diff --git a/backend/swift/swift.go b/backend/swift/swift.go
index d207ef68f..9dea6dd1d 100644
--- a/backend/swift/swift.go
+++ b/backend/swift/swift.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/configmap"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/configstruct"
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/encodings"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/fserrors"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/fshttp"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/hash"
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ copy operations.`,
 	Advanced: true,
 }}
 
+const enc = encodings.Swift
+
 // Register with Fs
 func init() {
 	fs.Register(&fs.RegInfo{
@@ -320,7 +323,8 @@ func parsePath(path string) (root string) {
 // split returns container and containerPath from the rootRelativePath
 // relative to f.root
 func (f *Fs) split(rootRelativePath string) (container, containerPath string) {
-	return bucket.Split(path.Join(f.root, rootRelativePath))
+	container, containerPath = bucket.Split(path.Join(f.root, rootRelativePath))
+	return enc.FromStandardName(container), enc.FromStandardPath(containerPath)
 }
 
 // split returns container and containerPath from the object
@@ -441,9 +445,10 @@ func NewFsWithConnection(opt *Options, name, root string, c *swift.Connection, n
 		// Check to see if the object exists - ignoring directory markers
 		var info swift.Object
 		var err error
+		encodedDirectory := enc.FromStandardPath(f.rootDirectory)
 		err = f.pacer.Call(func() (bool, error) {
 			var rxHeaders swift.Headers
-			info, rxHeaders, err = f.c.Object(f.rootContainer, f.rootDirectory)
+			info, rxHeaders, err = f.c.Object(f.rootContainer, encodedDirectory)
 			return shouldRetryHeaders(rxHeaders, err)
 		})
 		if err == nil && info.ContentType != directoryMarkerContentType {
@@ -553,17 +558,18 @@ func (f *Fs) listContainerRoot(container, directory, prefix string, addContainer
 				if !recurse {
 					isDirectory = strings.HasSuffix(object.Name, "/")
 				}
-				if !strings.HasPrefix(object.Name, prefix) {
-					fs.Logf(f, "Odd name received %q", object.Name)
+				remote := enc.ToStandardPath(object.Name)
+				if !strings.HasPrefix(remote, prefix) {
+					fs.Logf(f, "Odd name received %q", remote)
 					continue
 				}
-				if object.Name == prefix {
+				if remote == prefix {
 					// If we have zero length directory markers ending in / then swift
 					// will return them in the listing for the directory which causes
 					// duplicate directories.  Ignore them here.
 					continue
 				}
-				remote := object.Name[len(prefix):]
+				remote = remote[len(prefix):]
 				if addContainer {
 					remote = path.Join(container, remote)
 				}
@@ -635,7 +641,7 @@ func (f *Fs) listContainers(ctx context.Context) (entries fs.DirEntries, err err
 	}
 	for _, container := range containers {
 		f.cache.MarkOK(container.Name)
-		d := fs.NewDir(container.Name, time.Time{}).SetSize(container.Bytes).SetItems(container.Count)
+		d := fs.NewDir(enc.ToStandardName(container.Name), time.Time{}).SetSize(container.Bytes).SetItems(container.Count)
 		entries = append(entries, d)
 	}
 	return entries, nil
diff --git a/docs/content/swift.md b/docs/content/swift.md
index 3c5750a0d..39c1e8023 100644
--- a/docs/content/swift.md
+++ b/docs/content/swift.md
@@ -472,6 +472,16 @@ ns.
 This is a defacto standard (used in the official python-swiftclient
 amongst others) for storing the modification time for an object.
 
+### Restricted filename characters
+
+| Character | Value | Replacement |
+| --------- |:-----:|:-----------:|
+| NUL       | 0x00  | ␀           |
+| /         | 0x2F  | ／          |
+
+Invalid UTF-8 bytes will also be [replaced](/overview/#invalid-utf8),
+as they can't be used in JSON strings.
+
 ### Limitations ###
 
 The Swift API doesn't return a correct MD5SUM for segmented files
diff --git a/fs/encodings/encodings.go b/fs/encodings/encodings.go
index 8b9ea5b6e..04bb6c3f5 100644
--- a/fs/encodings/encodings.go
+++ b/fs/encodings/encodings.go
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ const S3 = encoder.MultiEncoder(
 		encoder.EncodeSlash |
 		encoder.EncodeDot)
 
+// Swift is the encoding used by the swift backend
+const Swift = encoder.MultiEncoder(
+	encoder.EncodeInvalidUtf8 |
+		encoder.EncodeSlash)
+
+
 // ByName returns the encoder for a give backend name or nil
 func ByName(name string) encoder.Encoder {
 	switch strings.ToLower(name) {
@@ -302,9 +308,11 @@ func ByName(name string) encoder.Encoder {
 	case "pcloud":
 		return Pcloud
 	//case "qingstor":
-	//case "s3":
+	case "s3":
+		return S3
 	//case "sftp":
-	//case "swift":
+	case "swift":
+		return Swift
 	//case "webdav":
 	//case "yandex":
 	default: