diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
index b81a2c7a5..c13d1accd 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/HTTPHandler.swift
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ extension URL {
         if self.path.isEmpty {
             return "/"
         }
-        return URLComponents(url: self, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false)?.percentEncodedPath ?? self.path
+        return URLComponents(url: self, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: true)?.percentEncodedPath ?? self.path
     }
 
     var uri: String {
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests.swift
index 80446251c..a3246dde0 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientInternalTests.swift
@@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ class HTTPClientInternalTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(request12.url.uri, "/some%2Fpathsegment1/pathsegment2")
     }
 
+    func testURIOfRelativeURLRequest() throws {
+        let requestNoLeadingSlash = try Request(
+            url: URL(
+                string: "percent%2Fencoded/hello",
+                relativeTo: URL(string: "http://127.0.0.1")!
+            )!
+        )
+
+        let requestWithLeadingSlash = try Request(
+            url: URL(
+                string: "/percent%2Fencoded/hello",
+                relativeTo: URL(string: "http://127.0.0.1")!
+            )!
+        )
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(requestNoLeadingSlash.url.uri, "/percent%2Fencoded/hello")
+        XCTAssertEqual(requestWithLeadingSlash.url.uri, "/percent%2Fencoded/hello")
+    }
+
     func testChannelAndDelegateOnDifferentEventLoops() throws {
         class Delegate: HTTPClientResponseDelegate {
             typealias Response = ([Message], [Message])
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
index c733d0497..2a30a07ca 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTests.swift
@@ -495,6 +495,20 @@ final class HTTPClientTests: XCTestCaseHTTPClientTestsBaseClass {
         XCTAssertEqual(.ok, response.status)
     }
 
+    func testLeadingSlashRelativeURL() throws {
+        let noLeadingSlashURL = URL(string: "percent%2Fencoded/hello", relativeTo: URL(string: self.defaultHTTPBinURLPrefix)!)!
+        let withLeadingSlashURL = URL(string: "/percent%2Fencoded/hello", relativeTo: URL(string: self.defaultHTTPBinURLPrefix)!)!
+
+        let noLeadingSlashURLRequest = try HTTPClient.Request(url: noLeadingSlashURL, method: .GET)
+        let withLeadingSlashURLRequest = try HTTPClient.Request(url: withLeadingSlashURL, method: .GET)
+
+        let noLeadingSlashURLResponse = try self.defaultClient.execute(request: noLeadingSlashURLRequest).wait()
+        let withLeadingSlashURLResponse = try self.defaultClient.execute(request: withLeadingSlashURLRequest).wait()
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(noLeadingSlashURLResponse.status, .ok)
+        XCTAssertEqual(withLeadingSlashURLResponse.status, .ok)
+    }
+
     func testMultipleContentLengthHeaders() throws {
         let body = ByteBuffer(string: "hello world!")