diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
index 858545bd0984..2034abdfd156 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
                 }
             }
             let id = self.id_map.derive(id);
+            let percent_encoded_id = small_url_encode(id.clone());
 
             if let Some(ref mut builder) = self.toc {
                 let mut text_header = String::new();
@@ -596,8 +597,9 @@ fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
                 std::cmp::min(level as u32 + (self.heading_offset as u32), MAX_HEADER_LEVEL);
             self.buf.push_back((Event::Html(format!("</h{level}>").into()), 0..0));
 
-            let start_tags =
-                format!("<h{level} id=\"{id}\"><a class=\"doc-anchor\" href=\"#{id}\">§</a>");
+            let start_tags = format!(
+                "<h{level} id=\"{id}\"><a class=\"doc-anchor\" href=\"#{percent_encoded_id}\">§</a>"
+            );
             return Some((Event::Html(start_tags.into()), 0..0));
         }
         event
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-html/unicode.rs b/tests/rustdoc-html/unicode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a961f178ec3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-html/unicode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#![crate_name = "unicode"]
+
+pub struct Foo;
+
+impl Foo {
+    //@ has unicode/struct.Foo.html //a/@href "#%C3%BA"
+    //@ !has unicode/struct.Foo.html //a/@href "#ú"
+    /// # ú
+    pub fn foo() {}
+}