diff --git a/src/FileDownloader.ts b/src/FileDownloader.ts
index ec8a80e..9ad287c 100644
--- a/src/FileDownloader.ts
+++ b/src/FileDownloader.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ export interface FileDownloadSettings {
      * }
      */
     headers?: Record<string, string | number | boolean> | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Whether to skip aggressive encoding on the URI, as `vscode.Uri.toString()` normally results in `&` and `=` becoming encoded.
+     * @default false
+     */
+    skipEncoding?: boolean
 }
 
 export default interface FileDownloader {
@@ -104,4 +109,4 @@ export default interface FileDownloader {
      * @param context the context of the extension that downloaded the file(s)
      */
     deleteAllItems(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<void>;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}