diff --git a/.changeset/tiny-days-dance.md b/.changeset/tiny-days-dance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae62b609f485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tiny-days-dance.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+'astro': minor
+---
+
+Cookie encoding / decoding can now be customized
+
+Adds new `encode` and `decode` functions to allow customizing how cookies are encoded and decoded. For example, you can bypass the default encoding via `encodeURIComponent` when adding a URL as part of a cookie:
+
+```astro
+---
+import { encodeCookieValue } from "./cookies";
+Astro.cookies.set('url', Astro.url.toString(), {
+  // Override the default encoding so that URI components are not encoded
+  encode: value => encodeCookieValue(value)
+});
+---
+```
+
+Later, you can decode the URL in the same way:
+
+```astro
+---
+import { decodeCookieValue } from "./cookies";
+const url = Astro.cookies.get('url', {
+  decode: value => decodeCookieValue(value)
+});
+---
+```
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index cadc704cd68e..e9c73fc90f3a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export type {
 } from '../assets/types.js';
 export type { RemotePattern } from '../assets/utils/remotePattern.js';
 export type { SSRManifest } from '../core/app/types.js';
-export type { AstroCookies } from '../core/cookies/index.js';
+export type { AstroCookies, AstroCookieSetOptions, AstroCookieGetOptions } from '../core/cookies/index.js';
 
 export interface AstroBuiltinProps {
 	'client:load'?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/cookies/cookies.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/cookies/cookies.ts
index 604f30e63b92..7ed87b3ca91e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/cookies/cookies.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/cookies/cookies.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { CookieSerializeOptions } from 'cookie';
 import { parse, serialize } from 'cookie';
 import { AstroError, AstroErrorData } from '../errors/index.js';
 
-interface AstroCookieSetOptions {
+export interface AstroCookieSetOptions {
 	domain?: string;
 	expires?: Date;
 	httpOnly?: boolean;
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ interface AstroCookieSetOptions {
 	path?: string;
 	sameSite?: boolean | 'lax' | 'none' | 'strict';
 	secure?: boolean;
+	encode?: (value: string) => string;
 }
 
+export interface AstroCookieGetOptions {
+	decode?: (value: string) => string;
+};
+
 type AstroCookieDeleteOptions = Pick<AstroCookieSetOptions, 'domain' | 'path'>;
 
 interface AstroCookieInterface {
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ class AstroCookies implements AstroCookiesInterface {
 	 * @param key The cookie to get.
 	 * @returns An object containing the cookie value as well as convenience methods for converting its value.
 	 */
-	get(key: string): AstroCookie | undefined {
+	get(key: string, options: AstroCookieGetOptions | undefined = undefined): AstroCookie | undefined {
 		// Check for outgoing Set-Cookie values first
 		if (this.#outgoing?.has(key)) {
 			let [serializedValue, , isSetValue] = this.#outgoing.get(key)!;
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@ class AstroCookies implements AstroCookiesInterface {
 			}
 		}
 
-		const values = this.#ensureParsed();
+		const values = this.#ensureParsed(options);
 		if (key in values) {
 			const value = values[key];
 			return new AstroCookie(value);
@@ -121,12 +126,12 @@ class AstroCookies implements AstroCookiesInterface {
 	 * @param key The cookie to check for.
 	 * @returns
 	 */
-	has(key: string): boolean {
+	has(key: string, options: AstroCookieGetOptions | undefined = undefined): boolean {
 		if (this.#outgoing?.has(key)) {
 			let [, , isSetValue] = this.#outgoing.get(key)!;
 			return isSetValue;
 		}
-		const values = this.#ensureParsed();
+		const values = this.#ensureParsed(options);
 		return !!values[key];
 	}
 
@@ -185,9 +190,9 @@ class AstroCookies implements AstroCookiesInterface {
 		}
 	}
 
-	#ensureParsed(): Record<string, string> {
+	#ensureParsed(options: AstroCookieGetOptions | undefined = undefined): Record<string, string> {
 		if (!this.#requestValues) {
-			this.#parse();
+			this.#parse(options);
 		}
 		if (!this.#requestValues) {
 			this.#requestValues = {};
@@ -202,13 +207,13 @@ class AstroCookies implements AstroCookiesInterface {
 		return this.#outgoing;
 	}
 
-	#parse() {
+	#parse(options: AstroCookieGetOptions | undefined = undefined) {
 		const raw = this.#request.headers.get('cookie');
 		if (!raw) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		this.#requestValues = parse(raw);
+		this.#requestValues = parse(raw, options);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/cookies/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/cookies/index.ts
index c8869f9ae236..912fd2721e19 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/cookies/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/cookies/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export {
 	getSetCookiesFromResponse,
 	responseHasCookies,
 } from './response.js';
+export type { AstroCookieSetOptions, AstroCookieGetOptions } from "./cookies.js";
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diff --git a/packages/astro/test/units/cookies/get.test.js b/packages/astro/test/units/cookies/get.test.js
index 216128907543..104ff1f759bb 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/units/cookies/get.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/units/cookies/get.test.js
@@ -16,6 +16,30 @@ describe('astro/src/core/cookies', () => {
 			expect(cookies.get('foo').value).to.equal('bar');
 		});
 
+		it('gets the cookie value with default decode', () => {
+      const url = 'http://localhost';
+			const req = new Request('http://example.com/', {
+				headers: {
+					cookie: `url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`,
+				},
+			});
+			const cookies = new AstroCookies(req);
+      // by default decodeURIComponent is used on the value
+			expect(cookies.get('url').value).to.equal(url);
+		});
+    
+		it('gets the cookie value with custom decode', () => {
+      const url = 'http://localhost';
+			const req = new Request('http://example.com/', {
+				headers: {
+					cookie: `url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`,
+				},
+			});
+			const cookies = new AstroCookies(req);
+      // set decode to the identity function to prevent decodeURIComponent on the value
+			expect(cookies.get('url', { decode: o => o }).value).to.equal(encodeURIComponent(url));
+		});
+
 		it("Returns undefined is the value doesn't exist", () => {
 			const req = new Request('http://example.com/');
 			let cookies = new AstroCookies(req);
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/units/cookies/set.test.js b/packages/astro/test/units/cookies/set.test.js
index 0913bcc7da1c..16c0d2e874ac 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/units/cookies/set.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/units/cookies/set.test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,29 @@ describe('astro/src/core/cookies', () => {
 			expect(headers[0]).to.equal('foo=bar');
 		});
 
+		it('Sets a cookie value that can be serialized w/ defaultencodeURIComponent behavior', () => {
+			let req = new Request('http://example.com/');
+			let cookies = new AstroCookies(req);
+      const url = 'http://localhost/path';
+			cookies.set('url', url);
+			let headers = Array.from(cookies.headers());
+			expect(headers).to.have.a.lengthOf(1);
+      // by default cookie value is URI encoded
+			expect(headers[0]).to.equal(`url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`);
+		});
+
+		it('Sets a cookie value that can be serialized w/ custom encode behavior', () => {
+			let req = new Request('http://example.com/');
+			let cookies = new AstroCookies(req);
+      const url = 'http://localhost/path';
+      // set encode option to the identity function
+			cookies.set('url', url, { encode: o => o });
+			let headers = Array.from(cookies.headers());
+			expect(headers).to.have.a.lengthOf(1);
+      // no longer URI encoded
+			expect(headers[0]).to.equal(`url=${url}`);
+		});
+
 		it('Can set cookie options', () => {
 			let req = new Request('http://example.com/');
 			let cookies = new AstroCookies(req);