diff --git a/midori/sokoke.c b/midori/sokoke.c
index adcddb73..e425b9d2 100644
--- a/midori/sokoke.c
+++ b/midori/sokoke.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ sokoke_magic_uri (const gchar* uri,
         if (search && search[0] && !g_ascii_isalpha (search[1]))
             if (!strchr (search, '.'))
                 return g_strconcat ("http://", uri, NULL);
-        if (!strcmp (uri, "localhost"))
+        if (!strcmp (uri, "localhost") || g_str_has_prefix (uri, "localhost/"))
             return g_strconcat ("http://", uri, NULL);
         parts = g_strsplit (uri, ".", 0);
         if (!search && parts[0] && parts[1])
diff --git a/tests/magic-uri.c b/tests/magic-uri.c
index 3a8dbafa..7fda317a 100644
--- a/tests/magic-uri.c
+++ b/tests/magic-uri.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ main (int    argc,
     g_free (b);
     test_input ("localhost", "http://localhost");
     test_input ("localhost:8000", "http://localhost:8000");
+    test_input ("localhost/rss", "http://localhost/rss");
     test_input ("192.168.1.1", "http://192.168.1.1");
     test_input ("192.168.1.1:8000", "http://192.168.1.1:8000");
     test_input ("sm midori", SM "midori");