diff --git a/app/concerns/web_request_concern.rb b/app/concerns/web_request_concern.rb
index 47bfd3f5..71c9c091 100644
--- a/app/concerns/web_request_concern.rb
+++ b/app/concerns/web_request_concern.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ require 'faraday'
 require 'faraday_middleware'
 
 module WebRequestConcern
+  module DoNotEncoder
+    def self.encode(params)
+      params.map do |key, value|
+        value.nil? ? "#{key}" : "#{key}=#{value}"
+      end.join('&')
+    end
+
+    def self.decode(val)
+      [val]
+    end
+  end
+
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
   def validate_web_request_options!
@@ -38,6 +50,11 @@ module WebRequestConcern
 
       builder.use FaradayMiddleware::FollowRedirects
       builder.request :url_encoded
+
+      if boolify(options['disable_url_encoding'])
+        builder.options.params_encoder = DoNotEncoder
+      end
+
       if userinfo = basic_auth_credentials
         builder.request :basic_auth, *userinfo
       end
diff --git a/app/models/agents/rss_agent.rb b/app/models/agents/rss_agent.rb
index 8e2b9c39..9780f4e9 100644
--- a/app/models/agents/rss_agent.rb
+++ b/app/models/agents/rss_agent.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Agents
           * `headers` - When present, it should be a hash of headers to send with the request.
           * `basic_auth` - Specify HTTP basic auth parameters: `"username:password"`, or `["username", "password"]`.
           * `disable_ssl_verification` - Set to `true` to disable ssl verification.
+          * `disable_url_encoding` - Set to `true` to disable url encoding.
           * `user_agent` - A custom User-Agent name (default: "Faraday v#{Faraday::VERSION}").
           * `max_events_per_run` - Limit number of events created (items parsed) per run for feed.
       MD
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_examples/web_request_concern.rb b/spec/support/shared_examples/web_request_concern.rb
index f9dab9c1..53df7129 100644
--- a/spec/support/shared_examples/web_request_concern.rb
+++ b/spec/support/shared_examples/web_request_concern.rb
@@ -141,5 +141,38 @@ shared_examples_for WebRequestConcern do
       agent.options['disable_ssl_verification'] = false
       expect(agent.faraday.ssl.verify).to eq(true)
     end
+
+    it "should use faradays default params_encoder" do
+      expect(agent.faraday.options.params_encoder).to eq(nil)
+      agent.options['disable_url_encoding'] = 'false'
+      expect(agent.faraday.options.params_encoder).to eq(nil)
+      agent.options['disable_url_encoding'] = false
+      expect(agent.faraday.options.params_encoder).to eq(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "should use WebRequestConcern::DoNotEncoder when disable_url_encoding is truthy" do
+      agent.options['disable_url_encoding'] = true
+      expect(agent.faraday.options.params_encoder).to eq(WebRequestConcern::DoNotEncoder)
+      agent.options['disable_url_encoding'] = 'true'
+      expect(agent.faraday.options.params_encoder).to eq(WebRequestConcern::DoNotEncoder)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe WebRequestConcern::DoNotEncoder do
+    it "should not encode special characters" do
+      expect(WebRequestConcern::DoNotEncoder.encode('GetRss?CategoryNr=39207' => 'test')).to eq('GetRss?CategoryNr=39207=test')
+    end
+
+    it "should work without a value present" do
+      expect(WebRequestConcern::DoNotEncoder.encode('GetRss?CategoryNr=39207' => nil)).to eq('GetRss?CategoryNr=39207')
+    end
+
+    it "should work without an empty value" do
+      expect(WebRequestConcern::DoNotEncoder.encode('GetRss?CategoryNr=39207' => '')).to eq('GetRss?CategoryNr=39207=')
+    end
+
+    it "should return the value when decoding" do
+      expect(WebRequestConcern::DoNotEncoder.decode('val')).to eq(['val'])
+    end
   end
 end