diff --git a/src/FtpClient/FtpClient.php b/src/FtpClient/FtpClient.php
index 48e3da7..dd069cb 100644
--- a/src/FtpClient/FtpClient.php
+++ b/src/FtpClient/FtpClient.php
@@ -453,8 +453,19 @@ public function remove($path, $recursive = false)
 
         try {
             if (@$this->ftp->delete($path)
-            or ($this->isDir($path) and $this->rmdir($path, $recursive))) {
+            or ($this->isDir($path) 
+            and $this->rmdir($path, $recursive))) {
                 return true;
+            } else {
+                // in special cases the delete can fail (for example, at Symfony's "r+e.gex[c]a(r)s" directory)
+                $newPath = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\/]/', '', $path);
+                if ($this->rename($path, $newPath)) {
+                    if (@$this->ftp->delete($newPath) 
+                    or ($this->isDir($newPath) 
+                    and $this->rmdir($newPath, $recursive))) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             return false;