diff --git a/swift/cli/info.py b/swift/cli/info.py
index dc29faded6..413fafa689 100644
--- a/swift/cli/info.py
+++ b/swift/cli/info.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def curl_head_command(ip, port, device, part, target, policy_index):
     else:
         formatted_ip = ip
 
-    cmd = 'curl -g -I -XHEAD "http://%s:%s/%s/%s/%s"' % (
+    cmd = 'curl --path-as-is -g -I -XHEAD "http://%s:%s/%s/%s/%s"' % (
         formatted_ip, port, device, part, urllib.parse.quote(target))
     if policy_index is not None:
         cmd += ' -H "%s: %s"' % ('X-Backend-Storage-Policy-Index',
diff --git a/test/unit/cli/test_info.py b/test/unit/cli/test_info.py
index f1a77d0b13..1112709a25 100644
--- a/test/unit/cli/test_info.py
+++ b/test/unit/cli/test_info.py
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ class TestPrintObjFullMeta(TestCliInfoBase):
             os.chdir(cwd)
 
         exp_curl = (
-            'curl -g -I -XHEAD '
+            'curl --path-as-is -g -I -XHEAD '
             '"http://{host}:{port}/{device}/{part}/AUTH_admin/c/obj" '
             '-H "X-Backend-Storage-Policy-Index: 2"').format(
                 host=node['ip'],
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ class TestPrintObjFullMeta(TestCliInfoBase):
             os.chdir(cwd)
 
         exp_curl = (
-            'curl -g -I -XHEAD '
+            'curl --path-as-is -g -I -XHEAD '
             '"http://[{host}]:{port}'
             '/{device}/{part}/AUTH_admin/c/obj" ').format(
                 host=node['ip'],