diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplateIntegrationTests.java b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplateIntegrationTests.java
index 5f795306a30..c6043c50c3e 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplateIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplateIntegrationTests.java
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ public class RestTemplateIntegrationTests {
 
 		result = template.getForObject(URI + "/uri/query={query}", String.class, "foo@bar");
 		assertEquals("Invalid request URI", "/uri/query=foo@bar", result);
+
+		result = template.getForObject(URI + "/uri/query={query}", String.class, "T\u014dky\u014d");
+		assertEquals("Invalid request URI", "/uri/query=T%C5%8Dky%C5%8D", result);
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriUtilsTest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriUtilsTest.java
index 06afa56d5a3..c3a2d680bb0 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriUtilsTest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriUtilsTest.java
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ public class UriUtilsTest {
 				UriUtils.encodeHttpUrl("https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt", ENC));
 		assertEquals("Invalid encoded HTTP URL", "http://www.google.com/?q=Z%C3%BCrich",
 				UriUtils.encodeHttpUrl("http://www.google.com/?q=Z\u00fcrich", ENC));
+		assertEquals("Invalid encoded HTTP URL", "http://ws.geonames.org/searchJSON?q=T%C5%8Dky%C5%8D&style=FULL&maxRows=300",
+				UriUtils.encodeHttpUrl("http://ws.geonames.org/searchJSON?q=T\u014dky\u014d&style=FULL&maxRows=300", ENC));
 		assertEquals("Invalid encoded HTTP URL",
 				"http://arjen:foobar@java.sun.com:80/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/BitSet.html?foo=bar",
 				UriUtils.encodeHttpUrl(