diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index 08b463bcb..53ee3486d 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@
       // opened by a non-pushState browser.
       this.fragment = fragment;
       var loc = this.location;
-      var atRoot = (loc.pathname.replace(/[^\/]$/, '$&/') === this.root) && !loc.search;
+      var atRoot = loc.pathname.replace(/[^\/]$/, '$&/') === this.root;
 
       // If we've started off with a route from a `pushState`-enabled browser,
       // but we're currently in a browser that doesn't support it...
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@
       // in a browser where it could be `pushState`-based instead...
       } else if (this._wantsPushState && this._hasPushState && atRoot && loc.hash) {
         this.fragment = this.getHash().replace(routeStripper, '');
-        this.history.replaceState({}, document.title, this.root + this.fragment);
+        this.history.replaceState({}, document.title, this.root + this.fragment + loc.search);
       }
 
       if (!this.options.silent) return this.loadUrl();
diff --git a/test/router.js b/test/router.js
index f7522210e..5db996982 100644
--- a/test/router.js
+++ b/test/router.js
@@ -449,4 +449,22 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     });
   });
 
+  test("#1695 - hashChange to pushState with search.", 1, function() {
+    Backbone.history.stop();
+    location.replace('http://example.com/root?a=b#x/y');
+    Backbone.history = _.extend(new Backbone.History, {
+      location: location,
+      history: {
+        pushState: function(){},
+        replaceState: function(state, title, url){
+          strictEqual(url, '/root/x/y?a=b');
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    Backbone.history.start({
+      root: 'root',
+      pushState: true
+    });
+  });
+
 });