diff --git a/src/core/ngx_string.c b/src/core/ngx_string.c
index 75bc6578d..8f29e9070 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_string.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_string.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,26 @@ ngx_escape_uri(u_char *dst, u_char *src, size_t size, ngx_uint_t type)
                     /*  ~}| {zyx wvut srqp  onml kjih gfed cba` */
         0x80000000, /* 1000 0000 0000 0000  0000 0000 0000 0000 */
 
+        0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
+        0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
+        0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
+        0xffffffff  /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
+    };
+
+                    /* not ALPHA, DIGIT, "-", ".", "_", "~" */
+
+    static uint32_t   uri_component[] = {
+        0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
+
+                    /* ?>=< ;:98 7654 3210  /.-, +*)( '&%$ #"!  */
+        0xfc009fff, /* 1111 1100 0000 0000  1001 1111 1111 1111 */
+
+                    /* _^]\ [ZYX WVUT SRQP  ONML KJIH GFED CBA@ */
+        0x78000001, /* 0111 1000 0000 0000  0000 0000 0000 0001 */
+
+                    /*  ~}| {zyx wvut srqp  onml kjih gfed cba` */
+        0xb8000001, /* 1011 1000 0000 0000  0000 0000 0000 0001 */
+
         0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
         0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
         0xffffffff, /* 1111 1111 1111 1111  1111 1111 1111 1111 */
@@ -1443,7 +1463,7 @@ ngx_escape_uri(u_char *dst, u_char *src, size_t size, ngx_uint_t type)
                     /* mail_auth is the same as memcached */
 
     static uint32_t  *map[] =
-        { uri, args, html, refresh, memcached, memcached };
+        { uri, args, uri_component, html, refresh, memcached, memcached };
 
 
     escape = map[type];
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_string.h b/src/core/ngx_string.h
index 2030988d8..2b9c59a5e 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_string.h
+++ b/src/core/ngx_string.h
@@ -189,12 +189,13 @@ size_t ngx_utf8_length(u_char *p, size_t n);
 u_char *ngx_utf8_cpystrn(u_char *dst, u_char *src, size_t n, size_t len);
 
 
-#define NGX_ESCAPE_URI         0
-#define NGX_ESCAPE_ARGS        1
-#define NGX_ESCAPE_HTML        2
-#define NGX_ESCAPE_REFRESH     3
-#define NGX_ESCAPE_MEMCACHED   4
-#define NGX_ESCAPE_MAIL_AUTH   5
+#define NGX_ESCAPE_URI            0
+#define NGX_ESCAPE_ARGS           1
+#define NGX_ESCAPE_URI_COMPONENT  2
+#define NGX_ESCAPE_HTML           3
+#define NGX_ESCAPE_REFRESH        4
+#define NGX_ESCAPE_MEMCACHED      5
+#define NGX_ESCAPE_MAIL_AUTH      6
 
 #define NGX_UNESCAPE_URI       1
 #define NGX_UNESCAPE_REDIRECT  2
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_autoindex_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_autoindex_module.c
index b67931806..166b17df8 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_autoindex_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_autoindex_module.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ typedef struct {
     size_t         escape;
 
     unsigned       dir:1;
-    unsigned       colon:1;
 
     time_t         mtime;
     off_t          size;
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ ngx_http_autoindex_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
         ngx_cpystrn(entry->name.data, ngx_de_name(&dir), len + 1);
 
         entry->escape = 2 * ngx_escape_uri(NULL, ngx_de_name(&dir), len,
-                                           NGX_ESCAPE_HTML);
+                                           NGX_ESCAPE_URI_COMPONENT);
 
         if (utf8) {
             entry->utf_len = ngx_utf8_length(entry->name.data, entry->name.len);
@@ -346,8 +345,6 @@ ngx_http_autoindex_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
             entry->utf_len = len;
         }
 
-        entry->colon = (ngx_strchr(entry->name.data, ':') != NULL);
-
         entry->dir = ngx_de_is_dir(&dir);
         entry->mtime = ngx_de_mtime(&dir);
         entry->size = ngx_de_size(&dir);
@@ -373,7 +370,7 @@ ngx_http_autoindex_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
             + entry[i].name.len + entry[i].escape
             + 1                                          /* 1 is for "/" */
             + sizeof("\">") - 1
-            + entry[i].name.len - entry[i].utf_len + entry[i].colon * 2
+            + entry[i].name.len - entry[i].utf_len
             + NGX_HTTP_AUTOINDEX_NAME_LEN + sizeof("&gt;") - 2
             + sizeof("</a>") - 1
             + sizeof(" 28-Sep-1970 12:00 ") - 1
@@ -406,14 +403,9 @@ ngx_http_autoindex_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
     for (i = 0; i < entries.nelts; i++) {
         b->last = ngx_cpymem(b->last, "<a href=\"", sizeof("<a href=\"") - 1);
 
-        if (entry[i].colon) {
-            *b->last++ = '.';
-            *b->last++ = '/';
-        }
-
         if (entry[i].escape) {
             ngx_escape_uri(b->last, entry[i].name.data, entry[i].name.len,
-                           NGX_ESCAPE_HTML);
+                           NGX_ESCAPE_URI_COMPONENT);
 
             b->last += entry[i].name.len + entry[i].escape;