diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/System/Ftp.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/System/Ftp.php
index 216026be8d72e..827e524a62464 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/System/Ftp.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/System/Ftp.php
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ public function validateConnectionString($string)
         if ($data['scheme'] != 'ftp') {
             throw new \Exception("Support for scheme unsupported: '{$data['scheme']}'");
         }
+        
+        // Decode user & password strings from URL
+        foreach (array_intersect(array_keys($data), ['user','pass']) as $key) {
+            $data[$key] = urldecode($data[$key]);
+        }
+        
         return $data;
     }