diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/AssetRendition.java b/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/AssetRendition.java
index 69d271ac3..cc9a5577c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/AssetRendition.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/AssetRendition.java
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 
 package com.adobe.aem.commons.assetshare.content.renditions;
 
+import com.adobe.aem.commons.assetshare.util.UrlUtil;
+import com.day.text.Text;
+import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
@@ -46,13 +46,8 @@ public AssetRendition(URI uri, Long size, String mimeType) {
     }
 
     public AssetRendition(String uri, Long size, String mimeType) {
-        try {
-            uri = URLEncoder.encode(uri, "UTF-8");
-        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
-            log.warn("Unable to encode String URI [ {} ] using UTF-8. Continuing using URI unencoded...", uri);
-        }
 
-        uri = uri.replace("+", "%20");
+        uri = UrlUtil.escape(uri, true);
 
         setBinaryUri(URI.create(uri));
         setSize(size);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/impl/dispatchers/ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/impl/dispatchers/ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImpl.java
index 684dba124..258c44993 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/impl/dispatchers/ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/impl/dispatchers/ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImpl.java
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ public AssetRendition getRendition(AssetModel assetModel, AssetRenditionParamete
 
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(renditionRedirect)) {
             try {
+                renditionRedirect = UrlUtil.escape(renditionRedirect, true);
+
                 final String extension = getExtensionFromAscExtQueryParameter(renditionRedirect);
 
                 renditionRedirect = cleanURI(renditionRedirect);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/util/UrlUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/util/UrlUtil.java
index 896d45660..8a2786e18 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/util/UrlUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/util/UrlUtil.java
@@ -21,16 +21,14 @@
 
 import com.day.text.Text;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
 
 public class UrlUtil {
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UrlUtil.class);
 
     /**
      * This variant is the default behavior and prevents double escaping.
@@ -77,6 +75,7 @@ public static final String escape(final String unescaped, final boolean preventD
 
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
             // Treat as internal path
+            log.debug("Could not evaluate unescaped string [ {} ] as a URL. Falling back to escape as path.", e);
             return escapePath(tmp);
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/AssetRenditionTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/AssetRenditionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8dccb11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/AssetRenditionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.adobe.aem.commons.assetshare.content.renditions;
+
+import com.adobe.aem.commons.assetshare.util.UrlUtil;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class AssetRenditionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void getBinaryUri() {
+
+        AssetRendition assetRendition = new AssetRendition("/content/dam/test.jpg", 123L, "image/jpeg");
+        assertEquals("/content/dam/test.jpg", assetRendition.getBinaryUri().toString());
+
+        assetRendition = new AssetRendition("/content/dam/test asset.jpg", 123L, "image/jpeg");
+        assertEquals("/content/dam/test%20asset.jpg", assetRendition.getBinaryUri().toString());
+
+        assetRendition = new AssetRendition("/content/dam/test+with+plus.jpg", 123L, "image/jpeg");
+        assertEquals("/content/dam/test%2bwith%2bplus.jpg", assetRendition.getBinaryUri().toString());
+
+        assetRendition = new AssetRendition("https://test.com/content/dam/test asset.jpg", 123L, "image/jpeg");
+        assertEquals("https://test.com/content/dam/test%20asset.jpg", assetRendition.getBinaryUri().toString());
+
+        assetRendition = new AssetRendition("https://smartimaging.scene7.com/is/image/DynamicMediaNA/test (test):Medium", 123L, "image/jpeg");
+        assertEquals("https://smartimaging.scene7.com/is/image/DynamicMediaNA/test%20(test)%3aMedium", assetRendition.getBinaryUri().toString());
+
+        assetRendition = new AssetRendition("https://smartimaging.scene7.com/is/image/DynamicMediaNA/test (test)?$grayscale$", 123L, "image/jpeg");
+        assertEquals("https://smartimaging.scene7.com/is/image/DynamicMediaNA/test%20(test)?$grayscale$", assetRendition.getBinaryUri().toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getSize() {
+        AssetRendition assetRendition = new AssetRendition("/content/dam/test.jpg", 123L, "image/jpeg");
+        assertEquals(Long.valueOf(123), assetRendition.getSize().get());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getMimeType() {
+        AssetRendition assetRendition = new AssetRendition("/content/dam/test.jpg", 123L, "image/jpeg");
+        assertEquals("image/jpeg", assetRendition.getMimeType());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/impl/dispatchers/ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImplTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/impl/dispatchers/ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImplTest.java
index cf081fa9c..44d654710 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/impl/dispatchers/ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImplTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/aem/commons/assetshare/content/renditions/impl/dispatchers/ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImplTest.java
@@ -185,4 +185,27 @@ public void dispatch_WithSpacesInPath() throws IOException, ServletException {
         assertEquals(302, ctx.response().getStatus());
         assertEquals("/content/dam/test%20with%20spaces.png.test.500.500.png", ctx.response().getHeader("Location"));
     }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void dispatch_WithHostAndSpacesInPath() throws IOException, ServletException {
+        ctx.registerInjectActivateService(new ExternalRedirectRenditionDispatcherImpl(),
+                ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder().
+                        put("rendition.mappings", new String[]{
+                                "testing=https://test.com${asset.path}.test.500.500.${asset.extension}"}).
+                        put("redirect", 302).
+                        build());
+
+        final AssetRenditionDispatcher assetRenditionDispatcher = ctx.getService(AssetRenditionDispatcher.class);
+
+        doReturn(DamUtil.resolveToAsset(ctx.resourceResolver().getResource("/content/dam/test with spaces.png"))).when(assetResolver).resolveAsset(ctx.request());
+        ctx.currentResource("/content/dam/test with spaces.png");
+        ctx.requestPathInfo().setExtension("rendition");
+        ctx.requestPathInfo().setSuffix("testing/download/asset.rendition");
+
+        assetRenditionDispatcher.dispatch(ctx.request(), ctx.response());
+
+        assertEquals(302, ctx.response().getStatus());
+        assertEquals("https://test.com/content/dam/test%20with%20spaces.png.test.500.500.png", ctx.response().getHeader("Location"));
+    }
 }
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