diff --git a/changes-entries/bz69203.txt b/changes-entries/bz69203.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2408352a3bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes-entries/bz69203.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+  *) mod_proxy_fcgi: Don't re-encode SCRIPT_FILENAME when set via SetHandler.
+     PR 69203. [Yann Ylavic]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
index 756c41c4a1d..16cd5aaef2d 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
@@ -1240,6 +1240,7 @@ static int proxy_handler(request_rec *r)
 
         r->proxyreq = PROXYREQ_REVERSE;
         r->filename = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, r->handler, r->filename, NULL);
+        apr_table_setn(r->notes, "proxy-sethandler", "1");
 
         /* Still need to canonicalize r->filename */
         rc = ap_proxy_canon_url(r);
@@ -1249,6 +1250,7 @@ static int proxy_handler(request_rec *r)
         }
     }
     else if (r->proxyreq && strncmp(r->filename, "proxy:", 6) == 0) {
+        apr_table_unset(r->notes, "proxy-sethandler");
         rc = OK;
     }
     if (rc != OK) {
diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_fcgi.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_fcgi.c
index d420df6a77a..50f443e50d9 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_fcgi.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_fcgi.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ static int proxy_fcgi_canon(request_rec *r, char *url)
     apr_port_t port, def_port;
     fcgi_req_config_t *rconf = NULL;
     const char *pathinfo_type = NULL;
+    fcgi_dirconf_t *dconf = ap_get_module_config(r->per_dir_config,
+                                                 &proxy_fcgi_module);
 
     if (ap_cstr_casecmpn(url, "fcgi:", 5) == 0) {
         url += 5;
@@ -92,9 +94,30 @@ static int proxy_fcgi_canon(request_rec *r, char *url)
         host = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, "[", host, "]", NULL);
     }
 
-    if (apr_table_get(r->notes, "proxy-nocanon")
+    if (apr_table_get(r->notes, "proxy-sethandler")
+        || apr_table_get(r->notes, "proxy-nocanon")
         || apr_table_get(r->notes, "proxy-noencode")) {
-        path = url;   /* this is the raw/encoded path */
+        char *c = url;
+
+        /* We do not call ap_proxy_canonenc_ex() on the path here, don't
+         * let control characters pass still, and for php-fpm no '?' either.
+         */
+        if (FCGI_MAY_BE_FPM(dconf)) {
+            while (!apr_iscntrl(*c) && *c != '?')
+                c++;
+        }
+        else {
+            while (!apr_iscntrl(*c))
+                c++;
+        }
+        if (*c) {
+            ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, APLOGNO(10414)
+                          "To be forwarded path contains control characters%s (%s)",
+                          FCGI_MAY_BE_FPM(dconf) ? " or '?'" : "", url);
+            return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
+        }
+
+        path = url;  /* this is the raw path */
     }
     else {
         core_dir_config *d = ap_get_core_module_config(r->per_dir_config);
@@ -106,16 +129,6 @@ static int proxy_fcgi_canon(request_rec *r, char *url)
             return HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;
         }
     }
-    /*
-     * If we have a raw control character or a ' ' in nocanon path,
-     * correct encoding was missed.
-     */
-    if (path == url && *ap_scan_vchar_obstext(path)) {
-        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, APLOGNO(10414)
-                      "To be forwarded path contains control "
-                      "characters or spaces");
-        return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
-    }
 
     r->filename = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, "proxy:fcgi://", host, sport, "/",
                               path, NULL);