diff --git a/Slim/App.php b/Slim/App.php
index 2907d4e13..c711f846c 100644
--- a/Slim/App.php
+++ b/Slim/App.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Psr\Http\Server\MiddlewareInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Slim\Interfaces\DispatcherInterface;
 use Slim\Interfaces\EmitterInterface;
 use Slim\Interfaces\RouterInterface;
 use Slim\Interfaces\ServerRequestCreatorInterface;
@@ -169,12 +170,23 @@ public function addMiddleware(MiddlewareInterface $middleware): self
     /**
      * Add routing middleware.
      *
+     * @param bool $decodePath Whether the request path should be URL-decoded before dispatch.
+     *                         Disable to preserve encoded reserved characters inside route parameters.
+     *
      * @return self
      */
-    public function addRoutingMiddleware(): self
+    public function addRoutingMiddleware(bool $decodePath = true): self
     {
+        $routingMiddleware = $decodePath
+            ? RoutingMiddleware::class
+            : new RoutingMiddleware(
+                $this->container->get(DispatcherInterface::class),
+                $this->router,
+                false,
+            );
+
         return $this
-            ->add(RoutingMiddleware::class)
+            ->add($routingMiddleware)
             ->add(EndpointMiddleware::class);
     }
 
diff --git a/Slim/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php b/Slim/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php
index ab996f7c8..0f86e1119 100644
--- a/Slim/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php
+++ b/Slim/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php
@@ -30,12 +30,16 @@ final class RoutingMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
 
     private RouterInterface $router;
 
+    private bool $decodePath;
+
     public function __construct(
         DispatcherInterface $dispatcher,
-        RouterInterface $router
+        RouterInterface $router,
+        bool $decodePath = true
     ) {
         $this->dispatcher = $dispatcher;
         $this->router = $router;
+        $this->decodePath = $decodePath;
     }
 
     public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler): ResponseInterface
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface
 
         $routingResult = $this->dispatcher->dispatch(
             $request->getMethod(),
-            rawurldecode($dispatchPath)
+            $this->decodePath ? rawurldecode($dispatchPath) : $dispatchPath
         );
 
         $routeMatch = $this->createRouteMatch($routingResult);
diff --git a/tests/Middleware/RoutingMiddlewareTest.php b/tests/Middleware/RoutingMiddlewareTest.php
index 7da0ebe2e..6ab8e2152 100644
--- a/tests/Middleware/RoutingMiddlewareTest.php
+++ b/tests/Middleware/RoutingMiddlewareTest.php
@@ -198,6 +198,31 @@ public function testRoutingWithBasePath(): void
         $this->assertSame('/api/users/123?page=2', $response->getHeaderLine('X-fullUrlFor'));
     }
 
+    public function testRoutePreservesEncodedReservedCharactersWhenPathDecodingDisabled(): void
+    {
+        $app = AppFactory::create();
+        $app->addRoutingMiddleware(false);
+
+        $app->get('/something/{magic}/{foo}', function (
+            ServerRequestInterface $request,
+            ResponseInterface $response,
+            array $args
+        ) {
+            $response->getBody()->write($args['magic'] . '|' . $args['foo']);
+
+            return $response;
+        });
+
+        $request = $this
+            ->getServerRequestFactory($app)
+            ->createServerRequest('GET', '/something/magic/foo%2Fbar');
+
+        $response = $app->handle($request);
+
+        $this->assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertSame('magic|foo%2Fbar', (string)$response->getBody());
+    }
+
     public function testMethodNotAllowedThrowsRuntimeExceptionWhenAllowedMethodsPayloadIsInvalid(): void
     {
         $dispatcher = $this->createMock(DispatcherInterface::class);