diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/AbstractTraceHttpRequestInterceptor.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/AbstractTraceHttpRequestInterceptor.java
index b1f17fcc7..57b267ac4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/AbstractTraceHttpRequestInterceptor.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/AbstractTraceHttpRequestInterceptor.java
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ abstract class AbstractTraceHttpRequestInterceptor {
 	}
 
 	private String getName(URI uri) {
-		return SpanNameUtil.shorten(uriScheme(uri) + ":" + uri.getPath());
+		// The returned name should comply with RFC 882 - Section 3.1.2.
+		// i.e Header values must composed of printable ASCII values.
+		return SpanNameUtil.shorten(uriScheme(uri) + ":" + uri.getRawPath());
 	}
 
 	private String uriScheme(URI uri) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/TraceRestTemplateInterceptorTests.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/TraceRestTemplateInterceptorTests.java
index 9a892246d..f207ebec5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/TraceRestTemplateInterceptorTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/web/client/TraceRestTemplateInterceptorTests.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -156,6 +157,23 @@ public class TraceRestTemplateInterceptorTests {
 		then(this.testController.span).hasNameEqualTo("http:/");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void createdSpanNameHasOnlyPrintableAsciiCharactersForNonEncodedURIWithNonAsciiChars() {
+		this.tracer.continueSpan(Span.builder().traceId(1L).spanId(2L).exportable(false).build());
+
+		try {
+			this.template.getForEntity("/cas~fs~划", Map.class).getBody();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+
+		}
+
+		String spanName = this.spanAccumulator.getSpans().get(0).getName();
+		then(this.spanAccumulator.getSpans().get(0).getName()).isEqualTo("http:/cas~fs~%C3%A5%CB%86%E2%80%99");
+		then(StringUtils.isAsciiPrintable(spanName));
+		then(ExceptionUtils.getLastException()).isNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void willShortenTheNameOfTheSpan() {
 		this.tracer.continueSpan(Span.builder().traceId(1L).spanId(2L).exportable(false).build());