diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1073b0..88a3d94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-## 1.8.4-wip
+## 1.9.0-wip
 
 * Require Dart 3.0
 * Fixed an issue with the `split` method doc comment.
+* Allow percent-encoded colons (`%3a`) in drive letters in `fromUri`.
 
 ## 1.8.3
 
diff --git a/lib/src/style/url.dart b/lib/src/style/url.dart
index 3ff87ce..a2d3b0c 100644
--- a/lib/src/style/url.dart
+++ b/lib/src/style/url.dart
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@
         // See https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#file-slash-state.
         if (!withDrive || path.length < index + 3) return index;
         if (!path.startsWith('file://')) return index;
-        if (!isDriveLetter(path, index + 1)) return index;
-        return path.length == index + 3 ? index + 3 : index + 4;
+        return driveLetterEnd(path, index + 1) ?? index;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/utils.dart b/lib/src/utils.dart
index 2443ccd..7c01312 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils.dart
@@ -15,10 +15,34 @@
 
 /// Returns whether [path] has a URL-formatted Windows drive letter beginning at
 /// [index].
-bool isDriveLetter(String path, int index) {
-  if (path.length < index + 2) return false;
-  if (!isAlphabetic(path.codeUnitAt(index))) return false;
-  if (path.codeUnitAt(index + 1) != chars.colon) return false;
-  if (path.length == index + 2) return true;
-  return path.codeUnitAt(index + 2) == chars.slash;
+bool isDriveLetter(String path, int index) =>
+    driveLetterEnd(path, index) != null;
+
+/// Returns the index of the first character after the drive letter or a
+/// URL-formatted path, or `null` if [index] is not the start of a drive letter.
+/// A valid drive letter must be followed by a colon and then either a `/` or
+/// the end of string.
+///
+/// ```
+/// d:/abc => 3
+/// d:/    => 3
+/// d:     => 2
+/// d      => null
+/// ```
+int? driveLetterEnd(String path, int index) {
+  if (path.length < index + 2) return null;
+  if (!isAlphabetic(path.codeUnitAt(index))) return null;
+  if (path.codeUnitAt(index + 1) != chars.colon) {
+    // If not a raw colon, check for escaped colon
+    if (path.length < index + 4) return null;
+    if (path.substring(index + 1, index + 4).toLowerCase() != '%3a') {
+      return null;
+    }
+    // Offset the index to account for the extra 2 characters from the
+    // colon encoding.
+    index += 2;
+  }
+  if (path.length == index + 2) return index + 2;
+  if (path.codeUnitAt(index + 2) != chars.slash) return null;
+  return index + 3;
 }
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 65ceee5..63bbecc 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: path
-version: 1.8.4-wip
+version: 1.9.0-wip
 description: >-
   A string-based path manipulation library. All of the path operations you know
   and love, with solid support for Windows, POSIX (Linux and Mac OS X), and the
diff --git a/test/url_test.dart b/test/url_test.dart
index 53a2404..8a043dc 100644
--- a/test/url_test.dart
+++ b/test/url_test.dart
@@ -301,6 +301,19 @@
           'file://host/c:/baz/qux');
     });
 
+    test(
+        'treats drive letters as part of the root for file: URLs '
+        'with encoded colons', () {
+      expect(context.join('file:///c%3A/foo/bar', '/baz/qux'),
+          'file:///c%3A/baz/qux');
+      expect(context.join('file:///D%3A/foo/bar', '/baz/qux'),
+          'file:///D%3A/baz/qux');
+      expect(context.join('file:///c%3A/', '/baz/qux'), 'file:///c%3A/baz/qux');
+      expect(context.join('file:///c%3A', '/baz/qux'), 'file:///c%3A/baz/qux');
+      expect(context.join('file://host/c%3A/foo/bar', '/baz/qux'),
+          'file://host/c%3A/baz/qux');
+    });
+
     test('treats drive letters as normal components for non-file: URLs', () {
       expect(context.join('http://foo.com/c:/foo/bar', '/baz/qux'),
           'http://foo.com/baz/qux');
@@ -884,7 +897,7 @@
     expect(context.withoutExtension('a/b.c//'), 'a/b//');
   });
 
-  test('withoutExtension', () {
+  test('setExtension', () {
     expect(context.setExtension('', '.x'), '.x');
     expect(context.setExtension('a', '.x'), 'a.x');
     expect(context.setExtension('.a', '.x'), '.a.x');
diff --git a/test/windows_test.dart b/test/windows_test.dart
index 4036fc6..0bc2d4e 100644
--- a/test/windows_test.dart
+++ b/test/windows_test.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
+import 'package:path/src/utils.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 import 'utils.dart';
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
     expect(context.rootPrefix('a'), '');
     expect(context.rootPrefix(r'a\b'), '');
     expect(context.rootPrefix(r'C:\a\c'), r'C:\');
-    expect(context.rootPrefix('C:\\'), r'C:\');
+    expect(context.rootPrefix(r'C:\'), r'C:\');
     expect(context.rootPrefix('C:/'), 'C:/');
     expect(context.rootPrefix(r'\\server\share\a\b'), r'\\server\share');
     expect(context.rootPrefix(r'\\server\share'), r'\\server\share');
@@ -761,7 +762,7 @@
     expect(context.withoutExtension(r'a\b.c\'), r'a\b\');
   });
 
-  test('withoutExtension', () {
+  test('setExtension', () {
     expect(context.setExtension('', '.x'), '.x');
     expect(context.setExtension('a', '.x'), 'a.x');
     expect(context.setExtension('.a', '.x'), '.a.x');
@@ -784,9 +785,12 @@
     test('with a URI', () {
       expect(context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file:///C:/path/to/foo')),
           r'C:\path\to\foo');
+      expect(context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file:///C%3A/path/to/foo')),
+          r'C:\path\to\foo');
       expect(context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file://server/share/path/to/foo')),
           r'\\server\share\path\to\foo');
       expect(context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file:///C:/')), r'C:\');
+      expect(context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file:///C%3A/')), r'C:\');
       expect(
           context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file://server/share')), r'\\server\share');
       expect(context.fromUri(Uri.parse('foo/bar')), r'foo\bar');
@@ -797,6 +801,8 @@
           r'\\server\share\path\to\foo');
       expect(context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file:///C:/path/to/foo%23bar')),
           r'C:\path\to\foo#bar');
+      expect(context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file:///C%3A/path/to/foo%23bar')),
+          r'C:\path\to\foo#bar');
       expect(
           context.fromUri(Uri.parse('file://server/share/path/to/foo%23bar')),
           r'\\server\share\path\to\foo#bar');
@@ -809,6 +815,7 @@
 
     test('with a string', () {
       expect(context.fromUri('file:///C:/path/to/foo'), r'C:\path\to\foo');
+      expect(context.fromUri('file:///C%3A/path/to/foo'), r'C:\path\to\foo');
     });
   });
 
@@ -845,6 +852,16 @@
       expect(context.prettyUri('file:///C:/root/other'), r'..\other');
     });
 
+    test('with a file: URI with encoded colons', () {
+      expect(context.prettyUri('file:///C%3A/root/path/a/b'), r'a\b');
+      expect(context.prettyUri('file:///C%3A/root/path/a/../b'), r'b');
+      expect(context.prettyUri('file:///C%3A/other/path/a/b'),
+          r'C:\other\path\a\b');
+      expect(
+          context.prettyUri('file:///D%3A/root/path/a/b'), r'D:\root\path\a\b');
+      expect(context.prettyUri('file:///C%3A/root/other'), r'..\other');
+    });
+
     test('with an http: URI', () {
       expect(context.prettyUri('https://dart.dev/a/b'), 'https://dart.dev/a/b');
     });
@@ -861,4 +878,29 @@
       expect(context.prettyUri(Uri.parse('a/b')), r'a\b');
     });
   });
+
+  test('driveLetterEnd', () {
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('', 0), null);
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('foo.dart', 0), null);
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('@', 0), null);
+
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('c:', 0), 2);
+
+    // colons
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('c:/', 0), 3);
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('c:/a', 0), 3);
+
+    // escaped colons lowercase
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('c%3a/', 0), 5);
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('c%3a/a', 0), 5);
+
+    // escaped colons uppercase
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('c%3A/', 0), 5);
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('c%3A/a', 0), 5);
+
+    // non-drive letter
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('ab:/c', 0), null);
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('ab%3a/c', 0), null);
+    expect(driveLetterEnd('ab%3A/c', 0), null);
+  });
 }