diff --git a/plugins/API/API.php b/plugins/API/API.php
index df0e786697cf0a42300eeeb496599b01e9414219..93674429526aa0b6c0731ece912e188f09dafb38 100644
--- a/plugins/API/API.php
+++ b/plugins/API/API.php
@@ -1615,6 +1615,7 @@ class Piwik_API_API
         }
 
         $urls = array_map('urldecode', $urls);
+        $urls = array_map(array('Piwik_Common','unsanitizeInputValue'), $urls);
 
         $result = array();
         foreach ($urls as $url) {