1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/uri/generic.rb b/lib/uri/generic.rb
index cfa0de6b74..69698c4e2d 100644
--- a/lib/uri/generic.rb
+++ b/lib/uri/generic.rb
@@ -564,16 +564,26 @@ module URI
       end
     end
 
-    # Returns the user component.
+    # Returns the user component (without URI decoding).
     def user
       @user
     end
 
-    # Returns the password component.
+    # Returns the password component (without URI decoding).
     def password
       @password
     end
 
+    # Returns the user component after URI decoding.
+    def decoded_user
+      URI.decode_uri_component(@user) if @user
+    end
+
+    # Returns the password component after URI decoding.
+    def decoded_password
+      URI.decode_uri_component(@password) if @password
+    end
+
     #
     # Checks the host +v+ component for RFC2396 compliance
     # and against the URI::Parser Regexp for :HOST.