diff --git a/midori/midori-app.c b/midori/midori-app.c
index d8cb2d9f..52716ee7 100644
--- a/midori/midori-app.c
+++ b/midori/midori-app.c
@@ -470,14 +470,17 @@ midori_app_command_received (MidoriApp*   app,
                 gchar* fixed_uri = sokoke_magic_uri (*uris);
                 if (!fixed_uri)
                     fixed_uri = g_strdup (*uris);
-                if (first)
+                if (sokoke_recursive_fork_protection (fixed_uri, FALSE))
                 {
-                    midori_browser_set_current_uri (browser, fixed_uri);
-                    first = FALSE;
+                    if (first)
+                    {
+                        midori_browser_set_current_uri (browser, fixed_uri);
+                        first = FALSE;
+                    }
+                    else
+                        midori_browser_set_current_page (browser,
+                            midori_browser_add_uri (browser, fixed_uri));
                 }
-                else
-                    midori_browser_set_current_page (browser,
-                        midori_browser_add_uri (browser, fixed_uri));
                 g_free (fixed_uri);
                 uris++;
             }
diff --git a/midori/sokoke.c b/midori/sokoke.c
index 657ba9a3..a26078a6 100644
--- a/midori/sokoke.c
+++ b/midori/sokoke.c
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ sokoke_show_uri (GdkScreen*   screen,
                  guint32      timestamp,
                  GError**     error)
 {
+
     #if HAVE_HILDON
     HildonURIAction* action = hildon_uri_get_default_action_by_uri (uri, NULL);
     return hildon_uri_open (uri, action, error);
@@ -352,6 +353,8 @@ sokoke_show_uri (GdkScreen*   screen,
     g_return_val_if_fail (uri != NULL, FALSE);
     g_return_val_if_fail (!error || !*error, FALSE);
 
+    sokoke_recursive_fork_protection (uri, TRUE);
+
     #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION (2, 14, 0)
     if (gtk_show_uri (screen, uri, timestamp, error))
         return TRUE;
@@ -1740,6 +1743,36 @@ sokoke_prefetch_uri (const char* uri)
     return TRUE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * sokoke_recursive_fork_protection
+ * @uri: the URI to check
+ * @set_uri: if TRUE the URI will be saved
+ *
+ * Protects against recursive invokations of the Midori executable
+ * with the same URI.
+ *
+ * As an example, consider having an URI starting with 'tel://'. You
+ * could attempt to open it with sokoke_show_uri. In turn, 'exo-open'
+ * might be called. Now quite possibly 'exo-open' is unable to handle
+ * 'tel://' and might well fall back to 'midori' as default browser.
+ *
+ * To protect against this scenario, call this function with the
+ * URI and %TRUE before calling any external tool.
+ * #MidoriApp calls sokoke_recursive_fork_protection() with %FALSE
+ * and bails out if %FALSE is returned.
+ *
+ * Return value: %TRUE if @uri is new, %FALSE on recursion
+ **/
+gboolean
+sokoke_recursive_fork_protection (const gchar* uri,
+                                  gboolean     set_uri)
+{
+    static gchar* fork_uri = NULL;
+    if (set_uri)
+        katze_assign (fork_uri, g_strdup (uri));
+    return g_strcmp0 (fork_uri, uri) == 0 ? FALSE : TRUE;
+}
+
 /* Provide a new way for SoupSession to assume an 'Accept-Language'
    string automatically from the return value of g_get_language_names(),
    properly formatted according to RFC2616.
diff --git a/midori/sokoke.h b/midori/sokoke.h
index 7d46de24..927cfee9 100644
--- a/midori/sokoke.h
+++ b/midori/sokoke.h
@@ -226,4 +226,8 @@ sokoke_prefetch_uri                     (const char* uri);
 gchar *
 sokoke_accept_languages                 (const gchar* const * lang_names);
 
+gboolean
+sokoke_recursive_fork_protection        (const gchar*         uri,
+                                         gboolean             set_uri);
+
 #endif /* !__SOKOKE_H__ */