diff --git a/src/Linkifier.test.ts b/src/Linkifier.test.ts
index 012b1b68..ca393c21 100644
--- a/src/Linkifier.test.ts
+++ b/src/Linkifier.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ describe('Linkifier', () => {
     element.dispatchEvent(event);
   }
 
+  function assertLinkifiesEntireRow(uri: string, done: MochaDone) {
+      addRow(uri);
+      linkifier.linkifyRow(0);
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        assert.equal((<HTMLElement>rows[0].firstChild).tagName, 'A');
+        assert.equal((<HTMLElement>rows[0].firstChild).textContent, uri);
+        done();
+      }, 0);
+  }
+
+  describe('http links', () => {
+    it('should allow ~ character in URI path', done => assertLinkifiesEntireRow('http://foo.com/a~b#c~d?e~f', done));
+  });
+
   describe('validationCallback', () => {
     it('should enable link if true', done => {
       addRow('test');
diff --git a/src/Linkifier.ts b/src/Linkifier.ts
index a34edbc2..df7b08a3 100644
--- a/src/Linkifier.ts
+++ b/src/Linkifier.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ const ipClause = '((\\d{1,3}\\.){3}\\d{1,3})';
 const localHostClause = '(localhost)';
 const portClause = '(:\\d{1,5})';
 const hostClause = '((' + domainBodyClause + '\\.' + tldClause + ')|' + ipClause + '|' + localHostClause + ')' + portClause + '?';
-const pathClause = '(\\/[\\/\\w\\.\\-%]*)*';
-const queryStringHashFragmentCharacterSet = '[0-9\\w\\[\\]\\(\\)\\/\\?\\!#@$%&\'*+,:;\\=\\.\\-]*';
+const pathClause = '(\\/[\\/\\w\\.\\-%~]*)*';
+const queryStringHashFragmentCharacterSet = '[0-9\\w\\[\\]\\(\\)\\/\\?\\!#@$%&\'*+,:;~\\=\\.\\-]*';
 const queryStringClause = '(\\?' + queryStringHashFragmentCharacterSet + ')?';
 const hashFragmentClause = '(#' + queryStringHashFragmentCharacterSet + ')?';
 const negatedPathCharacterSet = '[^\\/\\w\\.\\-%]+';