diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/table/renderer.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/table/renderer.ts
index 78f224d723f..f6950dada52 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/table/renderer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/table/renderer.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export class TableRenderer {
       var scopedVars = this.renderRowVariables(rowIndex);
       scopedVars['__cell'] = { value: value };
 
-      var cellLink = this.templateSrv.replace(column.style.linkUrl, scopedVars);
+      var cellLink = this.templateSrv.replace(column.style.linkUrl, scopedVars, encodeURIComponent);
       var cellLinkTooltip = this.templateSrv.replace(column.style.linkTooltip, scopedVars);
       var cellTarget = column.style.linkTargetBlank ? '_blank' : '';