diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-router/app/config-redirect/dest/page.tsx b/examples/e2e/app-router/app/config-redirect/dest/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2051a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/e2e/app-router/app/config-redirect/dest/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export default async function Page({
+	searchParams,
+}: {
+	searchParams: Promise<{ [key: string]: string | string[] | undefined }>;
+}) {
+	const q = (await searchParams).q;
+
+	return (
+		<>
+			<div data-testid="searchParams">q: {q}</div>
+		</>
+	);
+}
diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-router/app/config-redirect/page.tsx b/examples/e2e/app-router/app/config-redirect/page.tsx
index b7766ca6..387637c8 100644
--- a/examples/e2e/app-router/app/config-redirect/page.tsx
+++ b/examples/e2e/app-router/app/config-redirect/page.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ export default function RedirectDestination() {
 		<div>
 			<h1>I was redirected from next.config.js</h1>
 			<p>/next-config-redirect =&gt; /config-redirect</p>
+			<a data-testid="redirect-link" href="/next-config-redirect-encoding?q=äöå€">
+				/next-config-redirect-encoding?q=äöå€
+			</a>
+			<a
+				data-testid="redirect-link-already-encoded"
+				href="/next-config-redirect-encoding?q=%C3%A4%C3%B6%C3%A5%E2%82%AC"
+			>
+				/next-config-redirect-encoding?q=%C3%A4%C3%B6%C3%A5%E2%82%AC
+			</a>
 		</div>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/config.redirect.test.ts b/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/config.redirect.test.ts
index cb6c970e..fb4df8ca 100644
--- a/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/config.redirect.test.ts
+++ b/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/config.redirect.test.ts
@@ -72,4 +72,36 @@ test.describe("Next Config Redirect", () => {
 		});
 		await expect(el).toBeVisible();
 	});
+	test("Should properly encode the Location header for redirects with query params", async ({ page }) => {
+		await page.goto("/config-redirect");
+		const responsePromise = page.waitForResponse((response) => {
+			return response.status() === 307;
+		});
+		page.getByTestId("redirect-link").click();
+		const res = await responsePromise;
+		await page.waitForURL("/config-redirect/dest?q=äöå€");
+
+		const locationHeader = res.headers().location;
+		expect(locationHeader).toBe("/config-redirect/dest?q=%C3%A4%C3%B6%C3%A5%E2%82%AC");
+		expect(res.status()).toBe(307);
+
+		const searchParams = page.getByTestId("searchParams");
+		await expect(searchParams).toHaveText("q: äöå€");
+	});
+	test("Should respect already encoded query params", async ({ page }) => {
+		await page.goto("/config-redirect");
+		const responsePromise = page.waitForResponse((response) => {
+			return response.status() === 307;
+		});
+		page.getByTestId("redirect-link-already-encoded").click();
+		const res = await responsePromise;
+		await page.waitForURL("/config-redirect/dest?q=äöå€");
+
+		const locationHeader = res.headers().location;
+		expect(locationHeader).toBe("/config-redirect/dest?q=%C3%A4%C3%B6%C3%A5%E2%82%AC");
+		expect(res.status()).toBe(307);
+
+		const searchParams = page.getByTestId("searchParams");
+		await expect(searchParams).toHaveText("q: äöå€");
+	});
 });
diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/middleware.redirect.test.ts b/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/middleware.redirect.test.ts
index 45159b8a..44f2dc11 100644
--- a/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/middleware.redirect.test.ts
+++ b/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/middleware.redirect.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
-import { validateMd5 } from "../../utils";
-
-/*
- * `curl -s https://opennext.js.org/share.png | md5sum`
- * This is the MD5 hash of the image. It is used to validate the image content.
- */
-const OPENNEXT_PNG_MD5 = "405f45cc3397b09717a13ebd6f1e027b";
 
 test("Middleware Redirect", async ({ page, context }) => {
 	await page.goto("/");
@@ -25,14 +18,3 @@ test("Middleware Redirect", async ({ page, context }) => {
 	el = page.getByText("Redirect Destination", { exact: true });
 	await expect(el).toBeVisible();
 });
-
-test("Middleware Rewrite External Image", async ({ page }) => {
-	await page.goto("/rewrite-external");
-	page.on("response", async (response) => {
-		expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
-		expect(response.headers()["content-type"]).toBe("image/png");
-		expect(response.headers()["cache-control"]).toBe("max-age=600");
-		const bodyBuffer = await response.body();
-		expect(validateMd5(bodyBuffer, OPENNEXT_PNG_MD5)).toBe(true);
-	});
-});
diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/middleware.rewrite.test.ts b/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/middleware.rewrite.test.ts
index fb89df14..24c027b8 100644
--- a/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/middleware.rewrite.test.ts
+++ b/examples/e2e/app-router/e2e/middleware.rewrite.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 import { expect, test } from "@playwright/test";
+import { validateMd5 } from "../../utils";
+
+/*
+ * `curl -s https://opennext.js.org/share.png | md5sum`
+ * This is the MD5 hash of the image. It is used to validate the image content.
+ */
+const OPENNEXT_PNG_MD5 = "405f45cc3397b09717a13ebd6f1e027b";
 
 test("Middleware Rewrite", async ({ page }) => {
 	await page.goto("/");
@@ -14,3 +21,23 @@ test("Middleware Rewrite", async ({ page }) => {
 	el = page.getByText("Rewritten Destination", { exact: true });
 	await expect(el).toBeVisible();
 });
+
+test("Middleware Rewrite External Image", async ({ page }) => {
+	await page.goto("/rewrite-external");
+	page.on("response", async (response) => {
+		expect(response.status()).toBe(200);
+		expect(response.headers()["content-type"]).toBe("image/png");
+		expect(response.headers()["cache-control"]).toBe("max-age=600");
+		const bodyBuffer = await response.body();
+		expect(validateMd5(bodyBuffer, OPENNEXT_PNG_MD5)).toBe(true);
+	});
+});
+
+test("Middleware Rewrite Status Code", async ({ page }) => {
+	await page.goto("/rewrite-status-code");
+	const el = page.getByText("Rewritten Destination", { exact: true });
+	await expect(el).toBeVisible();
+	page.on("response", async (response) => {
+		expect(response.status()).toBe(403);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-router/middleware.ts b/examples/e2e/app-router/middleware.ts
index 71081bc4..ace1530d 100644
--- a/examples/e2e/app-router/middleware.ts
+++ b/examples/e2e/app-router/middleware.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 		const u = new URL("https://opennext.js.org/share.png");
 		return NextResponse.rewrite(u);
 	}
+	if (path === "/rewrite-status-code") {
+		const u = new URL("/rewrite-destination", `${protocol}://${host}`);
+		return NextResponse.rewrite(u, {
+			status: 403,
+		});
+	}
 	if (path === "/cookies") {
 		const res = NextResponse.next();
 		res.cookies.set("foo", "bar");
diff --git a/examples/e2e/app-router/next.config.ts b/examples/e2e/app-router/next.config.ts
index e629b612..fff69ce3 100644
--- a/examples/e2e/app-router/next.config.ts
+++ b/examples/e2e/app-router/next.config.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
 				basePath: false,
 				locale: false,
 			},
+			{
+				source: "/next-config-redirect-encoding",
+				destination: "/config-redirect/dest",
+				permanent: false,
+			},
 		];
 	},
 	async headers() {