diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/share-popup.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/share-popup.js.es6
index 5f899f2bae4..7980b2abe31 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/share-popup.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/share-popup.js.es6
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
     if (!this.site.mobileView) {
       $this.css({ left: "" + x + "px" });
     }
-    this.set("link", url);
+    this.set("link", encodeURI(url));
     this.set("visible", true);
 
     Ember.run.scheduleOnce("afterRender", this, this._focusUrl);