diff --git a/projects/ngx-uploader/src/lib/ngx-uploader.class.ts b/projects/ngx-uploader/src/lib/ngx-uploader.class.ts
index 9daa548d..78e79653 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-uploader/src/lib/ngx-uploader.class.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-uploader/src/lib/ngx-uploader.class.ts
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export class NgUploaderService {
         Object.keys(data).forEach(key => file.form.append(key, data[key]));
         Object.keys(headers).forEach(key => xhr.setRequestHeader(key, headers[key]));
 
-        file.form.append(event.fieldName || 'file', uploadFile, uploadFile.name);
+        file.form.append(event.fieldName || 'file', uploadFile, encodeURIComponent(uploadFile.name));
 
         this.serviceEvents.emit({ type: 'start', file: file });
         xhr.send(file.form);