diff --git a/src/ng/location.js b/src/ng/location.js
index f575a653f916..c5a59a8d5d52 100644
--- a/src/ng/location.js
+++ b/src/ng/location.js
@@ -918,16 +918,16 @@ function $LocationProvider() {
         var oldUrl = $location.absUrl();
         var oldState = $location.$$state;
         var defaultPrevented;
-
+		var trimNewUrl = trimEmptyHash(newUrl);
         $location.$$parse(newUrl);
         $location.$$state = newState;
 
-        defaultPrevented = $rootScope.$broadcast('$locationChangeStart', newUrl, oldUrl,
+        defaultPrevented = $rootScope.$broadcast('$locationChangeStart', trimNewUrl, oldUrl,
             newState, oldState).defaultPrevented;
 
         // if the location was changed by a `$locationChangeStart` handler then stop
         // processing this location change
-        if ($location.absUrl() !== newUrl) return;
+        if ($location.absUrl() !== trimNewUrl) return;
 
         if (defaultPrevented) {
           $location.$$parse(oldUrl);
diff --git a/test/ng/locationSpec.js b/test/ng/locationSpec.js
index 1efe3396762f..8e1607c83146 100644
--- a/test/ng/locationSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/locationSpec.js
@@ -2141,6 +2141,31 @@ describe('$location', function() {
       })
     );
 
+    it('should fire $locationChangeSuccess when browser location changes to URL which ends with #',
+      inject(function($location, $browser, $rootScope, $log) {
+        $location.url('/somepath');
+        $rootScope.$apply();
+
+        expect($browser.url()).toEqual('http://server/#/somepath');
+        expect($location.url()).toEqual('/somepath');
+
+        $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeStart', function(event, newUrl, oldUrl) {
+          $log.info('start', newUrl, oldUrl);
+        });
+        $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeSuccess', function(event, newUrl, oldUrl) {
+          $log.info('after', newUrl, oldUrl);
+        });
+
+        $browser.url('http://server/#');
+        $browser.poll();
+
+        expect($log.info.logs.shift()).
+          toEqual(['start', 'http://server/', 'http://server/#/somepath']);
+        expect($log.info.logs.shift()).
+          toEqual(['after', 'http://server/', 'http://server/#/somepath']);
+      })
+    );
+
     it('should allow redirect during browser url change',
       inject(function($location, $browser, $rootScope, $log) {
         $rootScope.$on('$locationChangeStart', function(event, newUrl, oldUrl) {