diff --git a/data.go b/data.go
index 284da4559..d590c6cec 100644
--- a/data.go
+++ b/data.go
@@ -337,9 +337,14 @@ func (r Request) String() string {
 //	http://localhost/http://example.com/image.jpg
 func NewRequest(r *http.Request, baseURL *url.URL) (*Request, error) {
 	var err error
+	var additionalQuery string
 	req := &Request{Original: r}
 
-	path := r.URL.EscapedPath()[1:] // strip leading slash
+	path := r.URL.EscapedPath()[1:]                      // strip leading slash
+	decodedPath, err, additionalQuery := decodeURL(path) // Conditionally decode url path param if it is url encoded this enables us to process image urls with query params built in
+	if err == nil {
+		path = decodedPath
+	}
 	req.URL, err = parseURL(path)
 	if err != nil || !req.URL.IsAbs() {
 		// first segment should be options
@@ -370,7 +375,7 @@ func NewRequest(r *http.Request, baseURL *url.URL) (*Request, error) {
 	}
 
 	// query string is always part of the remote URL
-	req.URL.RawQuery = r.URL.RawQuery
+	req.URL.RawQuery = combineQueries(r.URL.RawQuery, additionalQuery)
 	return req, nil
 }
 
@@ -382,3 +387,45 @@ func parseURL(s string) (*url.URL, error) {
 	s = reCleanedURL.ReplaceAllString(s, "$1://$2")
 	return url.Parse(s)
 }
+
+var reIsEncodedUrl = regexp.MustCompile(`^https?%`)
+
+func decodeURL(s string) (string, error, string) {
+	var startsWithHttp = strings.HasPrefix(s, "http")
+	var prefix = ""
+	var u = s
+
+	if !startsWithHttp && strings.Contains(s, "http") {
+		var parts = strings.SplitN(s, "http", 2)
+		u = "http" + parts[1]
+		prefix = parts[0]
+	}
+
+	var isUrlEncoded = reIsEncodedUrl.MatchString(u)
+
+	if isUrlEncoded {
+		u, err := url.QueryUnescape(u)
+		if err != nil {
+			return u, err, ""
+		}
+
+		var parsed, err2 = url.Parse(u)
+		if err2 != nil {
+			return u, err2, ""
+		}
+
+		return prefix + u, err2, parsed.RawQuery
+	} else {
+		return s, nil, ""
+	}
+}
+
+func combineQueries(a string, b string) string {
+	if a == "" {
+		return b
+	} else if b == "" {
+		return a
+	} else {
+		return a + "&" + b
+	}
+}
diff --git a/data_test.go b/data_test.go
index 80d3c3dd2..aa9073833 100644
--- a/data_test.go
+++ b/data_test.go
@@ -156,6 +156,43 @@ func TestNewRequest(t *testing.T) {
 			"http://localhost/http://example.com/%2C",
 			"http://example.com/%2C", emptyOptions, false,
 		},
+		// URI Encoded cases
+		{
+			"http://localhost/1x2/http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Ffoo",
+			"http://example.com/foo", Options{Width: 1, Height: 2}, false,
+		},
+		{
+			"http://localhost/1x2/http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fhttp%2Fstuff",
+			"http://example.com/http/stuff", Options{Width: 1, Height: 2}, false,
+		},
+		{
+			"http://localhost/http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Ffoo",
+			"http://example.com/foo", emptyOptions, false,
+		},
+		{
+			"http://localhost/http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Ffoo",
+			"http://example.com/foo", emptyOptions, false,
+		},
+		{
+			"http://localhost/http%3A%2Fexample.com%2Ffoo",
+			"http://example.com/foo", emptyOptions, false,
+		},
+		{
+			"http://localhost/http%3A%2F%2F%2Fexample.com%2Ffoo",
+			"http://example.com/foo", emptyOptions, false,
+		},
+		{
+			"http://localhost//http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Ffoo",
+			"http://example.com/foo", emptyOptions, false,
+		},
+		{
+			"http://localhost/http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Ffoo%3Ftest%3D1%26test%3D2",
+			"http://example.com/foo?test=1&test=2", emptyOptions, false,
+		},
+		{
+			"http://localhost/1x2/http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Ffoo%3Ftest%3D1%26test%3D2",
+			"http://example.com/foo?test=1&test=2", Options{Width: 1, Height: 2}, false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {