diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index c724daf3..5646587d 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ func (c *Context) SetCookie(name, value string, maxAge int, path, domain string,
 	}
 	http.SetCookie(c.Writer, &http.Cookie{
 		Name:     name,
-		Value:    url.QueryEscape(value),
+		Value:    value,
 		MaxAge:   maxAge,
 		Path:     path,
 		Domain:   domain,
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index 5b63a647..de8cc3b0 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -873,6 +873,13 @@ func TestContextSetCookiePathEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "user=gin; Path=/; Domain=localhost; Max-Age=1; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=Lax", c.Writer.Header().Get("Set-Cookie"))
 }
 
+func TestContextSetCookieWithSpace(t *testing.T) {
+	c, _ := CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
+	c.SetSameSite(http.SameSiteLaxMode)
+	c.SetCookie("user", "gin test", 1, "/", "localhost", true, true)
+	assert.Equal(t, "user=\"gin test\"; Path=/; Domain=localhost; Max-Age=1; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=Lax", c.Writer.Header().Get("Set-Cookie"))
+}
+
 func TestContextGetCookie(t *testing.T) {
 	c, _ := CreateTestContext(httptest.NewRecorder())
 	c.Request, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/get", nil)