diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/shortcut.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/shortcut.pm
index 0cedbe447..98df143ab 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/shortcut.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/shortcut.pm
@@ -73,11 +73,21 @@ sub shortcut_expand ($$@) {
 	add_depends($params{destpage}, "shortcuts");
 
 	my $text=join(" ", @params);
-	my $encoded_text=$text;
-	$encoded_text=~s/([^A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/seg;
 	
-	$url=~s{\%([sS])}{
-		$1 eq 's' ? $encoded_text : $text
+	$url=~s{\%([sSW])}{
+		if ($1 eq 's') {
+			my $t=$text;
+			$t=~s/([^A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/seg;
+			$t;
+		}
+		elsif ($1 eq 'S') {
+			$text;
+		}
+		elsif ($1 eq 'W') {
+			my $t=Encode::encode_utf8($text);
+			$t=~s/([^A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/seg;
+			$t;
+		}
 	}eg;
 
 	$text=~s/_/ /g;
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0e1749bf9..bac4874c7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ ikiwiki (3.20120203) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * openid-jquery.js: Update URL of Wordpress favicon. Closes: #660549
   * Drop the version attribute on the generator tag in Atom feeds
     to make builds more reproducible. Closes: #661569 (Paul Wise)
+  * shortcut: Support Wikipedia's form of url-encoding for unicode
+    characters, which involves mojibake. Closes: #661198
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:00 -0400
 
diff --git a/doc/shortcuts.mdwn b/doc/shortcuts.mdwn
index 07210f9bf..722c6b141 100644
--- a/doc/shortcuts.mdwn
+++ b/doc/shortcuts.mdwn
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This page controls what shortcut links the wiki supports.
 * [[!shortcut name=archive url="http://web.archive.org/*/%S"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=gmap url="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=gmsg url="https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=%s"]]
-* [[!shortcut name=wikipedia url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s"]]
+* [[!shortcut name=wikipedia url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%W"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=wikitravel url="https://wikitravel.org/en/%s"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=wiktionary url="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=debbug url="http://bugs.debian.org/%S" desc="Debian bug #%s"]]
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ This page controls what shortcut links the wiki supports.
 To add a new shortcut, use the `shortcut`
 [[ikiwiki/directive]]. In the url, "%s" is replaced with the
 text passed to the named shortcut, after [[!wikipedia url_encoding]]
-it, and '%S' is replaced with the raw, non-encoded text. The optional
-`desc` parameter controls the description of the link.
+it, and '%S' is replaced with the raw, non-encoded text. 
+Additionally, `%W` is replaced with the text encoded just right for
+Wikipedia. The optional `desc` parameter controls the description of
+the link.
 
 Remember that the `name` you give the shortcut will become a new
 [[ikiwiki/directive]].  Avoid using a `name` that conflicts