diff --git a/src/ngResource/resource.js b/src/ngResource/resource.js
index 037a12ae6132..55a7b77dc144 100644
--- a/src/ngResource/resource.js
+++ b/src/ngResource/resource.js
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ angular.module('ngResource', ['ng']).
     }
 
     Route.prototype = {
-      url: function(params) {
+      setUrlParams: function(config, params) {
         var self = this,
             url = this.template,
             val,
@@ -327,15 +327,16 @@ angular.module('ngResource', ['ng']).
           }
         });
         url = url.replace(/\/?#$/, '');
-        var query = [];
+        url = url.replace(/\/*$/, '');
+        config.url = url;
+
+        // delegate param encoding to $http
         forEach(params, function(value, key){
           if (!self.urlParams[key]) {
-            query.push(encodeUriQuery(key) + '=' + encodeUriQuery(value));
+            config.params = config.params || {};
+            config.params[key] = value;
           }
         });
-        query.sort();
-        url = url.replace(/\/*$/, '');
-        return url + (query.length ? '?' + query.join('&') : '');
       }
     };
 
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ angular.module('ngResource', ['ng']).
             }
           });
           httpConfig.data = data;
-          httpConfig.url = route.url(extend({}, extractParams(data, action.params || {}), params))
+          route.setUrlParams(httpConfig, extend({}, extractParams(data, action.params || {}), params));
 
           function markResolved() { value.$resolved = true; };
 
diff --git a/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js b/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
index ad9280f51c70..c827606f5253 100644
--- a/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
@@ -118,18 +118,26 @@ describe("resource", function() {
   });
 
 
-  it('should not encode @ in url params', function() {
-    //encodeURIComponent is too agressive and doesn't follow http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt
-    //with regards to the character set (pchar) allowed in path segments
-    //so we need this test to make sure that we don't over-encode the params and break stuff like
-    //buzz api which uses @self
-
+// note: Waiting to hear from Igor if if this is necessary, and if so - shouldn't it be in $http instead
+//  it('should not encode @ in url params', function() {
+//    //encodeURIComponent is too agressive and doesn't follow http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt
+//    //with regards to the character set (pchar) allowed in path segments
+//    //so we need this test to make sure that we don't over-encode the params and break stuff like
+//    //buzz api which uses @self
+//
+//    var R = $resource('/Path/:a');
+//    $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/Path/doh@fo%20o?!do%26h=g%3Da+h&:bar=$baz@1').respond('{}');
+//    R.get({a: 'doh@fo o', ':bar': '$baz@1', '!do&h': 'g=a h'});
+//  });
+
+  it('should encode array params', function() {
     var R = $resource('/Path/:a');
-    $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/Path/doh@fo%20o?!do%26h=g%3Da+h&:bar=$baz@1').respond('{}');
-    R.get({a: 'doh@fo o', ':bar': '$baz@1', '!do&h': 'g=a h'});
+    $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/Path/doh&foo?bar=baz1&bar=baz2').respond('{}');
+    R.get({a: 'doh&foo', bar: ['baz1', 'baz2']});
   });
 
 
+
   it('should encode & in url params', function() {
     var R = $resource('/Path/:a');
     $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/Path/doh&foo?bar=baz%261').respond('{}');