diff --git a/src/runtime/server/sitemap/urlset/normalise.ts b/src/runtime/server/sitemap/urlset/normalise.ts
index c0d92bd0..202e05a6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/sitemap/urlset/normalise.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/sitemap/urlset/normalise.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function preNormalizeEntry(_e: SitemapUrl | string, resolvers?: NitroUrlR
       e.loc = e._relativeLoc
     }
   }
-  else {
+  else if (!isEncoded(e.loc)) {
     e.loc = encodeURI(e.loc)
   }
   if (e.loc === '')
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ export function preNormalizeEntry(_e: SitemapUrl | string, resolvers?: NitroUrlR
   return e as ResolvedSitemapUrl
 }
 
+export function isEncoded(url: string) {
+  // checks, if an url is already decoded
+  try {
+    return url !== decodeURIComponent(url)
+  }
+  catch {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
 export function normaliseEntry(_e: ResolvedSitemapUrl, defaults: Omit<SitemapUrl, 'loc'>, resolvers?: NitroUrlResolvers): ResolvedSitemapUrl {
   const e = defu(_e, defaults) as ResolvedSitemapUrl
   if (e.lastmod) {
diff --git a/test/integration/single/urlEncoded.test.ts b/test/integration/single/urlEncoded.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c3aef4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/single/urlEncoded.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { createResolver } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { $fetch, setup } from '@nuxt/test-utils'
+
+const { resolve } = createResolver(import.meta.url)
+
+await setup({
+  rootDir: resolve('../../fixtures/basic'),
+  nuxtConfig: {
+    sitemap: {
+      urls: [
+        '/Bücher',
+        '/Bibliothèque',
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+})
+describe('query routes', () => {
+  it('should be url encoded', async () => {
+    const sitemap = await $fetch('/sitemap.xml')
+
+    expect(sitemap).toContain('<loc>https://nuxtseo.com/B%C3%BCcher</loc>')
+    expect(sitemap).toContain('<loc>https://nuxtseo.com/Biblioth%C3%A8que</loc>')
+    expect(sitemap).not.toContain('https://nuxtseo.com/Bücher')
+    expect(sitemap).not.toContain('https://nuxtseo.com/Bibliothèque')
+  }, 60000)
+})