diff --git a/modules/juce_osc/juce_osc.h b/modules/juce_osc/juce_osc.h
index d171c10355..19eeb7665c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_osc/juce_osc.h
+++ b/modules/juce_osc/juce_osc.h
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@
 
 #pragma once
 #define JUCE_OSC_H_INCLUDED
+
+/** Config: JUCE_ALLOW_SPECIAL_CHARS_IN_ADDRESS
+	Enables the use of characters in adress that are not allowed by the OSC specifications (like spaces), but that are used
+	by some applications anyway (e.g. /my spaced/address)
+*/
+#ifndef JUCE_ALLOW_SPECIAL_CHARS_IN_ADDRESS 
+#define JUCE_ALLOW_SPECIAL_CHARS_IN_ADDRESS 0 
+#endif 
 /** Config: JUCE_IP_AND_PORT_DETECTION
 	If enabled, this will add remoteIP and remotePort variables to osc packets, corresponding to the sender's ip and port when receiving messages.
 */
diff --git a/modules/juce_osc/osc/juce_OSCAddress.cpp b/modules/juce_osc/osc/juce_OSCAddress.cpp
index c13872cf7e..99e1358de6 100644
--- a/modules/juce_osc/osc/juce_OSCAddress.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_osc/osc/juce_OSCAddress.cpp
@@ -285,7 +285,11 @@ namespace
 
         static bool isDisallowedChar (juce_wchar c) noexcept
         {
-            return CharPointer_ASCII (Traits::getDisallowedChars()).indexOf (c, false) >= 0;
+#if JUCE_ALLOW_SPECIAL_CHARS_IN_ADDRESS 
+            return false;
+#else 
+            return CharPointer_ASCII( Traits::getDisallowedChars()).indexOf (c, false) >= 0;
+#endif 
         }
 
         static bool containsOnlyAllowedPrintableASCIIChars (const String& string) noexcept