diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fce28ee3b6..751eb7d57a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2636,6 +2636,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "open",
  "pathdiff",
+ "percent-encoding",
  "polars",
  "powierza-coefficient",
  "proptest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 05992db689..3fa3a8c0a6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ titlecase = "2.0.0"
 toml = "0.5.8"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.8.0"
 url = "2.2.1"
+percent-encoding = "2.2.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["v4"] }
 which = { version = "4.3.0", optional = true }
 reedline = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["bashisms", "sqlite"]}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
index 2a044a6e95..5eb73c7118 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ pub fn create_default_context() -> EngineState {
             Fetch,
             Post,
             Url,
+            UrlEncode,
             UrlParse,
             Port,
         }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/encode.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/encode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d64d9d596f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/encode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+use crate::input_handler::{operate, CellPathOnlyArgs};
+use nu_engine::CallExt;
+use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
+use nu_protocol::ast::CellPath;
+use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack};
+use nu_protocol::Category;
+use nu_protocol::{Example, PipelineData, ShellError, Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Type, Value};
+use percent_encoding::{utf8_percent_encode, AsciiSet, NON_ALPHANUMERIC};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct SubCommand;
+
+impl Command for SubCommand {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "url encode"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("url encode")
+            .input_output_types(vec![(Type::String, Type::String)])
+            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
+            .switch(
+            "all", 
+            "encode all non-alphanumeric chars including `/`, `.`, `:`",
+            Some('a'))
+            .rest(
+                "rest",
+                SyntaxShape::CellPath,
+                "For a data structure input, check strings at the given cell paths, and replace with result",
+            )
+            .category(Category::Strings)
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Converts a string to a percent encoded web safe string"
+    }
+
+    fn search_terms(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
+        vec!["string", "text", "convert"]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
+        let cell_paths: Vec<CellPath> = call.rest(engine_state, stack, 0)?;
+        let args = CellPathOnlyArgs::from(cell_paths);
+        if call.has_flag("all") {
+            operate(
+                action_all,
+                args,
+                input,
+                call.head,
+                engine_state.ctrlc.clone(),
+            )
+        } else {
+            operate(action, args, input, call.head, engine_state.ctrlc.clone())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![
+            Example {
+                description: "Encode a url with escape characters",
+                example: "'https://example.com/foo bar' | url encode",
+                result: Some(Value::test_string("https://example.com/foo%20bar")),
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Encode multiple urls with escape characters in list",
+                example: "['https://example.com/foo bar' 'https://example.com/a>b' '中文字/eng/12 34'] | url encode",
+                result: Some(Value::List {
+                    vals: vec![
+                        Value::test_string("https://example.com/foo%20bar"),
+                        Value::test_string("https://example.com/a%3Eb"),
+                        Value::test_string("%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97/eng/12%2034"),
+                    ],
+                    span: Span::test_data(),
+                }),
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Encode all non anphanumeric chars with all flag",
+                example: "'https://example.com/foo bar' | url encode --all",
+                result: Some(Value::test_string("https%3A%2F%2Fexample%2Ecom%2Ffoo%20bar")),
+            },
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
+fn action_all(input: &Value, _arg: &CellPathOnlyArgs, head: Span) -> Value {
+    match input {
+        Value::String { val, .. } => {
+            const FRAGMENT: &AsciiSet = NON_ALPHANUMERIC;
+            Value::String {
+                val: utf8_percent_encode(val, FRAGMENT).to_string(),
+                span: head,
+            }
+        }
+        Value::Error { .. } => input.clone(),
+        _ => Value::Error {
+            error: ShellError::OnlySupportsThisInputType(
+                "string".into(),
+                input.get_type().to_string(),
+                head,
+                input.expect_span(),
+            ),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+fn action(input: &Value, _arg: &CellPathOnlyArgs, head: Span) -> Value {
+    match input {
+        Value::String { val, .. } => {
+            const FRAGMENT: &AsciiSet = &NON_ALPHANUMERIC.remove(b'/').remove(b':').remove(b'.');
+            Value::String {
+                val: utf8_percent_encode(val, FRAGMENT).to_string(),
+                span: head,
+            }
+        }
+        Value::Error { .. } => input.clone(),
+        _ => Value::Error {
+            error: ShellError::OnlySupportsThisInputType(
+                "string".into(),
+                input.get_type().to_string(),
+                head,
+                input.expect_span(),
+            ),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_examples() {
+        use crate::test_examples;
+
+        test_examples(SubCommand {})
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/mod.rs
index 930be1ad22..d2845bc7e1 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+mod encode;
 mod parse;
 mod url_;
 
 use url::{self};
 
 pub use self::parse::SubCommand as UrlParse;
+pub use encode::SubCommand as UrlEncode;
 pub use url_::Url;