diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 5c4509f81..7713a2c4a 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func newDefaultConfig() *Config {
 		EnableTokenHeader:             true,
 		HTTPOnlyCookie:                true,
 		Headers:                       make(map[string]string),
+		LoosePathNormalization:        false,
 		LetsEncryptCacheDir:           "./cache/",
 		MatchClaims:                   make(map[string]string),
 		MaxIdleConns:                  100,
diff --git a/config_sample.yml b/config_sample.yml
index 1626d2c3c..6c332b4db 100644
--- a/config_sample.yml
+++ b/config_sample.yml
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ cors-methods: []
 cors-credentials: true|false
 # the max age (Access-Control-Max-Age)
 cors-max-age: 1h
+
+# enable looser path normalization. allow for double slashes in url and does not decode url. Enable only if you know what you are doing ( default: false)
+loose-path-normalization: false|true
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index f0686fdf2..358b7d816 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// ForwardingDomains is a collection of domains to signs
 	ForwardingDomains []string `json:"forwarding-domains" yaml:"forwarding-domains" usage:"list of domains which should be signed; everything else is relayed unsigned"`
 
+	// LoosePathNormalization uses a looser filter to the proxied request.
+	// This can be useful to proxy to services that require a not normalized path like Jenkins.
+	LoosePathNormalization bool `json:"loose-path-normalization" yaml:"loose-path-normalization" usage:"looser path normalization. allow for double slashes in url and does not decode url. Enable only if you know what you are doing."`
+
 	// DisableAllLogging indicates no logging at all
 	DisableAllLogging bool `json:"disable-all-logging" yaml:"disable-all-logging" usage:"disables all logging to stdout and stderr"`
 }
diff --git a/middleware.go b/middleware.go
index fff6864e9..eaebb6280 100644
--- a/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware.go
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// normalizeFlags is the options to purell
-	normalizeFlags purell.NormalizationFlags = purell.FlagRemoveDotSegments | purell.FlagRemoveDuplicateSlashes
+	normalizeFlags      purell.NormalizationFlags = purell.FlagRemoveDotSegments | purell.FlagRemoveDuplicateSlashes
+	looseNormalizeFlags purell.NormalizationFlags = purell.FlagRemoveDotSegments
 )
 
 // entrypointMiddleware is custom filtering for incoming requests
@@ -67,6 +68,41 @@ func entrypointMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	})
 }
 
+// looseEntrypointMiddleware is custom filtering for incoming requests with looser settings
+// Allow for double slashes in URL
+// Do not force to use decoded URL if normalized PATH and RAWPATH match
+func looseEntrypointMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		keep := req.URL.Path
+		keepRaw := req.URL.RawPath
+		keepURI := req.RequestURI
+
+		purell.NormalizeURL(req.URL, looseNormalizeFlags)
+
+		// ensure we have a slash in all url
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(req.URL.Path, "/") {
+			req.URL.Path = "/" + req.URL.Path
+			req.URL.RawPath = "/" + req.URL.RawPath
+			req.RequestURI = "/" + req.RequestURI
+		}
+
+		// @step: create a context for the request
+		scope := &RequestScope{}
+		resp := middleware.NewWrapResponseWriter(w, 1)
+		start := time.Now()
+		next.ServeHTTP(resp, req.WithContext(context.WithValue(req.Context(), contextScopeName, scope)))
+
+		// @metric record the time taken then response code
+		latencyMetric.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+		statusMetric.WithLabelValues(fmt.Sprintf("%d", resp.Status()), req.Method).Inc()
+
+		// place back the original uri for proxying request
+		req.URL.Path = keep
+		req.URL.RawPath = keepRaw
+		req.RequestURI = keepURI
+	})
+}
+
 // requestIDMiddleware is responsible for adding a request id if none found
 func (r *oauthProxy) requestIDMiddleware(header string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
diff --git a/middleware_test.go b/middleware_test.go
index 94e8f9a53..6697f1f16 100644
--- a/middleware_test.go
+++ b/middleware_test.go
@@ -538,6 +538,25 @@ func TestNoProxyingRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	newFakeProxy(c).RunTests(t, requests)
 }
 
+func TestLooseNormalizationProxyingRequests(t *testing.T) {
+	c := newFakeKeycloakConfig()
+	c.LoosePathNormalization = true
+	c.Resources = []*Resource{
+		{
+			URL:     "/*",
+			Methods: allHTTPMethods,
+		},
+	}
+	requests := []fakeRequest{
+		{ // check for loose path normalization
+			URI:          "/testForReverseProxySetup/https%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A6001%2Fmanage/",
+			Redirects:    true,
+			ExpectedCode: http.StatusTemporaryRedirect,
+		},
+	}
+	newFakeProxy(c).RunTests(t, requests)
+}
+
 const testAdminURI = "/admin/test"
 
 func TestStrangeAdminRequests(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 761967a70..c30c78d05 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ func (r *oauthProxy) createReverseProxy() error {
 		engine.Use(r.requestIDMiddleware(r.config.RequestIDHeader))
 	}
 	// @step: enable the entrypoint middleware
-	engine.Use(entrypointMiddleware)
+	if r.config.LoosePathNormalization {
+		r.log.Info("Path Normalization is Loose.")
+		engine.Use(looseEntrypointMiddleware)
+	} else {
+		r.log.Info("Path Normalization is Strict.")
+		engine.Use(entrypointMiddleware)
+	}
 
 	if r.config.EnableLogging {
 		engine.Use(r.loggingMiddleware)