diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb
index a486eee..45bbed2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
 
     if value.is_a?(Array)
       # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
-      result = value.collect { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI.escape(i,unsafe) : i }
+      result = value.collect { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI.escape(i) : i }
     else
       result = URI.escape(value)
     end
diff --git a/spec/functions/uriescape_spec.rb b/spec/functions/uriescape_spec.rb
index 2321e5a..d0f37de 100755
--- a/spec/functions/uriescape_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/functions/uriescape_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ describe "the uriescape function" do
     expect(result).to(eq(':/?%23[]@!$&\'()*+,;=%20%22%7B%7D'))
   end
 
+  it "should uriescape an array of strings, while not touching up nonstrings" do
+    teststring = ":/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;= \"{}"
+    expectstring = ':/?%23[]@!$&\'()*+,;=%20%22%7B%7D'
+    result = scope.function_uriescape([[teststring, teststring, 1]])
+    expect(result).to(eq([expectstring, expectstring, 1]))
+  end
+
   it "should do nothing if a string is already safe" do
     result = scope.function_uriescape(["ABCdef"])
     expect(result).to(eq('ABCdef'))