diff --git a/transmission/transmission.go b/transmission/transmission.go
index 2ecc597..aec5ded 100644
--- a/transmission/transmission.go
+++ b/transmission/transmission.go
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ func (b *batchAgg) fireBatch(events []*Event) {
 	}
 
 	// build the HTTP request
-	url.Path = path.Join(url.Path, "/1/batch", dataset)
+	url.Path = buildReqestPath(url.Path, dataset)
 
 	// One retry allowed for connection timeouts.
 	var resp *http.Response
@@ -742,3 +742,7 @@ func buildReqReader(jsonEncoded []byte, compress bool) (io.Reader, bool) {
 type nower interface {
 	Now() time.Time
 }
+
+func buildReqestPath(existingPath, dataset string) string {
+	return path.Join(existingPath, "/1/batch", url.PathEscape(dataset))
+}
diff --git a/transmission/transmission_test.go b/transmission/transmission_test.go
index 6731df5..b1ae3bd 100644
--- a/transmission/transmission_test.go
+++ b/transmission/transmission_test.go
@@ -1358,3 +1358,44 @@ func TestFireBatchWithUnauthorizedResponse(t *testing.T) {
 		testEquals(t, l.logs[0], "APIKey 'written' was rejected. Please verify APIKey is correct.")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestBuildRequestPath(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		datasetName  string
+		expectedPath string
+	}{
+		{
+			datasetName:  "foobar",
+			expectedPath: "/1/batch/foobar",
+		},
+		{
+			datasetName:  "foo.bar",
+			expectedPath: "/1/batch/foo.bar",
+		},
+		{
+			datasetName:  "foo-bar",
+			expectedPath: "/1/batch/foo-bar",
+		},
+		{
+			datasetName:  "foo/bar",
+			expectedPath: "/1/batch/foo%2Fbar",
+		},
+		{
+			datasetName:  "foo(bar)",
+			expectedPath: "/1/batch/foo%28bar%29",
+		},
+		{
+			datasetName:  "foo[bar]",
+			expectedPath: "/1/batch/foo%5Bbar%5D",
+		},
+		{
+			datasetName:  "foo{bar}",
+			expectedPath: "/1/batch/foo%7Bbar%7D",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		path := buildReqestPath("", tc.datasetName)
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedPath, path)
+	}
+}