diff --git a/src/ng/browser.js b/src/ng/browser.js
index 3f5f125ed4c3..afe06a4207dc 100644
--- a/src/ng/browser.js
+++ b/src/ng/browser.js
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ function Browser(window, document, $log, $sniffer) {
     if (url) {
       var sameState = lastHistoryState === state;
 
+      // Normalize the inputted URL
+      url = urlResolve(url).href;
+
       // Don't change anything if previous and current URLs and states match. This also prevents
       // IE<10 from getting into redirect loop when in LocationHashbangInHtml5Url mode.
       // See https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/ffb2701
diff --git a/test/ng/browserSpecs.js b/test/ng/browserSpecs.js
index 074e4404830a..9f312ed6aeb9 100644
--- a/test/ng/browserSpecs.js
+++ b/test/ng/browserSpecs.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ describe('browser', function() {
       browser.url('http://new.org');
 
       expect(pushState).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-      expect(pushState.calls.argsFor(0)[2]).toEqual('http://new.org');
+      expect(pushState.calls.argsFor(0)[2]).toEqual('http://new.org/');
 
       expect(replaceState).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(locationReplace).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ describe('browser', function() {
       browser.url('http://new.org', true);
 
       expect(replaceState).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-      expect(replaceState.calls.argsFor(0)[2]).toEqual('http://new.org');
+      expect(replaceState.calls.argsFor(0)[2]).toEqual('http://new.org/');
 
       expect(pushState).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(locationReplace).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ describe('browser', function() {
       sniffer.history = false;
       browser.url('http://new.org');
 
-      expect(fakeWindow.location.href).toEqual('http://new.org');
+      expect(fakeWindow.location.href).toEqual('http://new.org/');
 
       expect(pushState).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(replaceState).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ describe('browser', function() {
       sniffer.history = false;
       browser.url('http://new.org', true);
 
-      expect(locationReplace).toHaveBeenCalledWith('http://new.org');
+      expect(locationReplace).toHaveBeenCalledWith('http://new.org/');
 
       expect(pushState).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(replaceState).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ describe('browser', function() {
     it('should not interfere with legacy browser url replace behavior', function() {
       inject(function($rootScope) {
         var current = fakeWindow.location.href;
-        var newUrl = 'notyet';
+        var newUrl = 'http://notyet/';
         sniffer.history = false;
         expect(historyEntriesLength).toBe(1);
         browser.url(newUrl, true);