diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
index fbb0724d8..ab08067ca 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/main.js
@@ -80,8 +80,17 @@ $(function() {
     if (browse){
       displayBrowseGroupId(browse);
       return;
-    }else{
-      $.log("no browse");
+    }
+
+    var artifact= $.urlParam("artifact");
+    // format groupId:artifactId org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin
+    //
+    if (artifact){
+      if ( artifact.indexOf(':')>=0){
+        var splitted = artifact.split(':');
+        displayBrowseArtifactDetail(splitted[0],splitted[1],null,null);
+        return;
+      }
     }
 
     var screen = $.urlParam('screen');
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/search.js b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/search.js
index f8c14cb37..a9cd4a8cd 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/search.js
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/archiva/search.js
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ $(function() {
     displayGroupDetail(groupId,parentBrowseViewModel,null);
   }
 
+  displayBrowseArtifactDetail=function(groupId, artifactId){
+    displayBrowseGroupId(groupId);
+    displayArtifactDetail(groupId,artifactId,null,null);
+  }
 
   mapbrowseResultEntries=function(data){
     $.log("mapbrowseResultEntries");