diff --git a/katze/midori-uri.vala b/katze/midori-uri.vala
index d8dd5ded..48063571 100644
--- a/katze/midori-uri.vala
+++ b/katze/midori-uri.vala
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ namespace Midori {
             /* file:// is not considered a location for security reasons */
             return uri != null
              && ((uri.str ("://") != null && uri.chr (-1, ' ') == null)
+              || is_http (uri)
               || uri.has_prefix ("about:")
               || (uri.has_prefix ("data:") && uri.chr (-1, ';') != null)
               || (uri.has_prefix ("geo:") && uri.chr (-1, ',') != null)
diff --git a/tests/magic-uri.c b/tests/magic-uri.c
index a7cba6bd..259802f1 100644
--- a/tests/magic-uri.c
+++ b/tests/magic-uri.c
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ magic_uri_uri (void)
     test_input ("example.com", "http://example.com");
     test_input ("www.google..com", "http://www.google..com");
     test_input ("/home/user/midori.html", "file:///home/user/midori.html");
+    test_input ("http://www.google.com/search?q=query test",
+                "http://www.google.com/search?q=query test");
     if (sokoke_resolve_hostname ("localhost"))
     {
         test_input ("localhost", "http://localhost");