Fixes `reitit.ring/create-resource-handler` and `reitit.ring/create-file-handler` to support URL-escaped characters. [#484](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/issues/484). PR [#489](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/pull/489).
+
 ### `reitit-malli`
 
 * FIX: Malli response coercision seems to do nothing at all [#498](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/pull/501)
diff --git a/dev-resources/public/with space.txt b/dev-resources/public/with space.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce013625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-resources/public/with space.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
diff --git a/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc b/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
index 0e513847..ab897c11 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
@@ -222,12 +222,12 @@
                                               (recur files))))))
            handler (if path
                      (fn [request]
-                       (let [uri (:uri request)]
+                       (let [uri (impl/url-decode (:uri request))]
                          (if (str/starts-with? uri path)
                            (or (path-or-index-response (subs uri path-size) uri)
                                (not-found-handler request)))))
                      (fn [request]
-                       (let [uri (:uri request)
+                       (let [uri (impl/url-decode (:uri request))
                              path (-> request :path-params parameter)]
                          (or (path-or-index-response path uri)
                              (not-found-handler request)))))]
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
index 52dd938b..b057b401 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
@@ -471,9 +471,9 @@
 
              (testing "from root"
                (let [app (ring/ring-handler
-                           (ring/router
-                             ["/*" (create nil)])
-                           (ring/create-default-handler))]
+                          (ring/router
+                           ["/*" (create nil)])
+                          (ring/create-default-handler))]
                  (testing "different file-types"
                    (let [response (app (request "/hello.json"))]
                      (is (= "application/json" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
@@ -484,6 +484,11 @@
                      (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
                      (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
 
+                 (testing "with url decoding"
+                   (let [response (app (request "/with%20space.txt"))]
+                     (is (= 200 (:status response)))
+                     (is (= "hello\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+
                  (testing "index-files"
                    (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
                      (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response)))
@@ -520,6 +525,11 @@
                      (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
                      (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
 
+                 (testing "with url decoding"
+                   (let [response (app (request "/with%20space.txt"))]
+                     (is (= 200 (:status response)))
+                     (is (= "hello\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+
                  (testing "index-files"
                    (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
                      (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response)))
@@ -557,6 +567,11 @@
                      (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
                      (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
 
+                 (testing "with url decoding"
+                   (let [response (app (request "/with%20space.txt"))]
+                     (is (= 200 (:status response)))
+                     (is (= "hello\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+
                  (testing "index-files"
                    (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
                      (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response)))
@@ -595,6 +610,11 @@
                      (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
                      (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
 
+                 (testing "with url decoding"
+                   (let [response (app (request "/with%20space.txt"))]
+                     (is (= 200 (:status response)))
+                     (is (= "hello\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+
                  (testing "index-files"
                    (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
                      (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response)))