diff --git a/src/Shared/PlatformSupport/AssetLoader.cs b/src/Shared/PlatformSupport/AssetLoader.cs
index 9d921acde6..dd72934560 100644
--- a/src/Shared/PlatformSupport/AssetLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/PlatformSupport/AssetLoader.cs
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Shared.PlatformSupport
                     throw new InvalidOperationException(
                         $"Assembly {name} needs to be referenced and explicitly loaded before loading resources");
 #else
+                    name = Uri.UnescapeDataString(name);
                     AssemblyNameCache[name] = rv = new AssemblyDescriptor(Assembly.Load(name));
 #endif
                 }