diff --git a/internal/common/eventmanager.go b/internal/common/eventmanager.go
index dba898fbc..fe4dbb9d2 100644
--- a/internal/common/eventmanager.go
+++ b/internal/common/eventmanager.go
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@ func (p *EventParams) getStringReplacements(addObjectData, jsonEscaped bool) []s
 		"{{Event}}", p.Event,
 		"{{Status}}", fmt.Sprintf("%d", p.Status),
 		"{{VirtualPath}}", p.getStringReplacement(p.VirtualPath, jsonEscaped),
+		"{{EscapedVirtualPath}}", p.getStringReplacement(url.QueryEscape(p.VirtualPath), jsonEscaped),
 		"{{FsPath}}", p.getStringReplacement(p.FsPath, jsonEscaped),
 		"{{VirtualTargetPath}}", p.getStringReplacement(p.VirtualTargetPath, jsonEscaped),
 		"{{FsTargetPath}}", p.getStringReplacement(p.FsTargetPath, jsonEscaped),
diff --git a/internal/common/protocol_test.go b/internal/common/protocol_test.go
index a30dedc3a..88fb946fa 100644
--- a/internal/common/protocol_test.go
+++ b/internal/common/protocol_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -6087,7 +6088,7 @@ func TestEventActionEmailAttachments(t *testing.T) {
 			EmailConfig: dataprovider.EventActionEmailConfig{
 				Recipients:  []string{"test@example.com"},
 				Subject:     `"{{Event}}" from "{{Name}}"`,
-				Body:        "Fs path {{FsPath}}, size: {{FileSize}}, protocol: {{Protocol}}, IP: {{IP}}",
+				Body:        "Fs path {{FsPath}}, size: {{FileSize}}, protocol: {{Protocol}}, IP: {{IP}} {{EscapedVirtualPath}}",
 				Attachments: []string{"/archive/{{VirtualPath}}.zip"},
 			},
 		},
@@ -6146,6 +6147,7 @@ func TestEventActionEmailAttachments(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Len(t, email.To, 1)
 			assert.True(t, util.Contains(email.To, "test@example.com"))
 			assert.Contains(t, email.Data, `Subject: "upload" from`)
+			assert.Contains(t, email.Data, url.QueryEscape("/"+testFileName))
 			assert.Contains(t, email.Data, "Content-Disposition: attachment")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/static/locales/en/translation.json b/static/locales/en/translation.json
index 93c020092..1c2c60834 100644
--- a/static/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/static/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@
             "status_string": "Status as string. Possible values \"OK\", \"KO\"",
             "error_string": "Error details. Replaced with an empty string if no errors occur",
             "virtual_path": "Path seen by SFTPGo users, for example \"/adir/afile.txt\"",
+            "escaped_virtual_path": "HTTP query string encoded path, for example \"%2Fadir%2Fafile.txt\".",
             "virtual_dir_path": "Parent directory for \"VirtualPath\", for example if \"VirtualPath\" is \"/adir/afile.txt\", \"VirtualDirPath\" is \"/adir\"",
             "fs_path": "Full filesystem path, for example \"/user/homedir/adir/afile.txt\" or \"C:/data/user/homedir/adir/afile.txt\" on Windows",
             "ext": "File extension, for example \".txt\" if the filename is \"afile.txt\"",
diff --git a/static/locales/it/translation.json b/static/locales/it/translation.json
index 62542172c..2516668a3 100644
--- a/static/locales/it/translation.json
+++ b/static/locales/it/translation.json
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@
             "status_string": "Stato come stringa. Valori possibili \"OK\", \"KO\"",
             "error_string": "Dettagli circa l'errore. Sostituito con una stringa vuota se non si verificano errori",
             "virtual_path": "Percorso visualizzato dagli utenti SFTPGo, ad esempio \"/adir/afile.txt\"",
+            "escaped_virtual_path": "Percorso codificato per HTTP query string, ad esempio \"%2Fadir%2Fafile.txt\".",
             "virtual_dir_path": "Directory superiore per \"VirtualPath\", ad esempio se \"VirtualPath\" è \"/adir/afile.txt\", \"VirtualDirPath\" è \"/adir\"",
             "fs_path": "Percorso completo del filesystem, ad esempio \"/user/homedir/adir/afile.txt\" o \"C:/data/user/homedir/adir/afile.txt\" su Windows",
             "ext": "Estensione del file, ad esempio \".txt\" se il nome del file è \"afile.txt\"",
diff --git a/templates/webadmin/eventaction.html b/templates/webadmin/eventaction.html
index 60e32b6e2..6d35fe16d 100644
--- a/templates/webadmin/eventaction.html
+++ b/templates/webadmin/eventaction.html
@@ -884,6 +884,9 @@ <h3 data-i18n="actions.placeholders_modal_title" class="modal-title">Supported p
                 <p>
                     <span class="shortcut">{{`{{VirtualPath}}`}}</span> => <span data-i18n="actions.placeholders_modal.virtual_path">Path seen by SFTPGo users, for example "/adir/afile.txt".</span>
                 </p>
+                <p>
+                    <span class="shortcut">{{`{{EscapedVirtualPath}}`}}</span> => <span data-i18n="actions.placeholders_modal.escaped_virtual_path">HTTP query string encoded path, for example "%2Fadir%2Fafile.txt".</span>
+                </p>
                 <p>
                     <span class="shortcut">{{`{{VirtualDirPath}}`}}</span> => <span data-i18n="actions.placeholders_modal.virtual_dir_path">Parent directory for VirtualPath, for example if VirtualPath is "/adir/afile.txt", VirtualDirPath is "/adir".</span>
                 </p>