diff --git a/lib/parsers.c b/lib/parsers.c
index bc69d2e8..2f0f4058 100644
--- a/lib/parsers.c
+++ b/lib/parsers.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int lws_parse(struct lws *wsi, unsigned char c)
 		switch (wsi->u.hdr.ups) {
 		case URIPS_IDLE:
 			/* genuine delimiter */
-			if (c == '&' && !enc) {
+			if ((c == '&' || c == ';') && !enc) {
 				issue_char(wsi, c);
 				/* swallow the terminator */
 				ah->frags[ah->nfrag].len--;
diff --git a/test-server/attack.sh b/test-server/attack.sh
index dab8be77..5db93da9 100755
--- a/test-server/attack.sh
+++ b/test-server/attack.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ check 2 "Root_Channels_1_Channel_name_http_post=?"
 check 3 "Root_Channels_1_Channel_location_http_post=?"
 check
 
+echo
+echo "---- ? processing (/cgi-bin/settings.js?key1=value1)"
+rm -f /tmp/lwscap
+echo -e "GET /cgi-bin/settings.js?key1=value1 HTTP/1.1\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a" | nc $SERVER $PORT | sed '1,/^\r$/d'> /tmp/lwscap
+check 1 "key1=value1"
+check
+
+
 echo
 echo "---- ? processing (%2f%2e%2e%2f%2e./test.html?arg=1)"
 rm -f /tmp/lwscap