diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Helpers/Excerpts.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Helpers/Excerpts.php
index 697e619059..53faaf4df7 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Helpers/Excerpts.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Helpers/Excerpts.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public static function getHtmlFromExcerpt($excerpt)
      */
     public static function processLinkExcerpt($excerpt, Page $page, $type = 'link')
     {
-        $url = htmlspecialchars_decode(urldecode($excerpt['element']['attributes']['href']));
+        $url = htmlspecialchars_decode(rawurldecode($excerpt['element']['attributes']['href']));
 
         $url_parts = static::parseUrl($url);