diff --git a/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/canonical-url.js b/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/canonical-url.js
index 40e21551913f..0e4fb40740c0 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/canonical-url.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/canonical-url.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const urlUtils = require('../../shared/url-utils');
 const getUrl = require('./url');
+const {fixAnyNonStandardChars} = require('./utils');
 
 function getCanonicalUrl(data) {
     if ((_.includes(data.context, 'post') || _.includes(data.context, 'page'))
@@ -17,7 +18,9 @@ function getCanonicalUrl(data) {
     if (url.indexOf('/amp/')) {
         url = url.replace(/\/amp\/$/i, '/');
     }
-
+    // fix any urls with unexpected accented characters
+    url = fixAnyNonStandardChars(url);
+    
     return url;
 }
 
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/paginated-url.js b/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/paginated-url.js
index c57adff91a79..01fa8551e012 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/paginated-url.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/paginated-url.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const urlUtils = require('../../shared/url-utils');
+const {fixAnyNonStandardChars} = require('./utils');
 
 function getPaginatedUrl(page, data, absolute) {
     // If we don't have enough information, return null right away
@@ -7,6 +8,9 @@ function getPaginatedUrl(page, data, absolute) {
         return null;
     }
 
+    // rewrite urls that might contain accented characters
+    data.relativeUrl = fixAnyNonStandardChars(data.relativeUrl);
+
     // routeKeywords.page: 'page'
     const pagePath = urlUtils.urlJoin('/page/');
 
diff --git a/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/utils.js b/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb5c6571427e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/core/core/frontend/meta/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const security = require('@tryghost/security');
+const debug = require('@tryghost/debug')('frontend');
+
+function fixAnyNonStandardChars(pathOrUrl) {
+    let path = pathOrUrl;
+    let origin = '';
+
+    try { 
+        path = new URL(pathOrUrl).pathname; 
+        origin = new URL(pathOrUrl).origin; 
+    } catch { 
+        /* no problem, just means the existing pathOrUrl is not a URL */ 
+    }
+
+    let returnString = pathOrUrl;
+
+    try {
+        returnString = origin + decodeURIComponent(path)
+            .split('/')
+            .map (part => security.string.safe(part))
+            .join('/');
+    } catch (err) {
+        debug('Could not decode path', path, err);
+    }
+    return returnString;
+}
+
+module.exports = {fixAnyNonStandardChars};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/unit/frontend/meta/canonical-url.test.js b/ghost/core/test/unit/frontend/meta/canonical-url.test.js
index 4b5f3ec79212..a4386ac37843 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/unit/frontend/meta/canonical-url.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/unit/frontend/meta/canonical-url.test.js
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ describe('getCanonicalUrl', function () {
         const post = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createPost();
 
         getUrlStub.withArgs(post, false).returns('/post-url/');
-        urlUtils.urlJoin.withArgs('http://localhost:9999', '/post-url/').returns('canonical url');
+        urlUtils.urlJoin.withArgs('http://localhost:9999', '/post-url/').returns('http://localhost:9999/post-url/');
 
-        getCanonicalUrl(post).should.eql('canonical url');
+        getCanonicalUrl(post).should.eql('http://localhost:9999/post-url/');
 
         urlUtils.urlJoin.calledOnce.should.be.true();
         urlUtils.urlFor.calledOnce.should.be.true();
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ describe('getCanonicalUrl', function () {
         const post = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createPost();
 
         getUrlStub.withArgs(post, false).returns('/post-url/amp/');
-        urlUtils.urlJoin.withArgs('http://localhost:9999', '/post-url/amp/').returns('*/amp/');
+        urlUtils.urlJoin.withArgs('http://localhost:9999', '/post-url/amp/').returns('http://localhost:9999/post-url/amp/');
 
-        getCanonicalUrl(post).should.eql('*/');
+        getCanonicalUrl(post).should.eql('http://localhost:9999/post-url/');
 
         urlUtils.urlJoin.calledOnce.should.be.true();
         urlUtils.urlFor.calledOnce.should.be.true();
@@ -62,9 +62,21 @@ describe('getCanonicalUrl', function () {
 
     it('should return home if empty secure data', function () {
         getUrlStub.withArgs({secure: true}, false).returns('/');
-        urlUtils.urlJoin.withArgs('http://localhost:9999', '/').returns('canonical url');
+        urlUtils.urlJoin.withArgs('http://localhost:9999', '/').returns('http://localhost:9999/post-url/');
 
-        getCanonicalUrl({secure: true}).should.eql('canonical url');
+        getCanonicalUrl({secure: true}).should.eql('http://localhost:9999/post-url/');
+
+        urlUtils.urlJoin.calledOnce.should.be.true();
+        urlUtils.urlFor.calledOnce.should.be.true();
+        getUrlStub.calledOnce.should.be.true();
+    });
+
+    it('should remove any strange characters from the url', function () {
+        const post = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createPost();
+
+        getUrlStub.withArgs(post, false).returns('/post-url/strange-à-characters/');
+        urlUtils.urlJoin.withArgs('http://localhost:9999', '/post-url/strange-à-characters/').returns('http://localhost:9999/strange-à-characters');
+        getCanonicalUrl(post).should.eql('http://localhost:9999/strange-a-characters');
 
         urlUtils.urlJoin.calledOnce.should.be.true();
         urlUtils.urlFor.calledOnce.should.be.true();