diff --git a/lib/inline-css-url.js b/lib/inline-css-url.js
index b7e262b..6351e9f 100644
--- a/lib/inline-css-url.js
+++ b/lib/inline-css-url.js
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ var url = require('url');
 var clean = function (path) {
 	path = url.parse(path);
 	path = _.pick(path, ['protocol', 'host', 'pathname']);
-	return url.format(path);
+	path = url.format(path);
+	path = decodeURI(path);
+	return path;
 };
 /**
  * Convert local url data type paths to datauris.
diff --git a/test/fixtures/file space.txt b/test/fixtures/file space.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90b67dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/file space.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Test.
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 5ed8472..1de3f9d 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -159,5 +159,10 @@ describe('inlineHtml', function () {
 		var html = (source) => `<style> div { background-image: url('${source}'); }</style>`;
 		return expect(inline(html(url))).to.eventually.equal(html(uri));
 	});
-
+	it('handle assets with a space in their filename', function () {
+		var filename = path.resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/file space.txt');
+		var uri = datauri(filename);
+		var html = (source) => `<style> div { background-image: url('${source}'); }</style>`;
+		return expect(inline(html(filename))).to.eventually.equal(html(uri));
+	});
 });