diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
index 6a4e2439c22..3c96788c05c 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
 			//just return the url without an initial #
 			stripHash: function( url ) {
-				return url.replace( /^#/, "" );
+				return encodeURI(url.replace( /^#/, "" ));
 			},
 
 			//remove the preceding hash, any query params, and dialog notations