diff --git a/persistence/sql/persister_oauth2.go b/persistence/sql/persister_oauth2.go
index 083e67ac5da..2585a3a159d 100644
--- a/persistence/sql/persister_oauth2.go
+++ b/persistence/sql/persister_oauth2.go
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ func (p *Persister) sqlSchemaFromRequest(ctx context.Context, signature string,
 		RequestedAt:       r.GetRequestedAt(),
 		InternalExpiresAt: sqlxx.NullTime(expiresAt),
 		Client:            r.GetClient().GetID(),
-		Scopes:            strings.Join(r.GetRequestedScopes(), "|"),
-		GrantedScope:      strings.Join(r.GetGrantedScopes(), "|"),
+		Scopes:            strings.Join(escapeDelimiter(r.GetRequestedScopes()), "|"),
+		GrantedScope:      strings.Join(escapeDelimiter(r.GetGrantedScopes()), "|"),
 		GrantedAudience:   strings.Join(r.GetGrantedAudience(), "|"),
 		RequestedAudience: strings.Join(r.GetRequestedAudience(), "|"),
 		Form:              r.GetRequestForm().Encode(),
@@ -179,13 +179,23 @@ func (r *OAuth2RequestSQL) toRequest(ctx context.Context, session fosite.Session
 		return nil, errorsx.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
+	scopes, err := unescapeDelimiter(r.Scopes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errorsx.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
+	grantedScopes, err := unescapeDelimiter(r.GrantedScope)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errorsx.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
 	return &fosite.Request{
 		ID:          r.Request,
 		RequestedAt: r.RequestedAt,
 		// ExpiresAt does not need to be populated as we get the expiry time from the session.
 		Client:            c,
-		RequestedScope:    stringsx.Splitx(r.Scopes, "|"),
-		GrantedScope:      stringsx.Splitx(r.GrantedScope, "|"),
+		RequestedScope:    scopes,
+		GrantedScope:      grantedScopes,
 		RequestedAudience: stringsx.Splitx(r.RequestedAudience, "|"),
 		GrantedAudience:   stringsx.Splitx(r.GrantedAudience, "|"),
 		Form:              val,
@@ -612,3 +622,29 @@ func (p *Persister) DeleteAccessTokens(ctx context.Context, clientID string) (er
 		p.QueryWithNetwork(ctx).Where("client_id=?", clientID).Delete(&OAuth2RequestSQL{Table: sqlTableAccess}),
 	)
 }
+
+func escapeDelimiter(scopes []string) []string {
+	escapedScopes := make([]string, len(scopes))
+	for i, scope := range scopes {
+		if strings.Contains(scope, "|") {
+			escapedScopes[i] = url.QueryEscape(scope)
+		} else {
+			escapedScopes[i] = scope
+		}
+	}
+	return escapedScopes
+}
+
+func unescapeDelimiter(scopes string) ([]string, error) {
+	updatedScopes := stringsx.Splitx(scopes, "|")
+	if strings.Contains(scopes, "%26") {
+		for i, scope := range updatedScopes {
+			unescapedScope, err := url.QueryUnescape(scope)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Errorf("Error while url unescaping scope: %s", scope)
+			}
+			updatedScopes[i] = unescapedScope
+		}
+	}
+	return updatedScopes, nil
+}