diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b67626b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+test:
+	python -m unittest discover
diff --git a/jenkins/__init__.py b/jenkins/__init__.py
index a1043a6..023a210 100644
--- a/jenkins/__init__.py
+++ b/jenkins/__init__.py
@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ class Jenkins(object):
         :param name: Name of Jenkins job, ``str``
         :returns: job configuration (XML format)
         '''
-        get_config_url = self.server + CONFIG_JOB%locals()
-        return self.jenkins_open(urllib2.Request(get_config_url))
+        request = urllib2.Request(self.server + CONFIG_JOB %
+                                  {"name": urllib.quote(name)})
+        return self.jenkins_open(request)
 
     def reconfig_job(self, name, config_xml):
         '''
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/helper.py b/tests/helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1628a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+
+import jenkins
diff --git a/tests/test_jenkins.py b/tests/test_jenkins.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf1c56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_jenkins.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import unittest
+import urllib2
+
+from mock import patch, call
+
+from helper import jenkins
+
+
+class JenkinsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @patch.object(jenkins.Jenkins, 'jenkins_open')
+    def test_get_job_config_encodes_job_name(self, jenkins_mock):
+        """
+        The job name parameter specified should be urlencoded properly.
+        """
+        j = jenkins.Jenkins('http://example.com/', 'test', 'test')
+        j.get_job_config(u'Test Job')
+
+        self.assertEqual(jenkins_mock.call_args[0][0].get_full_url(),
+                         u'http://example.com/job/Test%20Job/config.xml')