diff --git a/modules/juce_osc/juce_osc.h b/modules/juce_osc/juce_osc.h
index a9ce36f25d..f8ff29ddd9 100644
--- a/modules/juce_osc/juce_osc.h
+++ b/modules/juce_osc/juce_osc.h
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
 #include <juce_core/juce_core.h>
 #include <juce_events/juce_events.h>
 
+/** 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
+
 //==============================================================================
 #include "osc/juce_OSCTypes.h"
 #include "osc/juce_OSCTimeTag.h"
diff --git a/modules/juce_osc/osc/juce_OSCAddress.cpp b/modules/juce_osc/osc/juce_OSCAddress.cpp
index f9c17ea94b..8495b5f814 100644
--- a/modules/juce_osc/osc/juce_OSCAddress.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_osc/osc/juce_OSCAddress.cpp
@@ -274,10 +274,17 @@ namespace
             return c >= ' ' && c <= '~';
         }
 
+#pragma warning(push)
+#pragma warning(disable: 4100)
         static bool isDisallowedChar (juce_wchar c) noexcept
         {
+#if JUCE_ALLOW_SPECIAL_CHARS_IN_ADDRESS
+			return false;
+#else
             return CharPointer_ASCII (Traits::getDisallowedChars()).indexOf (c, false) >= 0;
+#endif
         }
+#pragma warning(pop)
 
         static bool containsOnlyAllowedPrintableASCIIChars (const String& string) noexcept
         {