diff --git a/app/lib/request.rb b/app/lib/request.rb
index e3597b052f..adc9a48f3d 100644
--- a/app/lib/request.rb
+++ b/app/lib/request.rb
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ class Request
     HTTP::URI.new(
       scheme: uri.normalized_scheme,
       authority: uri.normalized_authority,
-      path: Addressable::URI.normalize_path(uri.path),
-      query: uri.query
+      path: Addressable::URI.normalize_path(encode_non_ascii(uri.path)).presence || '/',
+      query: encode_non_ascii(uri.query)
     )
   end
 
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ class Request
       %w(http https).include?(parsed_url.scheme) && parsed_url.host.present?
     end
 
+    NON_ASCII_PATTERN = /[^\x00-\x7F]+/
+
+    def encode_non_ascii(str)
+      str&.gsub(NON_ASCII_PATTERN) { |substr| CGI.escape(substr.encode(Encoding::UTF_8)) }
+    end
+
     def http_client
       HTTP.use(:auto_inflate).use(normalize_uri: { normalizer: URI_NORMALIZER }).follow(max_hops: 3)
     end
diff --git a/spec/lib/request_spec.rb b/spec/lib/request_spec.rb
index 1e16f60fbd..8ccfcacef2 100644
--- a/spec/lib/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/request_spec.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,33 @@ describe Request do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'with bare domain URL' do
+      let(:url) { 'http://example.com' }
+
+      before do
+        stub_request(:get, 'http://example.com')
+      end
+
+      it 'normalizes path' do
+        subject.perform do |response|
+          expect(response.request.uri.path).to eq '/'
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'normalizes path used for request signing' do
+        subject.perform
+
+        headers = subject.instance_variable_get(:@headers)
+        expect(headers[Request::REQUEST_TARGET]).to eq 'get /'
+      end
+
+      it 'normalizes path used in request line' do
+        subject.perform do |response|
+          expect(response.request.headline).to eq 'GET / HTTP/1.1'
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'with unnormalized URL' do
       let(:url) { 'HTTP://EXAMPLE.com:80/foo%41%3A?bar=%41%3A#baz' }
 
@@ -114,18 +141,31 @@ describe Request do
         end
       end
 
-      it 'does modify path' do
+      it 'does not modify path' do
         subject.perform do |response|
           expect(response.request.uri.path).to eq '/foo%41%3A'
         end
       end
 
-      it 'does modify query string' do
+      it 'does not modify query string' do
         subject.perform do |response|
           expect(response.request.uri.query).to eq 'bar=%41%3A'
         end
       end
 
+      it 'does not modify path used for request signing' do
+        subject.perform
+
+        headers = subject.instance_variable_get(:@headers)
+        expect(headers[Request::REQUEST_TARGET]).to eq 'get /foo%41%3A'
+      end
+
+      it 'does not modify path used in request line' do
+        subject.perform do |response|
+          expect(response.request.headline).to eq 'GET /foo%41%3A?bar=%41%3A HTTP/1.1'
+        end
+      end
+
       it 'strips fragment' do
         subject.perform do |response|
           expect(response.request.uri.fragment).to be_nil
@@ -134,22 +174,35 @@ describe Request do
     end
 
     context 'with non-ASCII URL' do
-      let(:url) { 'http://éxample.com/föo?bär=1' }
+      let(:url) { 'http://éxample.com:81/föo?bär=1' }
 
       before do
-        stub_request(:get, 'http://xn--xample-9ua.com/f%C3%B6o?b%C3%A4r=1')
+        stub_request(:get, 'http://xn--xample-9ua.com:81/f%C3%B6o?b%C3%A4r=1')
       end
 
       it 'IDN-encodes host' do
         subject.perform do |response|
-          expect(response.request.uri.authority).to eq 'xn--xample-9ua.com'
+          expect(response.request.uri.authority).to eq 'xn--xample-9ua.com:81'
         end
       end
 
-      it 'percent-escapes path and query string' do
+      it 'IDN-encodes host in Host header' do
+        subject.perform do |response|
+          expect(response.request.headers['Host']).to eq 'xn--xample-9ua.com'
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'percent-escapes path used for request signing' do
         subject.perform
 
-        expect(a_request(:get, 'http://xn--xample-9ua.com/f%C3%B6o?b%C3%A4r=1')).to have_been_made
+        headers = subject.instance_variable_get(:@headers)
+        expect(headers[Request::REQUEST_TARGET]).to eq 'get /f%C3%B6o'
+      end
+
+      it 'normalizes path used in request line' do
+        subject.perform do |response|
+          expect(response.request.headline).to eq 'GET /f%C3%B6o?b%C3%A4r=1 HTTP/1.1'
+        end
       end
     end