diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/AbstractRecord.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/AbstractRecord.php
index 8dce0ee6ed90..9ccf061b6aa6 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/AbstractRecord.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/AbstractRecord.php
@@ -351,7 +351,11 @@ public function homeAction()
                 if (true === $driver->tryMethod('isCollection')) {
                     $params = $this->params()->fromQuery()
                         + $this->params()->fromRoute();
-                    $options = [];
+                    // Path normalization breaks url-encoded percent signs used for
+                    // UTF-8 characters (e.g. turning %25C3 to %C3), so disable it:
+                    $options = [
+                        'normalize_path' => false,
+                    ];
                     if ($sid = $this->getSearchMemory()->getCurrentSearchId()) {
                         $options['query'] = compact('sid');
                     }