diff --git a/src/httpserver.cpp b/src/httpserver.cpp
index e1d235665..603e1e6ae 100644
--- a/src/httpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/httpserver.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "rpc/protocol.h" // For HTTP status codes
 #include "sync.h"
 #include "ui_interface.h"
+#include "utilstrencodings.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -251,21 +252,25 @@ static void http_request_cb(struct evhttp_request* req, void* arg)
 {
     std::unique_ptr<HTTPRequest> hreq(new HTTPRequest(req));
 
-    LogPrint("http", "Received a %s request for %s from %s\n",
-             RequestMethodString(hreq->GetRequestMethod()), hreq->GetURI(), hreq->GetPeer().ToString());
-
     // Early address-based allow check
     if (!ClientAllowed(hreq->GetPeer())) {
+        LogPrint("http", "HTTP request from %s rejected: Client network is not allowed RPC access\n",
+                 hreq->GetPeer().ToString());
         hreq->WriteReply(HTTP_FORBIDDEN);
         return;
     }
 
     // Early reject unknown HTTP methods
     if (hreq->GetRequestMethod() == HTTPRequest::UNKNOWN) {
+        LogPrint("http", "HTTP request from %s rejected: Unknown HTTP request method\n",
+                 hreq->GetPeer().ToString());
         hreq->WriteReply(HTTP_BADMETHOD);
         return;
     }
 
+    LogPrint("http", "Received a %s request for %s from %s\n",
+             RequestMethodString(hreq->GetRequestMethod()), SanitizeString(hreq->GetURI(), SAFE_CHARS_URI).substr(0, 100), hreq->GetPeer().ToString());
+
     // Find registered handler for prefix
     std::string strURI = hreq->GetURI();
     std::string path;
diff --git a/src/utilstrencodings.cpp b/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
index d4bba72ee..132ae82ab 100644
--- a/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
+++ b/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ static const string CHARS_ALPHA_NUM = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
 static const string SAFE_CHARS[] =
 {
     CHARS_ALPHA_NUM + " .,;_/:?@()", // SAFE_CHARS_DEFAULT
-    CHARS_ALPHA_NUM + " .,;_?@" // SAFE_CHARS_UA_COMMENT
+    CHARS_ALPHA_NUM + " .,;_?@", // SAFE_CHARS_UA_COMMENT
+    CHARS_ALPHA_NUM + "!*'();:@&=+$,/?#[]-_.~%" // SAFE_CHARS_URI
 };
 
 string SanitizeString(const string& str, int rule)
diff --git a/src/utilstrencodings.h b/src/utilstrencodings.h
index 37a07ea06..2d851093f 100644
--- a/src/utilstrencodings.h
+++ b/src/utilstrencodings.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 enum SafeChars
 {
     SAFE_CHARS_DEFAULT, //!< The full set of allowed chars
-    SAFE_CHARS_UA_COMMENT //!< BIP-0014 subset
+    SAFE_CHARS_UA_COMMENT, //!< BIP-0014 subset
+    SAFE_CHARS_URI //!< Chars allowed in URIs (RFC 3986)
 };
 
 std::string SanitizeFilename(const std::string& str);