diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index 590340dc..d67c99d1 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ module Liquid
       CGI.escape(input) unless input.nil?
     end
 
+    def url_decode(input)
+      CGI.unescape(input) rescue input
+    end
+
     def slice(input, offset, length = nil)
       offset = Utils.to_integer(offset)
       length = length ? Utils.to_integer(length) : 1