diff --git a/platform/osx/os_osx.mm b/platform/osx/os_osx.mm
index f330ec43a8f..ab31e99e113 100644
--- a/platform/osx/os_osx.mm
+++ b/platform/osx/os_osx.mm
@@ -2320,8 +2320,13 @@ void OS_OSX::make_rendering_thread() {
 }
 
 Error OS_OSX::shell_open(String p_uri) {
-
-	[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:[[NSURL alloc] initWithString:[[NSString stringWithUTF8String:p_uri.utf8().get_data()] stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLFragmentAllowedCharacterSet]]]];
+	NSString *string = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:p_uri.utf8().get_data()];
+	NSURL *uri = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:string];
+	// Escape special characters in filenames
+	if (!uri || !uri.scheme || [uri.scheme isEqual:@"file"]) {
+		uri = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:[string stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:[NSCharacterSet URLFragmentAllowedCharacterSet]]];
+	}
+	[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:uri];
 	return OK;
 }