diff --git a/include/netutils/webclient.h b/include/netutils/webclient.h
index f53ed4657..bdf05b33d 100644
--- a/include/netutils/webclient.h
+++ b/include/netutils/webclient.h
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
 #  define CONFIG_WEBCLIENT_MAXFILENAME 100
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_NETUTILS_CODECS)
+#  if defined(CONFIG_CODECS_URLCODE)
+#    define WGET_USE_URLENCODE 1
+#  endif
+#endif
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * Public types
  ****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/netutils/webclient/webclient.c b/netutils/webclient/webclient.c
index 0a70d0e7e..1bb67c1ca 100644
--- a/netutils/webclient/webclient.c
+++ b/netutils/webclient/webclient.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NETUTILS_CODECS)
 #  if defined(CONFIG_CODECS_URLCODE)
-#    define WGET_USE_URLENCODE 1
 #    include "netutils/urldecode.h"
 #  endif
 #  if defined(CONFIG_CODECS_BASE64)