diff --git a/midori/sokoke.c b/midori/sokoke.c
index 6ab9dcae..cd5f5518 100644
--- a/midori/sokoke.c
+++ b/midori/sokoke.c
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ sokoke_magic_uri (const gchar* uri,
     if (!strstr (uri, "://"))
     {
         /* Do we have a domain, ip address or localhost? */
-        if (strchr (uri, '.') != NULL || !strcmp (uri, "localhost"))
+        if (strchr (uri, '.') != NULL || strchr (uri, ':')
+            || !strcmp (uri, "localhost"))
             return g_strconcat ("http://", uri, NULL);
         /* We don't want to search? So return early. */
         if (!search_engines)