diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 5cbc6e5..c9921c5 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@
 	}
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "cas")) {
 		struct strbuf val = STRBUF_INIT;
-		strbuf_addf(&val, "--" CAS_OPT_NAME "=%s", value);
+		strbuf_addstr(&val, "--force-with-lease=");
+		if (*value != '"')
+			strbuf_addstr(&val, value);
+		else if (unquote_c_style(&val, value, NULL))
+			return -1;
 		string_list_append(&cas_options, val.buf);
 		strbuf_release(&val);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh b/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
index 463d0f1..187454f 100755
--- a/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5541-http-push-smart.sh
@@ -479,6 +479,21 @@
 	! grep "$HTTPD_URL_USER_PASS" reflog
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'Non-ASCII branch name can be used with --force-with-lease' '
+	cd "$ROOT_PATH" &&
+	git clone "$HTTPD_URL_USER_PASS/smart/test_repo.git" non-ascii &&
+	cd non-ascii &&
+	git checkout -b rama-de-árbol &&
+	test_commit F &&
+	git push --force-with-lease origin rama-de-árbol &&
+	git ls-remote origin refs/heads/rama-de-árbol >actual &&
+	git ls-remote . refs/heads/rama-de-árbol >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	git push --delete --force-with-lease origin rama-de-árbol &&
+	git ls-remote origin refs/heads/rama-de-árbol >actual &&
+	test_must_be_empty actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'colorize errors/hints' '
 	cd "$ROOT_PATH"/test_repo_clone &&
 	test_must_fail git -c color.transport=always -c color.advice=always \