diff --git a/httpretty/__init__.py b/httpretty/__init__.py
index 751198a..9a07ee6 100644
--- a/httpretty/__init__.py
+++ b/httpretty/__init__.py
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ class Py3kObject(object):
 from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import timedelta
 try:
-    from urllib.parse import urlsplit, parse_qs
+    from urllib.parse import urlsplit, urlunsplit, parse_qs, quote, quote_plus
 except ImportError:
-    from urlparse import urlsplit, parse_qs
+    from urlparse import urlsplit, urlunsplit, parse_qs
+    from urllib import quote, quote_plus
 
 try:
     from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
@@ -599,6 +600,13 @@ class Entry(Py3kObject):
         fk.seek(0)
 
 
+def url_fix(s, charset='utf-8'):
+    scheme, netloc, path, querystring, fragment = urlsplit(s)
+    path = quote(path, b'/%')
+    querystring = quote_plus(querystring, b':&=')
+    return urlunsplit((scheme, netloc, path, querystring, fragment))
+
+
 class URIInfo(Py3kObject):
     def __init__(self,
                  username='',
@@ -643,8 +651,16 @@ class URIInfo(Py3kObject):
         return hash(text_type(self))
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        self_tuple = (self.port, decode_utf8(self.hostname), decode_utf8(self.path))
-        other_tuple = (other.port, decode_utf8(other.hostname), decode_utf8(other.path))
+        self_tuple = (
+            self.port,
+            decode_utf8(self.hostname),
+            url_fix(decode_utf8(self.path)),
+        )
+        other_tuple = (
+            other.port,
+            decode_utf8(other.hostname),
+            url_fix(decode_utf8(other.path)),
+        )
         return self_tuple == other_tuple
 
     def full_url(self):
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_requests.py b/tests/functional/test_requests.py
index bdf43d6..67c16a1 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_requests.py
@@ -548,3 +548,16 @@ def test_httpretty_should_allow_multiple_responses_with_multiple_methods():
     expect(requests.post(url).text).to.equal('d')
     expect(requests.post(url).text).to.equal('d')
     expect(requests.post(url).text).to.equal('d')
+
+
+@httprettified
+def test_httpretty_should_normalize_url_patching():
+    u"HTTPretty should normalize all url patching"
+
+    HTTPretty.register_uri(
+        HTTPretty.GET,
+        "http://yipit.com/foo(bar)",
+        body="Find the best daily deals")
+
+    response = requests.get('http://yipit.com/foo%28bar%29')
+    expect(response.text).to.equal('Find the best daily deals')
diff --git a/tests/functional/testserver.py b/tests/functional/testserver.py
index 28f216b..03634a5 100644
--- a/tests/functional/testserver.py
+++ b/tests/functional/testserver.py
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ from tornado.httpserver import HTTPServer
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
 from multiprocessing import Process
 
+PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
+if PY3:
+    text_type = str
+    byte_type = bytes
+else:
+    text_type = unicode
+    byte_type = str
+
+
+def utf8(s):
+    if isinstance(s, text_type):
+        s = s.encode('utf-8')
+
+    return byte_type(s)
+
 true_socket = socket.socket
 
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
@@ -119,6 +134,10 @@ class TCPServer(object):
                 data = conn.recv(1024)
                 conn.send(b"RECEIVED: " + bytes(data))
 
+                print("*" * 100)
+                print(data)
+                print("*" * 100)
+
             conn.close()
 
         args = [self.port]