diff --git a/lib/helpers/normalize_link.js b/lib/helpers/normalize_link.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..557f7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/helpers/normalize_link.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+'use strict';
+
+
+var replaceEntities = require('../common/utils').replaceEntities;
+
+
+module.exports = function normalizeLink(url) {
+  return encodeURI(decodeURI(replaceEntities(url)));
+};
diff --git a/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js b/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
index 2687f50..aece26c 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
+++ b/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
 
-var unescapeMd = require('../common/utils').unescapeMd;
+var normalizeLink = require('./normalize_link');
+var unescapeMd    = require('../common/utils').unescapeMd;
 
 
 module.exports = function parseLinkDestination(state, pos) {
-  var code, level,
+  var code, level, link,
       start = pos,
       max = state.posMax;
 
@@ -20,8 +21,10 @@ module.exports = function parseLinkDestination(state, pos) {
       code = state.src.charCodeAt(pos);
       if (code === 0x0A /* \n */) { return false; }
       if (code === 0x3E /* > */) {
+        link = normalizeLink(unescapeMd(state.src.slice(start + 1, pos)));
+        if (!state.parser.validateLink(link)) { return false; }
         state.pos = pos + 1;
-        state.linkContent = unescapeMd(state.src.slice(start + 1, pos));
+        state.linkContent = link;
         return true;
       }
       if (code === 0x5C /* \ */ && pos + 1 < max) {
@@ -67,9 +70,10 @@ module.exports = function parseLinkDestination(state, pos) {
 
   if (start === pos) { return false; }
 
-  state.linkContent = unescapeMd(state.src.slice(start, pos));
-  if (!state.parser.validateLink(state.linkContent)) { return false; }
+  link = normalizeLink(unescapeMd(state.src.slice(start, pos)));
+  if (!state.parser.validateLink(link)) { return false; }
 
+  state.linkContent = link;
   state.pos = pos;
   return true;
 };
diff --git a/lib/renderer.js b/lib/renderer.js
index f0f8b8e..4c1ff9a 100644
--- a/lib/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/renderer.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ rules.paragraph_close = function (tokens, idx /*, options, env */) {
 
 rules.link_open = function (tokens, idx /*, options, env */) {
   var title = tokens[idx].title ? (' title="' + escapeHtml(replaceEntities(tokens[idx].title)) + '"') : '';
-  return '<a href="' + escapeHtml(encodeURI(decodeURI(replaceEntities(tokens[idx].href)))) + '"' + title + '>';
+  return '<a href="' + escapeHtml(tokens[idx].href) + '"' + title + '>';
 };
 rules.link_close = function (/* tokens, idx, options, env */) {
   return '</a>';
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ rules.link_close = function (/* tokens, idx, options, env */) {
 
 
 rules.image = function (tokens, idx, options /*, env */) {
-  var src = ' src="' + escapeHtml(encodeURI(tokens[idx].src)) + '"';
+  var src = ' src="' + escapeHtml(tokens[idx].src) + '"';
   var title = tokens[idx].title ? (' title="' + escapeHtml(replaceEntities(tokens[idx].title)) + '"') : '';
   var alt = ' alt="' + (tokens[idx].alt ? escapeHtml(replaceEntities(tokens[idx].alt)) : '') + '"';
   var suffix = options.xhtmlOut ? ' /' : '';
diff --git a/lib/rules_inline/autolink.js b/lib/rules_inline/autolink.js
index 4669d59..e63b9aa 100644
--- a/lib/rules_inline/autolink.js
+++ b/lib/rules_inline/autolink.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var url_schemas = require('../common/url_schemas');
+var url_schemas   = require('../common/url_schemas');
+var normalizeLink = require('../helpers/normalize_link');
 
 
 /*eslint max-len:0*/
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ var AUTOLINK_RE = /^<([a-zA-Z.\-]{1,25}):([^<>\x00-\x20]*)>/;
 
 
 module.exports = function autolink(state, silent) {
-  var tail, linkMatch, emailMatch, url, pos = state.pos;
+  var tail, linkMatch, emailMatch, url, fullUrl, pos = state.pos;
 
   if (state.src.charCodeAt(pos) !== 0x3C/* < */) { return false; }
 
@@ -25,13 +26,13 @@ module.exports = function autolink(state, silent) {
     if (url_schemas.indexOf(linkMatch[1].toLowerCase()) < 0) { return false; }
 
     url = linkMatch[0].slice(1, -1);
-
+    fullUrl = normalizeLink(url);
     if (!state.parser.validateLink(url)) { return false; }
 
     if (!silent) {
       state.push({
         type: 'link_open',
-        href: url,
+        href: fullUrl,
         level: state.level
       });
       state.push({
@@ -52,12 +53,13 @@ module.exports = function autolink(state, silent) {
 
     url = emailMatch[0].slice(1, -1);
 
-    if (!state.parser.validateLink('mailto:' + url)) { return false; }
+    fullUrl = normalizeLink('mailto:' + url);
+    if (!state.parser.validateLink(fullUrl)) { return false; }
 
     if (!silent) {
       state.push({
         type: 'link_open',
-        href: 'mailto:' + url,
+        href: fullUrl,
         level: state.level
       });
       state.push({
diff --git a/test/fixtures/remarkable/commonmark_extras.txt b/test/fixtures/remarkable/commonmark_extras.txt
index 14ea06d..d9ed12e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/remarkable/commonmark_extras.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/remarkable/commonmark_extras.txt
@@ -107,3 +107,19 @@ a
 <p>a</p>
 <?php
 .
+
+Normalize link destination, but not text inside it:
+
+.
+<http://example.com/α%CE%B2γ%CE%B4>
+.
+<p><a href="http://example.com/%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B3%CE%B4">http://example.com/α%CE%B2γ%CE%B4</a></p>
+.
+
+Autolinks do not allow escaping:
+
+.
+<http://example.com/\[\>
+.
+<p><a href="http://example.com/%5C%5B%5C">http://example.com/\[\</a></p>
+.