diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_form.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_form.html
index e27875cdad..4962e732a2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_form.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/change_form.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 {% if change %}{% if not is_popup %}
   <ul class="object-tools">
     {% block object-tools-items %}
-    <li><a href="{% url opts|admin_urlname:'history' original.pk %}" class="historylink">{% trans "History" %}</a></li>
+    <li><a href="{% url opts|admin_urlname:'history' original.pk|admin_urlquote %}" class="historylink">{% trans "History" %}</a></li>
     {% if has_absolute_url %}<li><a href="{% url 'admin:view_on_site' content_type_id original.pk %}" class="viewsitelink">{% trans "View on site" %}</a></li>{% endif%}
     {% endblock %}
   </ul>
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/submit_line.html b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/submit_line.html
index d6f854a233..8c9d22752d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/submit_line.html
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templates/admin/submit_line.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{% load i18n %}
+{% load i18n admin_urls %}
 <div class="submit-row">
 {% if show_save %}<input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Save' %}" class="default" name="_save" {{ onclick_attrib }}/>{% endif %}
-{% if show_delete_link %}<p class="deletelink-box"><a href="delete/" class="deletelink">{% trans "Delete" %}</a></p>{% endif %}
+{% if show_delete_link %}<p class="deletelink-box"><a href="{% url opts|admin_urlname:'delete' original.pk|admin_urlquote %}" class="deletelink">{% trans "Delete" %}</a></p>{% endif %}
 {% if show_save_as_new %}<input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Save as new' %}" name="_saveasnew" {{ onclick_attrib }}/>{%endif%}
-{% if show_save_and_add_another %}<input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Save and add another' %}" name="_addanother" {{ onclick_attrib }} />{% endif %}
+{% if show_save_and_add_another %}<input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Save and add another' %}" name="_addanother" {{ onclick_attrib }}/>{% endif %}
 {% if show_save_and_continue %}<input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Save and continue editing' %}" name="_continue" {{ onclick_attrib }}/>{% endif %}
 </div>
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_modify.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_modify.py
index c190533f95..f6ac59635a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_modify.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_modify.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def submit_row(context):
     change = context['change']
     is_popup = context['is_popup']
     save_as = context['save_as']
-    return {
+    ctx = {
+        'opts': opts,
         'onclick_attrib': (opts.get_ordered_objects() and change
                             and 'onclick="submitOrderForm();"' or ''),
         'show_delete_link': (not is_popup and context['has_delete_permission']
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ def submit_row(context):
         'is_popup': is_popup,
         'show_save': True
     }
+    if context.get('original') is not None:
+        ctx['original'] = context['original']
+    return ctx
 
 @register.filter
 def cell_count(inline_admin_form):
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/util.py b/django/contrib/admin/util.py
index f95fe53de1..74eef2e733 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/util.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/util.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ def prepare_lookup_value(key, value):
 def quote(s):
     """
     Ensure that primary key values do not confuse the admin URLs by escaping
-    any '/', '_' and ':' characters. Similar to urllib.quote, except that the
-    quoting is slightly different so that it doesn't get automatically
-    unquoted by the Web browser.
+    any '/', '_' and ':' and similarly problematic characters.
+    Similar to urllib.quote, except that the quoting is slightly different so
+    that it doesn't get automatically unquoted by the Web browser.
     """
     if not isinstance(s, six.string_types):
         return s
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
index 74ef095b4b..5033ba98bc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from functools import reduce
 
 from django.core.exceptions import SuspiciousOperation, ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.core.paginator import InvalidPage
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models.fields import FieldDoesNotExist
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
@@ -376,4 +377,8 @@ class ChangeList(object):
             return qs
 
     def url_for_result(self, result):
-        return "%s/" % quote(getattr(result, self.pk_attname))
+        pk = getattr(result, self.pk_attname)
+        return reverse('admin:%s_%s_change' % (self.opts.app_label,
+                                               self.opts.module_name),
+                       args=(quote(pk),),
+                       current_app=self.model_admin.admin_site.name)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
index be88c9a161..2b1c1a9bcf 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_changelist/tests.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.admin.options import IncorrectLookupParameters
 from django.contrib.admin.views.main import ChangeList, SEARCH_VAR, ALL_VAR
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.template import Context, Template
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ class ChangeListTests(TestCase):
         template = Template('{% load admin_list %}{% spaceless %}{% result_list cl %}{% endspaceless %}')
         context = Context({'cl': cl})
         table_output = template.render(context)
-        row_html = '<tbody><tr class="row1"><th><a href="%d/">name</a></th><td class="nowrap">(None)</td></tr></tbody>' % new_child.id
+        link = reverse('admin:admin_changelist_child_change', args=(new_child.id,))
+        row_html = '<tbody><tr class="row1"><th><a href="%s">name</a></th><td class="nowrap">(None)</td></tr></tbody>' % link
         self.assertFalse(table_output.find(row_html) == -1,
             'Failed to find expected row element: %s' % table_output)
 
@@ -87,7 +89,8 @@ class ChangeListTests(TestCase):
         template = Template('{% load admin_list %}{% spaceless %}{% result_list cl %}{% endspaceless %}')
         context = Context({'cl': cl})
         table_output = template.render(context)
-        row_html = '<tbody><tr class="row1"><th><a href="%d/">name</a></th><td class="nowrap">Parent object</td></tr></tbody>' % new_child.id
+        link = reverse('admin:admin_changelist_child_change', args=(new_child.id,))
+        row_html = '<tbody><tr class="row1"><th><a href="%s">name</a></th><td class="nowrap">Parent object</td></tr></tbody>' % link
         self.assertFalse(table_output.find(row_html) == -1,
             'Failed to find expected row element: %s' % table_output)
 
@@ -425,7 +428,8 @@ class ChangeListTests(TestCase):
         request = self._mocked_authenticated_request('/child/', superuser)
         response = m.changelist_view(request)
         for i in range(1, 10):
-            self.assertContains(response, '<a href="%s/">%s</a>' % (i, i))
+            link = reverse('admin:admin_changelist_child_change', args=(i,))
+            self.assertContains(response, '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (link, i))
 
         list_display = m.get_list_display(request)
         list_display_links = m.get_list_display_links(request, list_display)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_custom_urls/fixtures/actions.json b/tests/regressiontests/admin_custom_urls/fixtures/actions.json
index a63cf8135c..7c6341d71d 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_custom_urls/fixtures/actions.json
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_custom_urls/fixtures/actions.json
@@ -40,12 +40,5 @@
     "fields": {
       "description": "An action with a name suspected of being a XSS attempt"
     }
-  },
-  {
-    "pk": "The name of an action", 
-    "model": "admin_custom_urls.action", 
-    "fields": {
-      "description": "A generic action"
-    }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
index 64ff9f6692..3e9cf28965 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_custom_urls/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
+from django.contrib.admin.util import quote
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.test import TestCase
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ class AdminCustomUrlsTest(TestCase):
 
         # Ditto, but use reverse() to build the URL
         url = reverse('admin:%s_action_change' % Action._meta.app_label,
-                args=('add',))
+                args=(quote('add'),))
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'Change action')
@@ -75,19 +76,8 @@ class AdminCustomUrlsTest(TestCase):
         # Should correctly get the change_view for the model instance with the
         # funny-looking PK (the one wth a 'path/to/html/document.html' value)
         url = reverse('admin:%s_action_change' % Action._meta.app_label,
-                args=("path/to/html/document.html",))
+                args=(quote("path/to/html/document.html"),))
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertContains(response, 'Change action')
         self.assertContains(response, 'value="path/to/html/document.html"')
-
-    def testChangeViewHistoryButton(self):
-        url = reverse('admin:%s_action_change' % Action._meta.app_label,
-                args=('The name of an action',))
-        response = self.client.get(url)
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-        expected_link = reverse('admin:%s_action_history' %
-                                Action._meta.app_label,
-                                args=('The name of an action',))
-        self.assertContains(response, '<a href="%s" class="historylink"' %
-                            expected_link)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
index 36fea59f2e..8151c8c854 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -260,19 +260,21 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(TestCase):
         p1 = Person.objects.create(name="Chris", gender=1, alive=True)
         p2 = Person.objects.create(name="Chris", gender=2, alive=True)
         p3 = Person.objects.create(name="Bob", gender=1, alive=True)
-        link = '<a href="%s/'
+        link1 = reverse('admin:admin_views_person_change', args=(p1.pk,))
+        link2 = reverse('admin:admin_views_person_change', args=(p2.pk,))
+        link3 = reverse('admin:admin_views_person_change', args=(p3.pk,))
 
         # Sort by name, gender
         # This hard-codes the URL because it'll fail if it runs against the
         # 'admin2' custom admin (which doesn't have the Person model).
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/person/', {'o': '1.2'})
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p3.id, link % p1.id)
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p1.id, link % p2.id)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link3, link1)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link1, link2)
 
         # Sort by gender descending, name
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/person/', {'o': '-2.1'})
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p2.id, link % p3.id)
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p3.id, link % p1.id)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link2, link3)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link3, link1)
 
     def testChangeListSortingPreserveQuerySetOrdering(self):
         """
@@ -284,37 +286,41 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(TestCase):
         p1 = Person.objects.create(name="Amy", gender=1, alive=True, age=80)
         p2 = Person.objects.create(name="Bob", gender=1, alive=True, age=70)
         p3 = Person.objects.create(name="Chris", gender=2, alive=False, age=60)
-        link = '<a href="%s/'
+        link1 = reverse('admin:admin_views_person_change', args=(p1.pk,))
+        link2 = reverse('admin:admin_views_person_change', args=(p2.pk,))
+        link3 = reverse('admin:admin_views_person_change', args=(p3.pk,))
 
         # This hard-codes the URL because it'll fail if it runs against the
         # 'admin2' custom admin (which doesn't have the Person model).
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/person/', {})
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p3.id, link % p2.id)
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p2.id, link % p1.id)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link3, link2)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link2, link1)
 
     def testChangeListSortingModelMeta(self):
         # Test ordering on Model Meta is respected
 
         l1 = Language.objects.create(iso='ur', name='Urdu')
         l2 = Language.objects.create(iso='ar', name='Arabic')
-        link = '<a href="%s/'
+        link1 = reverse('admin:admin_views_language_change', args=(quote(l1.pk),))
+        link2 = reverse('admin:admin_views_language_change', args=(quote(l2.pk),))
 
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/language/', {})
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % l2.pk, link % l1.pk)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link2, link1)
 
         # Test we can override with query string
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/language/', {'o':'-1'})
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % l1.pk, link % l2.pk)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link1, link2)
 
     def testChangeListSortingOverrideModelAdmin(self):
         # Test ordering on Model Admin is respected, and overrides Model Meta
         dt = datetime.datetime.now()
         p1 = Podcast.objects.create(name="A", release_date=dt)
         p2 = Podcast.objects.create(name="B", release_date=dt - datetime.timedelta(10))
+        link1 = reverse('admin:admin_views_podcast_change', args=(p1.pk,))
+        link2 = reverse('admin:admin_views_podcast_change', args=(p2.pk,))
 
-        link = '<a href="%s/'
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/podcast/', {})
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p1.pk, link % p2.pk)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link1, link2)
 
     def testMultipleSortSameField(self):
         # Check that we get the columns we expect if we have two columns
@@ -322,14 +328,16 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(TestCase):
         dt = datetime.datetime.now()
         p1 = Podcast.objects.create(name="A", release_date=dt)
         p2 = Podcast.objects.create(name="B", release_date=dt - datetime.timedelta(10))
+        link1 = reverse('admin:admin_views_podcast_change', args=(quote(p1.pk),))
+        link2 = reverse('admin:admin_views_podcast_change', args=(quote(p2.pk),))
 
-        link = '<a href="%s/'
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/podcast/', {})
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p1.pk, link % p2.pk)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link1, link2)
 
         p1 = ComplexSortedPerson.objects.create(name="Bob", age=10)
         p2 = ComplexSortedPerson.objects.create(name="Amy", age=20)
-        link = '<a href="%s/'
+        link1 = reverse('admin:admin_views_complexsortedperson_change', args=(p1.pk,))
+        link2 = reverse('admin:admin_views_complexsortedperson_change', args=(p2.pk,))
 
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/complexsortedperson/', {})
         # Should have 5 columns (including action checkbox col)
@@ -342,7 +350,7 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(TestCase):
         self.assertContentBefore(response, 'Name', 'Colored name')
 
         # Check sorting - should be by name
-        self.assertContentBefore(response, link % p2.id, link % p1.id)
+        self.assertContentBefore(response, link2, link1)
 
     def testSortIndicatorsAdminOrder(self):
         """
@@ -461,10 +469,12 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(TestCase):
         for rows corresponding to instances of a model in which a named group
         has been used in the choices option of a field.
         """
+        link1 = reverse('admin:admin_views_fabric_change', args=(1,), current_app=self.urlbit)
+        link2 = reverse('admin:admin_views_fabric_change', args=(2,), current_app=self.urlbit)
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/%s/admin_views/fabric/' % self.urlbit)
         fail_msg = "Changelist table isn't showing the right human-readable values set by a model field 'choices' option named group."
-        self.assertContains(response, '<a href="1/">Horizontal</a>', msg_prefix=fail_msg, html=True)
-        self.assertContains(response, '<a href="2/">Vertical</a>', msg_prefix=fail_msg, html=True)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<a href="%s">Horizontal</a>' % link1, msg_prefix=fail_msg, html=True)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<a href="%s">Vertical</a>' % link2, msg_prefix=fail_msg, html=True)
 
     def testNamedGroupFieldChoicesFilter(self):
         """
@@ -1371,9 +1381,12 @@ class AdminViewStringPrimaryKeyTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
     def test_changelist_to_changeform_link(self):
-        "The link from the changelist referring to the changeform of the object should be quoted"
-        response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/modelwithstringprimarykey/')
-        should_contain = """<th><a href="%s/">%s</a></th></tr>""" % (escape(quote(self.pk)), escape(self.pk))
+        "Link to the changeform of the object in changelist should use reverse() and be quoted -- #18072"
+        prefix = '/test_admin/admin/admin_views/modelwithstringprimarykey/'
+        response = self.client.get(prefix)
+        # this URL now comes through reverse(), thus iri_to_uri encoding
+        pk_final_url = escape(iri_to_uri(quote(self.pk)))
+        should_contain = """<th><a href="%s%s/">%s</a></th>""" % (prefix, pk_final_url, escape(self.pk))
         self.assertContains(response, should_contain)
 
     def test_recentactions_link(self):
@@ -1441,6 +1454,18 @@ class AdminViewStringPrimaryKeyTest(TestCase):
         should_contain = '/%s/" class="viewsitelink">' % model.pk
         self.assertContains(response, should_contain)
 
+    def test_change_view_history_link(self):
+        """Object history button link should work and contain the pk value quoted."""
+        url = reverse('admin:%s_modelwithstringprimarykey_change' %
+                          ModelWithStringPrimaryKey._meta.app_label,
+                      args=(quote(self.pk),))
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        expected_link = reverse('admin:%s_modelwithstringprimarykey_history' %
+                                    ModelWithStringPrimaryKey._meta.app_label,
+                                args=(quote(self.pk),))
+        self.assertContains(response, '<a href="%s" class="historylink"' % expected_link)
+
 
 @override_settings(PASSWORD_HASHERS=('django.contrib.auth.hashers.SHA1PasswordHasher',))
 class SecureViewTests(TestCase):
@@ -2023,12 +2048,14 @@ class AdminViewListEditable(TestCase):
         """
         story1 = OtherStory.objects.create(title='The adventures of Guido', content='Once upon a time in Djangoland...')
         story2 = OtherStory.objects.create(title='Crouching Tiger, Hidden Python', content='The Python was sneaking into...')
+        link1 = reverse('admin:admin_views_otherstory_change', args=(story1.pk,))
+        link2 = reverse('admin:admin_views_otherstory_change', args=(story2.pk,))
         response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/otherstory/')
         self.assertContains(response, 'id="id_form-0-id"', 1) # Only one hidden field, in a separate place than the table.
         self.assertContains(response, 'id="id_form-1-id"', 1)
         self.assertContains(response, '<div class="hiddenfields">\n<input type="hidden" name="form-0-id" value="%d" id="id_form-0-id" /><input type="hidden" name="form-1-id" value="%d" id="id_form-1-id" />\n</div>' % (story2.id, story1.id), html=True)
-        self.assertContains(response, '<th><a href="%d/">%d</a></th>' % (story1.id, story1.id), 1)
-        self.assertContains(response, '<th><a href="%d/">%d</a></th>' % (story2.id, story2.id), 1)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<th><a href="%s">%d</a></th>' % (link1, story1.id), 1)
+        self.assertContains(response, '<th><a href="%s">%d</a></th>' % (link2, story2.id), 1)
 
 
 @override_settings(PASSWORD_HASHERS=('django.contrib.auth.hashers.SHA1PasswordHasher',))