diff --git a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
index f6e5cce71e96..e7f78fcccdbc 100644
--- a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
+++ b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ function createHttpBackendMock($rootScope, $timeout, $delegate, $browser) {
    * See {@link ngMock.$httpBackend#when `when`} for more info.
    */
   $httpBackend.whenRoute = function(method, url) {
-    var pathObj = routeToRegExp(url, {caseInsensitiveMatch: true, ignoreTrailingSlashes: true});
+    var pathObj = routeToRegExp(url, {caseInsensitiveMatch: true, ignoreTrailingSlashes: true, isUrl: true});
     return $httpBackend.when(method, pathObj.regexp, undefined, undefined, pathObj.keys);
   };
 
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ function createHttpBackendMock($rootScope, $timeout, $delegate, $browser) {
    * See {@link ngMock.$httpBackend#expect `expect`} for more info.
    */
   $httpBackend.expectRoute = function(method, url) {
-    var pathObj = routeToRegExp(url, {caseInsensitiveMatch: true, ignoreTrailingSlashes: true});
+    var pathObj = routeToRegExp(url, {caseInsensitiveMatch: true, ignoreTrailingSlashes: true, isUrl: true});
     return $httpBackend.expect(method, pathObj.regexp, undefined, undefined, pathObj.keys);
   };
 
diff --git a/src/routeToRegExp.js b/src/routeToRegExp.js
index ea0b94efe7f3..d8edd4706359 100644
--- a/src/routeToRegExp.js
+++ b/src/routeToRegExp.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /* global routeToRegExp: true */
 
 /**
- * @param path {string} path
+ * @param pathOrUrl {string} path or url
  * @param opts {Object} options
  * @return {?Object}
  *
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  *
  * Inspired by pathRexp in visionmedia/express/lib/utils.js.
  */
-function routeToRegExp(path, opts) {
+function routeToRegExp(pathOrUrl, opts) {
   var keys = [];
 
-  var pattern = path
+  var pattern = pathOrUrl
     .replace(/([().])/g, '\\$1')
     .replace(/(\/)?:(\w+)(\*\?|[?*])?/g, function(_, slash, key, option) {
       var optional = option === '?' || option === '*?';
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function routeToRegExp(path, opts) {
       slash = slash || '';
       return (
         (optional ? '(?:' + slash : slash + '(?:') +
-        (star ? '([^?#]+?)' : '([^/?#]+)') +
+        (opts.isUrl ? (star ? '([^?#]+?)' : '([^/?#]+)') : (star ? '(.+?)' : '([^/]+)')) +
         (optional ? '?)?' : ')')
       );
     })
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function routeToRegExp(path, opts) {
   }
 
   return {
-    originalPath: path,
+    originalPath: pathOrUrl,
     keys: keys,
     regexp: new RegExp(
       '^' + pattern + '(?:[?#]|$)',
diff --git a/test/ngRoute/routeParamsSpec.js b/test/ngRoute/routeParamsSpec.js
index e3357fee8152..6d4f416489f2 100644
--- a/test/ngRoute/routeParamsSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngRoute/routeParamsSpec.js
@@ -77,5 +77,24 @@ describe('$routeParams', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should correctly extract path params containing hashes and/or question marks', function() {
+    module(function($routeProvider) {
+      $routeProvider.when('/foo/:bar', {});
+    });
+
+    inject(function($rootScope, $route, $location, $routeParams) {
+      $location.path('/foo/bar#baz');
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+      expect($routeParams).toEqual({bar: 'bar#baz'});
+
+      $location.path('/foo/bar?baz');
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+      expect($routeParams).toEqual({bar: 'bar?baz'});
+
+      $location.path('/foo/bar#baz?qux');
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+      expect($routeParams).toEqual({bar: 'bar#baz?qux'});
+    });
+  });
 
 });