diff --git a/src/retr.c b/src/retr.c
index a6a9bd7a..ddd46cb6 100644
--- a/src/retr.c
+++ b/src/retr.c
@@ -872,9 +872,11 @@ retrieve_url (struct url * orig_parsed, const char *origurl, char **file,
       xfree (mynewloc);
       mynewloc = construced_newloc;
 
-      /* Reset UTF-8 encoding state, keep the URI encoding and reset
+      /* Reset UTF-8 encoding state, set the URI encoding and reset
          the content encoding. */
       iri->utf8_encode = opt.enable_iri;
+      if (opt.encoding_remote)
+       set_uri_encoding (iri, opt.encoding_remote, true);
       set_content_encoding (iri, NULL);
       xfree (iri->orig_url);