diff --git a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/util/escape/PercentEscaper.java b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/util/escape/PercentEscaper.java
index 3866265a3..601b52c14 100644
--- a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/util/escape/PercentEscaper.java
+++ b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/util/escape/PercentEscaper.java
@@ -64,10 +64,15 @@ public class PercentEscaper extends UnicodeEscaper {
   public static final String SAFEPATHCHARS_URLENCODER = "-_.!~*'()@:$&,;=+";
 
   /**
-   * Contains the safe characters plus all reserved characters. This happens to be the safe path
-   * characters plus those characters which are reserved for URI segments, namely '/' and '?'.
+   * A string of characters that do not need to be encoded when used in URI Templates reserved
+   * expansion, as specified in RFC 6570. This includes the safe characters plus all reserved
+   * characters.
+   *
+   * <p>For details on escaping URI Templates using the reserved expansion, see <a
+   * href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6570#section-3.2.3">RFC 6570 - section 3.2.3</a>.
    */
-  public static final String SAFE_PLUS_RESERVED_CHARS_URLENCODER = SAFEPATHCHARS_URLENCODER + "/?";
+  public static final String SAFE_PLUS_RESERVED_CHARS_URLENCODER =
+      SAFEPATHCHARS_URLENCODER + "/?#[]";
 
   /**
    * A string of characters that do not need to be encoded when used in URI user info part, as
diff --git a/google-http-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/http/UriTemplateTest.java b/google-http-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/http/UriTemplateTest.java
index 1a38eeafa..14ebc61b6 100644
--- a/google-http-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/http/UriTemplateTest.java
+++ b/google-http-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/http/UriTemplateTest.java
@@ -322,4 +322,30 @@ public void testExpandSeveralTemplatesNoParametersUsed() {
     SortedMap<String, Object> map = Maps.newTreeMap();
     assertEquals("", UriTemplate.expand("{?id,uid}", map, false));
   }
+
+  public void testExpandTemplates_reservedExpansion_mustNotEscapeReservedCharSet() {
+
+    String reservedSet = ":/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;=";
+
+    SortedMap<String, Object> requestMap = Maps.newTreeMap();
+    requestMap.put("var", reservedSet);
+
+    assertEquals(
+        "Reserved expansion must not escape chars from reserved set according to rfc6570#section-3.2.3",
+        reservedSet,
+        UriTemplate.expand("{+var}", requestMap, false));
+  }
+
+  public void testExpandTemplates_reservedExpansion_mustNotEscapeUnreservedCharSet() {
+
+    String unReservedSet = "-._~";
+
+    SortedMap<String, Object> requestMap = Maps.newTreeMap();
+    requestMap.put("var", unReservedSet);
+
+    assertEquals(
+        "Reserved expansion must not escape chars from unreserved set according to rfc6570#section-3.2.3",
+        unReservedSet,
+        UriTemplate.expand("{+var}", requestMap, false));
+  }
 }