diff --git a/Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py b/Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py
index fc1824c..a4517dc 100644
--- a/Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import string
 import posixpath
 import BaseHTTPServer
+import urllib
 
 
 class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
         probably be diagnosed.)
 
         """
-        path = posixpath.normpath(path)
+        path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
         words = string.splitfields(path, '/')
         words = filter(None, words)
         path = os.getcwd()