diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
index f4f9ca348..bc069fbf2 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ sub cgi ($) { #{{{
 				"</p>");
 		}
 		else {
-			IkiWiki::redirect($cgi, $config{url}."/".htmlpage($link));
+			IkiWiki::redirect($cgi, $config{url}.IkiWiki::beautify_url("/".htmlpage($link)));
 		}
 
 		exit;