diff --git a/sanic/response.py b/sanic/response.py
index cf9aaba2..c32ed9ce 100644
--- a/sanic/response.py
+++ b/sanic/response.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ def redirect(
     headers = headers or {}
 
     # URL Quote the URL before redirecting
-    safe_to = quote_plus(to, safe=":/#?&=@[]!$&'()*+,;")
+    safe_to = quote_plus(to, safe=":/%#?&=@[]!$&'()*+,;")
 
     # According to RFC 7231, a relative URI is now permitted.
     headers["Location"] = safe_to
diff --git a/tests/test_redirect.py b/tests/test_redirect.py
index f5efac60..8c7cc007 100644
--- a/tests/test_redirect.py
+++ b/tests/test_redirect.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
+import json
+from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from sanic.response import text, redirect
 
@@ -107,3 +109,25 @@ def test_redirect_with_header_injection(redirect_app):
     assert response.status == 302
     assert "test-header" not in response.headers
     assert not response.text.startswith('test-body')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_str", ["sanic-test", "sanictest", "sanic test"])
+async def test_redirect_with_params(app, test_client, test_str):
+
+    @app.route("/api/v1/test/<test>/")
+    async def init_handler(request, test):
+        assert test == test_str
+        return redirect("/api/v2/test/{}/".format(quote(test)))
+
+    @app.route("/api/v2/test/<test>/")
+    async def target_handler(request, test):
+        assert test == test_str
+        return text("OK")
+
+    test_cli = await test_client(app)
+
+    response = await test_cli.get("/api/v1/test/{}/".format(quote(test_str)))
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+    txt = await response.text()
+    assert txt == "OK"