diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08ec84a..ccf2ce5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Method <ARGS>
 
 * [Overview](#pkg-overview)
 * [Index](#pkg-index)
+* [Examples](#pkg-examples)
 * [Subdirectories](#pkg-subdirectories)
 
 ### <a name="pkg-overview">Overview</a>
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ Package gowebdav A golang WebDAV library
 * [func FixSlash(s string) string](#FixSlash)
 * [func FixSlashes(s string) string](#FixSlashes)
 * [func Join(path0 string, path1 string) string](#Join)
+* [func PathEscape(path string) string](#PathEscape)
 * [func String(r io.Reader) string](#String)
 * [type Client](#Client)
   * [func NewClient(uri string, user string, pw string) *Client](#NewClient)
@@ -88,28 +90,37 @@ Package gowebdav A golang WebDAV library
   * [func (f File) String() string](#File.String)
   * [func (f File) Sys() interface{}](#File.Sys)
 
+##### <a name="pkg-examples">Examples</a>
+* [PathEscape](#example_PathEscape)
+
 ##### <a name="pkg-files">Package files</a>
 [client.go](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/client.go) [file.go](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/file.go) [requests.go](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/requests.go) [utils.go](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go) 
 
-### <a name="FixSlash">func</a> [FixSlash](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=491:521#L35)
+### <a name="FixSlash">func</a> [FixSlash](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=707:737#L45)
 ``` go
 func FixSlash(s string) string
 ```
 FixSlash appends a trailing / to our string
 
-### <a name="FixSlashes">func</a> [FixSlashes](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=643:675#L43)
+### <a name="FixSlashes">func</a> [FixSlashes](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=859:891#L53)
 ``` go
 func FixSlashes(s string) string
 ```
 FixSlashes appends and prepends a / if they are missing
 
-### <a name="Join">func</a> [Join](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=760:804#L51)
+### <a name="Join">func</a> [Join](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=976:1020#L61)
 ``` go
 func Join(path0 string, path1 string) string
 ```
 Join joins two paths
 
-### <a name="String">func</a> [String](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=934:965#L56)
+### <a name="PathEscape">func</a> [PathEscape](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=506:541#L36)
+``` go
+func PathEscape(path string) string
+```
+PathEscape escapes all segemnts of a given path
+
+### <a name="String">func</a> [String](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/utils.go?s=1150:1181#L66)
 ``` go
 func String(r io.Reader) string
 ```
diff --git a/requests.go b/requests.go
index 316e252..206dda8 100644
--- a/requests.go
+++ b/requests.go
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (c *Client) req(method, path string, body io.Reader, intercept func(*http.Request)) (req *http.Response, err error) {
-	path = strings.Replace(path, "%", "%25", -1)
-	path = strings.Replace(path, "#", "%23", -1)
-	r, err := http.NewRequest(method, Join(c.root, path), body)
+	r, err := http.NewRequest(method, PathEscape(Join(c.root, path)), body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 43b3725..e6caf50 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -31,6 +32,15 @@ func newPathErrorErr(op string, path string, err error) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// PathEscape escapes all segemnts of a given path
+func PathEscape(path string) string {
+	s := strings.Split(path, "/")
+	for i, e := range s {
+		s[i] = url.PathEscape(e)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(s, "/")
+}
+
 // FixSlash appends a trailing / to our string
 func FixSlash(s string) string {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(s, "/") {
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
index 4e7dcca..9751c9c 100644
--- a/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package gowebdav
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestJoin(t *testing.T) {
 	eq(t, "/", "", "")
@@ -16,3 +20,26 @@ func eq(t *testing.T, expected string, s0 string, s1 string) {
 		t.Error("For", "'"+s0+"','"+s1+"'", "expeted", "'"+expected+"'", "got", "'"+s+"'")
 	}
 }
+
+func ExamplePathEscape() {
+	fmt.Println(PathEscape(""))
+	fmt.Println(PathEscape("/"))
+	fmt.Println(PathEscape("/web"))
+	fmt.Println(PathEscape("/web/"))
+	fmt.Println(PathEscape("/w e b/d a v/s%u&c#k:s/"))
+
+	// Output:
+	//
+	// /
+	// /web
+	// /web/
+	// /w%20e%20b/d%20a%20v/s%25u&c%23k:s/
+}
+
+func TestEscapeURL(t *testing.T) {
+	ex := "https://foo.com/w%20e%20b/d%20a%20v/s%25u&c%23k:s/"
+	u, _ := url.Parse("https://foo.com" + PathEscape("/w e b/d a v/s%u&c#k:s/"))
+	if ex != u.String() {
+		t.Error("expected: " + ex + " got: " + u.String())
+	}
+}