diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ecc74d610..ed77a356b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, in reverse
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Nothing.
+- [#17](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-uri/pull/17) updates the path
+  encoding algorithm to allow `(` and `)` characters as path characters (per
+  the RFC-3986, these are valid sub-delimiters allowed within a path).
 
 ## 2.5.2 - 2016-02-17
 
diff --git a/src/Uri.php b/src/Uri.php
index f58345368..182067e35 100644
--- a/src/Uri.php
+++ b/src/Uri.php
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ public static function encodePath($path)
             ));
         }
 
-        $regex   = '/(?:[^' . self::CHAR_UNRESERVED . ':@&=\+\$,\/;%]+|%(?![A-Fa-f0-9]{2}))/';
+        $regex   = '/(?:[^' . self::CHAR_UNRESERVED . ')(:@&=\+\$,\/;%]+|%(?![A-Fa-f0-9]{2}))/';
         $escaper = static::getEscaper();
         $replace = function ($match) use ($escaper) {
             return $escaper->escapeUrl($match[0]);
diff --git a/test/UriTest.php b/test/UriTest.php
index f7409f535..4d467d9c0 100644
--- a/test/UriTest.php
+++ b/test/UriTest.php
@@ -1360,4 +1360,17 @@ public function testParseTwice()
         $this->assertNull($uri->getQuery());
         $this->assertNull($uri->getFragment());
     }
+
+    public function testReservedCharsInPathUnencoded()
+    {
+        $uri = new Uri();
+        $uri->setScheme('https');
+        $uri->setHost('api.linkedin.com');
+        $uri->setPath('/v1/people/~:(first-name,last-name,email-address,picture-url)');
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(first-name,last-name,email-address,picture-url)',
+            $uri->toString()
+        );
+    }
 }