diff --git a/src/history/html5.js b/src/history/html5.js
index 95c47344c..e1cdba97d 100644
--- a/src/history/html5.js
+++ b/src/history/html5.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class HTML5History extends History {
 }
 
 export function getLocation (base: string): string {
-  let path = window.location.pathname
+  let path = decodeURI(window.location.pathname)
   if (base && path.indexOf(base) === 0) {
     path = path.slice(base.length)
   }