diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b586a0caa..df0f124d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Dynamically added pages via `Pages::addPage()` were not firing `onPageProcessed()` event causing forms not to be processed
+    * Fixed `Page::active()` and `Page::activeChild()` to work with UTF-8 characters in the URL [#1727](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/1727)
 1. [](#improved)
     * Added `Medium::copy()` method to create a copy of a medium object
 
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
index 781bccb72..f0720e16f 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ class Page
      */
     public function active()
     {
-        $uri_path = rtrim(Grav::instance()['uri']->path(), '/') ?: '/';
+        $uri_path = rtrim(urldecode(Grav::instance()['uri']->path()), '/') ?: '/';
         $routes = Grav::instance()['pages']->routes();
 
         if (isset($routes[$uri_path])) {
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ class Page
     {
         $uri = Grav::instance()['uri'];
         $pages = Grav::instance()['pages'];
-        $uri_path = rtrim($uri->path(), '/');
+        $uri_path = rtrim(urldecode($uri->path()), '/');
         $routes = Grav::instance()['pages']->routes();
 
         if (isset($routes[$uri_path])) {