diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 09e8be2..f890181 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ class URI(object):
         if not uri:
             return
 
+        # We hijack the URL parameters, since the way bitbake uses
+        # them are not quite RFC compliant.
+        uri, param_str = (uri.split(";", 1) + [None])[:2]
+
         urlp = urlparse.urlparse(uri)
         self.scheme = urlp.scheme
 
@@ -235,17 +239,7 @@ class URI(object):
             if urlp.password:
                 self.userinfo += ':%s' % urlp.password
 
-        # Do support params even for URI schemes that Python's
-        # urlparse doesn't support params for.
-        path = ''
-        param_str = ''
-        if not urlp.params:
-            path, param_str = (list(urlp.path.split(";", 1)) + [None])[:2]
-        else:
-            path = urlp.path
-            param_str = urlp.params
-
-        self.path = urllib.unquote(path)
+        self.path = urllib.unquote(urlp.path)
 
         if param_str:
             self.params = self._param_str_split(param_str, ";")
diff --git a/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 755ec3f..be21623 100644
--- a/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -74,6 +74,24 @@ class URITest(unittest.TestCase):
             },
             'relative': False
         },
+        "http://www.example.org/index.html?qparam1=qvalue1;param2=value2" : {
+            'uri': 'http://www.example.org/index.html?qparam1=qvalue1;param2=value2',
+            'scheme': 'http',
+            'hostname': 'www.example.org',
+            'port': None,
+            'hostport': 'www.example.org',
+            'path': '/index.html',
+            'userinfo': '',
+            'username': '',
+            'password': '',
+            'params': {
+                'param2': 'value2'
+            },
+            'query': {
+                'qparam1': 'qvalue1'
+            },
+            'relative': False
+        },
         "http://www.example.com:8080/index.html" : {
             'uri': 'http://www.example.com:8080/index.html',
             'scheme': 'http',