diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/hash_location_strategy.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/hash_location_strategy.ts
index 937d195d6c..26dd67016d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/hash_location_strategy.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/hash_location_strategy.ts
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ export class HashLocationStrategy extends LocationStrategy {
     // the hash value is always prefixed with a `#`
     // and if it is empty then it will stay empty
     var path = this._platformLocation.hash;
+    if (!isPresent(path)) path = '#';
 
     // Dart will complain if a call to substring is
     // executed with a position value that extends the
     // length of string.
-    return (path.length > 0 ? path.substring(1) : path) +
-           normalizeQueryParams(this._platformLocation.search);
+    return (path.length > 0 ? path.substring(1) : path);
   }
 
   prepareExternalUrl(internal: string): string {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/router/hash_location_strategy_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/router/hash_location_strategy_spec.ts
index e354cccfe0..3b9e56524d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/router/hash_location_strategy_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/router/hash_location_strategy_spec.ts
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ import {
 } from 'angular2/testing_internal';
 
 import {Injector, provide} from 'angular2/core';
-import {CONST_EXPR} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 
 import {PlatformLocation} from 'angular2/src/router/platform_location';
-import {LocationStrategy, APP_BASE_HREF} from 'angular2/src/router/location_strategy';
+import {APP_BASE_HREF} from 'angular2/src/router/location_strategy';
 import {HashLocationStrategy} from 'angular2/src/router/hash_location_strategy';
 import {SpyPlatformLocation} from './spies';
 
 export function main() {
   describe('HashLocationStrategy', () => {
-    var platformLocation, locationStrategy;
+    var platformLocation: SpyPlatformLocation;
+    var locationStrategy: HashLocationStrategy;
 
     beforeEachProviders(
         () => [HashLocationStrategy, provide(PlatformLocation, {useClass: SpyPlatformLocation})]);
@@ -163,5 +163,25 @@ export function main() {
         expect(platformLocation.spy('pushState')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null, 'Title', '#/app/');
       });
     });
+
+    describe('hashLocationStrategy bugs', () => {
+      beforeEach(inject([PlatformLocation, HashLocationStrategy], (pl, ls) => {
+        platformLocation = pl;
+        locationStrategy = ls;
+        platformLocation.spy('pushState');
+        platformLocation.pathname = '';
+      }));
+
+      it('should not include platform search', () => {
+        platformLocation.search = '?donotinclude';
+        expect(locationStrategy.path()).toEqual('');
+      });
+
+      it('should not include platform search even with hash', () => {
+        platformLocation.hash = '#hashPath';
+        platformLocation.search = '?donotinclude';
+        expect(locationStrategy.path()).toEqual('hashPath');
+      });
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/router/spies.dart b/modules/angular2/test/router/spies.dart
index af66ea951b..47a45f91bd 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/router/spies.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/router/spies.dart
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ class SpyRouter extends SpyObject implements Router {}
 class SpyRouterOutlet extends SpyObject implements RouterOutlet {}
 
 class SpyPlatformLocation extends SpyObject implements PlatformLocation {
-  String pathname;
+  String pathname = null;
+  String search = null;
+  String hash = null;
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/router/spies.ts b/modules/angular2/test/router/spies.ts
index 81b7f21cb8..a6b2a910fa 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/router/spies.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/router/spies.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ export class SpyLocation extends SpyObject {
 
 export class SpyPlatformLocation extends SpyObject {
   pathname: string = null;
+  search: string = null;
+  hash: string = null;
   constructor() { super(SpyPlatformLocation); }
 }