diff --git a/lib/functions.zsh b/lib/functions.zsh
index 58f0e3fb0..15526cd5f 100644
--- a/lib/functions.zsh
+++ b/lib/functions.zsh
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ zmodload zsh/langinfo
 #    -P causes spaces to be encoded as '%20' instead of '+'
 function omz_urlencode() {
   emulate -L zsh
+  local -a opts
   zparseopts -D -E -a opts r m P
 
   local in_str=$1