diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 50604e0a0c..f8021da967 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ sub href (%) {
 		# try to put as many parameters as possible in PATH_INFO:
 		#   - project name
 		#   - action
-		#   - hash or hash_base:filename
+		#   - hash or hash_base:/filename
 
 		# When the script is the root DirectoryIndex for the domain,
 		# $href here would be something like http://gitweb.example.com/
@@ -753,11 +753,11 @@ sub href (%) {
 			delete $params{'action'};
 		}
 
-		# Finally, we put either hash_base:file_name or hash
+		# Finally, we put either hash_base:/file_name or hash
 		if (defined $params{'hash_base'}) {
 			$href .= "/".esc_url($params{'hash_base'});
 			if (defined $params{'file_name'}) {
-				$href .= ":".esc_url($params{'file_name'});
+				$href .= ":/".esc_url($params{'file_name'});
 				delete $params{'file_name'};
 			}
 			delete $params{'hash'};