diff --git a/cmd/acl-handlers.go b/cmd/acl-handlers.go
index 9edfaa62f..9c21f1855 100644
--- a/cmd/acl-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/acl-handlers.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/cmd/logger"
@@ -110,7 +111,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectACLHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
 	if objAPI == nil {
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectACLHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 	}
 
 	// Before proceeding validate if object exists.
-	_, err := objAPI.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, ObjectOptions{})
+	_, err = objAPI.GetObjectInfo(ctx, bucket, object, ObjectOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return
diff --git a/cmd/api-errors.go b/cmd/api-errors.go
index 30b0bf5b0..9f6bce267 100644
--- a/cmd/api-errors.go
+++ b/cmd/api-errors.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-storage-blob-go/azblob"
@@ -1802,6 +1803,13 @@ func toAPIError(ctx context.Context, err error) APIError {
 		// their internal error types. This code is only
 		// useful with gateway implementations.
 		switch e := err.(type) {
+		case url.EscapeError:
+			apiErr = APIError{
+				Code: "XMinioInvalidObjectName",
+				Description: fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", errorCodes[ErrInvalidObjectName].Description,
+					e.Error()),
+				HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+			}
 		case lifecycle.Error:
 			apiErr = APIError{
 				Code:           "InvalidRequest",
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1_test.go b/cmd/fs-v1_test.go
index 168ba7ec8..18a764239 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1_test.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1_test.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func TestFSDeleteObject(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Unexpected error: ", err)
 	}
 	// Test with invalid object name
-	if err := fs.DeleteObject(context.Background(), bucketName, "\\"); !isSameType(err, ObjectNameInvalid{}) {
+	if err := fs.DeleteObject(context.Background(), bucketName, "\\"); !isSameType(err, ObjectNotFound{}) {
 		t.Fatal("Unexpected error: ", err)
 	}
 	// Test with object does not exist.
diff --git a/cmd/gateway-main.go b/cmd/gateway-main.go
index 63744d38c..117d57c5f 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway-main.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway-main.go
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ func StartGateway(ctx *cli.Context, gw Gateway) {
 	globalServerConfig = srvCfg
 	globalServerConfigMu.Unlock()
 
-	router := mux.NewRouter().SkipClean(true)
+	// Initialize router. `SkipClean(true)` stops gorilla/mux from
+	// normalizing URL path minio/minio#3256
+	// avoid URL path encoding minio/minio#8950
+	router := mux.NewRouter().SkipClean(true).UseEncodedPath()
 
 	if globalEtcdClient != nil {
 		// Enable STS router if etcd is enabled.
diff --git a/cmd/logger/audit.go b/cmd/logger/audit.go
index 13f1a7577..1a0638aa2 100644
--- a/cmd/logger/audit.go
+++ b/cmd/logger/audit.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
@@ -143,7 +144,10 @@ func AuditLog(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, api string, reqClaims map[
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		object = vars["object"]
+	}
 
 	// Send audit logs only to http targets.
 	for _, t := range AuditTargets {
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-listobjects_test.go b/cmd/object-api-listobjects_test.go
index de6e28248..e792e5256 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-listobjects_test.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-listobjects_test.go
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ func testListObjects(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, t1 TestErrHandler) {
 		// Test with prefix and delimiter set to '/'. (60)
 		{"test-bucket-list-object", SlashSeparator, "", SlashSeparator, 10, resultCases[30], nil, true},
 		// Test with invalid prefix (61)
-		{"test-bucket-list-object", "\\", "", SlashSeparator, 10, ListObjectsInfo{}, ObjectNameInvalid{Bucket: "test-bucket-list-object", Object: "\\"}, false},
+		{"test-bucket-list-object", "\\", "", SlashSeparator, 10, ListObjectsInfo{}, nil, true},
 		// Test listing an empty directory in recursive mode (62)
 		{"test-bucket-empty-dir", "", "", "", 10, resultCases[31], nil, true},
 		// Test listing an empty directory in a non recursive mode (63)
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-multipart_test.go b/cmd/object-api-multipart_test.go
index 0a3af1add..f93fee813 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-multipart_test.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-multipart_test.go
@@ -61,17 +61,12 @@ func testObjectNewMultipartUpload(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, t TestEr
 		t.Fatalf("%s : %s", instanceType, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	_, err = obj.NewMultipartUpload(context.Background(), bucket, "\\", opts)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("%s: Expected to fail since object name is invalid.", instanceType)
-	}
-
-	uploadID, err := obj.NewMultipartUpload(context.Background(), bucket, object, opts)
+	uploadID, err := obj.NewMultipartUpload(context.Background(), bucket, "\\", opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("%s : %s", instanceType, err.Error())
 	}
 
-	err = obj.AbortMultipartUpload(context.Background(), bucket, object, uploadID)
+	err = obj.AbortMultipartUpload(context.Background(), bucket, "\\", uploadID)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch err.(type) {
 		case InvalidUploadID:
@@ -112,9 +107,9 @@ func testObjectAbortMultipartUpload(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, t Test
 		expectedErrType error
 	}{
 		{"--", object, uploadID, BucketNotFound{}},
-		{bucket, "\\", uploadID, ObjectNameInvalid{}},
 		{"foo", object, uploadID, BucketNotFound{}},
 		{bucket, object, "foo-foo", InvalidUploadID{}},
+		{bucket, "\\", uploadID, InvalidUploadID{}},
 		{bucket, object, uploadID, nil},
 	}
 	// Iterating over creatPartCases to generate multipart chunks.
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-utils.go b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
index 58b2ac555..f9225d8fa 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
@@ -165,10 +165,6 @@ func IsValidObjectPrefix(object string) bool {
 	if !utf8.ValidString(object) {
 		return false
 	}
-	// Reject unsupported characters in object name.
-	if strings.ContainsAny(object, `\`) {
-		return false
-	}
 	if strings.Contains(object, `//`) {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/object-api-utils_test.go b/cmd/object-api-utils_test.go
index 0d9f9e0a8..3ca33ce11 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-utils_test.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-utils_test.go
@@ -105,13 +105,24 @@ func TestIsValidObjectName(t *testing.T) {
 		{"f*le", true},
 		{"contains-^-carret", true},
 		{"contains-|-pipe", true},
-		{"contains-\"-quote", true},
 		{"contains-`-tick", true},
 		{"..test", true},
 		{".. test", true},
 		{". test", true},
 		{".test", true},
 		{"There are far too many object names, and far too few bucket names!", true},
+		{"!\"#$%&'()*+,-.／:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~/!\"#$%&'()*+,-.／:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~)", true},
+		{"!\"#$%&'()*+,-.／:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~", true},
+		{"␀␁␂␃␄␅␆␇␈␉␊␋␌␍␎␏␐␑␒␓␔␕␖␗␘␙␚␛␜␝␞␟␡", true},
+		{"trailing VT␋/trailing VT␋", true},
+		{"␋leading VT/␋leading VT", true},
+		{"~leading tilde", true},
+		{"\rleading CR", true},
+		{"\nleading LF", true},
+		{"\tleading HT", true},
+		{"trailing CR\r", true},
+		{"trailing LF\n", true},
+		{"trailing HT\t", true},
 		// cases for which test should fail.
 		// passing invalid object names.
 		{"", false},
@@ -122,7 +133,6 @@ func TestIsValidObjectName(t *testing.T) {
 		{" ../etc", false},
 		{"./././", false},
 		{"./etc", false},
-		{`contains-\-backslash`, false},
 		{`contains//double/forwardslash`, false},
 		{`//contains/double-forwardslash-prefix`, false},
 		{string([]byte{0xff, 0xfe, 0xfd}), false},
diff --git a/cmd/object-handlers.go b/cmd/object-handlers.go
index fae7a222f..40216a44e 100644
--- a/cmd/object-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/object-handlers.go
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) SelectObjectContentHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	}
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	// get gateway encryption options
 	opts, err := getOpts(ctx, r, bucket, object)
@@ -273,7 +277,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	}
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if vid := r.URL.Query().Get("versionId"); vid != "" && vid != "null" {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrNoSuchVersion), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -451,7 +459,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) HeadObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	}
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if vid := r.URL.Query().Get("versionId"); vid != "" && vid != "null" {
 		writeErrorResponseHeadersOnly(w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrNoSuchVersion))
@@ -704,7 +716,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	}
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	dstBucket := vars["bucket"]
-	dstObject := vars["object"]
+	dstObject, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if s3Error := checkRequestAuthType(ctx, r, policy.PutObjectAction, dstBucket, dstObject); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Error), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -774,7 +790,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	}
 
 	var srcOpts, dstOpts ObjectOptions
-	srcOpts, err := copySrcOpts(ctx, r, srcBucket, srcObject)
+	srcOpts, err = copySrcOpts(ctx, r, srcBucket, srcObject)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -1139,7 +1155,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	}
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	// To detect if the client has disconnected.
 	r.Body = &detectDisconnect{r.Body, r.Context().Done()}
@@ -1428,7 +1448,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) NewMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	}
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if s3Error := checkRequestAuthType(ctx, r, policy.PutObjectAction, bucket, object); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Error), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -1443,7 +1467,6 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) NewMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 
 	// get gateway encryption options
 	var opts ObjectOptions
-	var err error
 
 	opts, err = putOpts(ctx, r, bucket, object, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1550,7 +1573,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CopyObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *htt
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	dstBucket := vars["bucket"]
-	dstObject := vars["object"]
+	dstObject, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if s3Error := checkRequestAuthType(ctx, r, policy.PutObjectAction, dstBucket, dstObject); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Error), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -1866,7 +1893,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http
 	}
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	// X-Amz-Copy-Source shouldn't be set for this call.
 	if _, ok := r.Header[xhttp.AmzCopySource]; ok {
@@ -2108,7 +2139,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) AbortMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter,
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
 	if objectAPI == nil {
@@ -2143,7 +2178,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) ListObjectPartsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *ht
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
 	if objectAPI == nil {
@@ -2277,7 +2316,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) CompleteMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWrite
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
 	if objectAPI == nil {
@@ -2474,7 +2517,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	objectAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
 	if objectAPI == nil {
@@ -2532,7 +2579,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectLegalHoldHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if vid := r.URL.Query().Get("versionId"); vid != "" && vid != "null" {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrNoSuchVersion), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -2630,7 +2681,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectLegalHoldHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if vid := r.URL.Query().Get("versionId"); vid != "" && vid != "null" {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrNoSuchVersion), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -2687,7 +2742,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectRetentionHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if vid := r.URL.Query().Get("versionId"); vid != "" && vid != "null" {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrNoSuchVersion), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -2779,7 +2838,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectRetentionHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	if vid := r.URL.Query().Get("versionId"); vid != "" && vid != "null" {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrNoSuchVersion), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -2835,7 +2898,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) GetObjectTaggingHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
 	if objAPI == nil {
@@ -2866,7 +2933,11 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) PutObjectTaggingHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
 
 	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
 	if objAPI == nil {
@@ -2901,16 +2972,20 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteObjectTaggingHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	ctx := newContext(r, w, "DeleteObjectTagging")
 	defer logger.AuditLog(w, r, "DeleteObjectTagging", mustGetClaimsFromToken(r))
 
-	vars := mux.Vars(r)
-	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
-
 	objAPI := api.ObjectAPI()
 	if objAPI == nil {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrServerNotInitialized), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return
 	}
 
+	vars := mux.Vars(r)
+	bucket := vars["bucket"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Allow deleteObjectTagging if policy action is set
 	if s3Error := checkRequestAuthType(ctx, r, policy.DeleteObjectTaggingAction, bucket, object); s3Error != ErrNone {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(s3Error), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
@@ -2918,7 +2993,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteObjectTaggingHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	}
 
 	// Delete object tags
-	err := objAPI.DeleteObjectTag(ctx, bucket, object)
+	err = objAPI.DeleteObjectTag(ctx, bucket, object)
 	if err != nil {
 		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL, guessIsBrowserReq(r))
 		return
diff --git a/cmd/routers.go b/cmd/routers.go
index 0f004a759..7e4237024 100644
--- a/cmd/routers.go
+++ b/cmd/routers.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ var globalHandlers = []HandlerFunc{
 func configureServerHandler(endpointZones EndpointZones) (http.Handler, error) {
 	// Initialize router. `SkipClean(true)` stops gorilla/mux from
 	// normalizing URL path minio/minio#3256
-	router := mux.NewRouter().SkipClean(true)
+	router := mux.NewRouter().SkipClean(true).UseEncodedPath()
 
 	// Initialize distributed NS lock.
 	if globalIsDistXL {
diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index 35409c900..f598466f8 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -506,9 +507,14 @@ func ceilFrac(numerator, denominator int64) (ceil int64) {
 func newContext(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, api string) context.Context {
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
-	prefix := vars["prefix"]
-
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		object = vars["object"]
+	}
+	prefix, err := url.QueryUnescape(vars["prefix"])
+	if err != nil {
+		prefix = vars["prefix"]
+	}
 	if prefix != "" {
 		object = prefix
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/web-handlers.go b/cmd/web-handlers.go
index bb3a739be..73a9fd832 100644
--- a/cmd/web-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/web-handlers.go
@@ -918,7 +918,11 @@ func (web *webAPIHandlers) Upload(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeWebErrorResponse(w, err)
+		return
+	}
 
 	retPerms := ErrAccessDenied
 	holdPerms := ErrAccessDenied
@@ -1135,7 +1139,11 @@ func (web *webAPIHandlers) Download(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
-	object := vars["object"]
+	object, err := url.PathUnescape(vars["object"])
+	if err != nil {
+		writeWebErrorResponse(w, err)
+		return
+	}
 	token := r.URL.Query().Get("token")
 
 	getRetPerms := ErrAccessDenied