diff --git a/midori/sokoke.c b/midori/sokoke.c
index 78f822cd..8b409f24 100644
--- a/midori/sokoke.c
+++ b/midori/sokoke.c
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ sokoke_magic_uri (const gchar* uri,
     {
         /* Do we have a domain, ip address or localhost? */
         search = strchr (uri, ':');
-        if (search && search[0] && !g_ascii_isalpha (search[1]))
+        if (search && search[0] &&
+            !g_ascii_isalpha (search[1]) && search[1] != ' ')
             if (!strchr (search, '.'))
                 return g_strconcat ("http://", uri, NULL);
         if (!strcmp (uri, "localhost") || g_str_has_prefix (uri, "localhost/"))
diff --git a/tests/magic-uri.c b/tests/magic-uri.c
index 5192fac3..3fd83367 100644
--- a/tests/magic-uri.c
+++ b/tests/magic-uri.c
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ main (int    argc,
     test_input ("g de.po verbose", NULL);
     test_input ("sm de.po verbose", SM "de.po verbose");
     test_input ("javascript:alert(1)", "javascript:alert(1)");
+    test_input ("sm warning: configure /dev/net: virtual",
+                SM "warning: configure /dev/net: virtual");
 
     return 0;
 }