diff --git a/autotests/locationbartest.cpp b/autotests/locationbartest.cpp
index dc38e7ee3..25ad204b0 100644
--- a/autotests/locationbartest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/locationbartest.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "searchenginesmanager.h"
 #include "bookmarks.h"
 #include "bookmarkitem.h"
+#include "qzsettings.h"
 
 static void removeBookmarks(BookmarkItem *parent)
 {
@@ -173,4 +174,36 @@ void LocationBarTest::loadActionSpecialSchemesTest()
     QCOMPARE(action.loadRequest.url(), QUrl("about:blank"));
 }
 
+void LocationBarTest::loadAction_issue2578()
+{
+    // typed text is not correctly transformed to QUrl when searchFromAddressBar is disabled
+
+    qzSettings->searchFromAddressBar = false;
+
+    LocationBar::LoadAction action;
+
+    action = LocationBar::loadAction("github.com");
+    QCOMPARE(action.type, LocationBar::LoadAction::Url);
+    QCOMPARE(action.loadRequest.url(), QUrl("http://github.com"));
+
+    action = LocationBar::loadAction("github");
+    QCOMPARE(action.type, LocationBar::LoadAction::Url);
+    QCOMPARE(action.loadRequest.url(), QUrl("http://github"));
+
+    action = LocationBar::loadAction("github/test/path");
+    QCOMPARE(action.type, LocationBar::LoadAction::Url);
+    QCOMPARE(action.loadRequest.url(), QUrl("http://github/test/path"));
+
+    action = LocationBar::loadAction("localhost");
+    QCOMPARE(action.type, LocationBar::LoadAction::Url);
+    QCOMPARE(action.loadRequest.url(), QUrl("http://localhost"));
+
+    action = LocationBar::loadAction("localhost/test/path");
+    QCOMPARE(action.type, LocationBar::LoadAction::Url);
+    QCOMPARE(action.loadRequest.url(), QUrl("http://localhost/test/path"));
+
+    action = LocationBar::loadAction("github.com foo bar");
+    QCOMPARE(action.type, LocationBar::LoadAction::Invalid);
+}
+
 FALKONTEST_MAIN(LocationBarTest)
diff --git a/autotests/locationbartest.h b/autotests/locationbartest.h
index 3b27e35e2..441eff839 100644
--- a/autotests/locationbartest.h
+++ b/autotests/locationbartest.h
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ private slots:
     void loadActionSearchTest();
     void loadAction_kdebug389491();
     void loadActionSpecialSchemesTest();
+    void loadAction_issue2578();
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp b/src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp
index d02361057..874f610ab 100644
--- a/src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/navigation/locationbar.cpp
@@ -243,8 +243,11 @@ LocationBar::LoadAction LocationBar::loadAction(const QString &text)
     }
 
     if (!qzSettings->searchFromAddressBar) {
-        action.type = LoadAction::Url;
-        action.loadRequest = QUrl(t);
+        const QUrl &guessedUrl = QUrl::fromUserInput(t);
+        if (guessedUrl.isValid()) {
+            action.type = LoadAction::Url;
+            action.loadRequest = guessedUrl;
+        }
         return action;
     }