diff --git a/CliClient/tests/MdToMd.js b/CliClient/tests/MdToMd.js
index 186b7f40c4..d10278d661 100644
--- a/CliClient/tests/MdToMd.js
+++ b/CliClient/tests/MdToMd.js
@@ -38,4 +38,9 @@ describe('InteropService_Importer_Md: importLocalImages', function() {
 		expect(items.length).toBe(0);
 		expect(note.body).toContain('Unidentified vessel travelling at sub warp speed, bearing 235.7. Fluctuations in energy readings from it, Captain. All transporters off.');
 	});
+	it('should import linked image with special characters in name', async function() {
+		const note = await importer.importFile(`${__dirname}/md_to_md/sample-special-chars.md`, 'notebook');
+		const items = await Note.linkedItems(note.body);
+		expect(items.length).toBe(1);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/CliClient/tests/md_to_md/sample-special-chars.md b/CliClient/tests/md_to_md/sample-special-chars.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bc1a5ed07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CliClient/tests/md_to_md/sample-special-chars.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+![link special chars](../support/photo-åäö.jpg)
diff --git a/CliClient/tests/support/photo-åäö.jpg b/CliClient/tests/support/photo-åäö.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b258679de6
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diff --git a/CliClient/tests/support/photo-åäö.jpg b/CliClient/tests/support/photo-åäö.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b258679de6
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diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/services/InteropService_Importer_Md.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/services/InteropService_Importer_Md.js
index 2cb99ca066..d4e029c463 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/services/InteropService_Importer_Md.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/services/InteropService_Importer_Md.js
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class InteropService_Importer_Md extends InteropService_Importer_Base {
 	async importLocalImages(filePath, md) {
 		let updated = md;
 		const imageLinks = unique(extractImageUrls(md));
-		await Promise.all(imageLinks.map(async (link) => {
+		await Promise.all(imageLinks.map(async (encodedLink) => {
+			const link = decodeURI(encodedLink);
 			const attachmentPath = filename(`${dirname(filePath)}/${link}`, true);
 			const pathWithExtension =  `${attachmentPath}.${fileExtension(link)}`;
 			const stat = await shim.fsDriver().stat(pathWithExtension);