diff --git a/src/lib/tools/qztools.cpp b/src/lib/tools/qztools.cpp
index 70ce591cf..3fbfb8fce 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/qztools.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/tools/qztools.cpp
@@ -557,6 +557,15 @@ bool QzTools::isUtf8(const char* string)
     return true;
 }
 
+bool QzTools::containsSpace(const QString &str)
+{
+    Q_FOREACH (const QChar &c, str) {
+        if (c.isSpace())
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 QString QzTools::getExistingDirectory(const QString &name, QWidget* parent, const QString &caption, const QString &dir, QFileDialog::Options options)
 {
     Settings settings;
diff --git a/src/lib/tools/qztools.h b/src/lib/tools/qztools.h
index d99c2eabc..199df5c36 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/qztools.h
+++ b/src/lib/tools/qztools.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public:
     static QIcon iconFromFileName(const QString &fileName);
     static bool isUtf8(const char* string);
 
+    static bool containsSpace(const QString &str);
+
     // QFileDialog static functions that remembers last used directory
     static QString getExistingDirectory(const QString &name, QWidget* parent = 0, const QString &caption = QString(), const QString &dir = QString(), QFileDialog::Options options = QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly);
     static QString getOpenFileName(const QString &name, QWidget* parent = 0, const QString &caption = QString(), const QString &dir = QString(), const QString &filter = QString(), QString* selectedFilter = 0, QFileDialog::Options options = 0);
diff --git a/src/lib/webengine/webview.cpp b/src/lib/webengine/webview.cpp
index 3e3b1f28c..30be71abf 100644
--- a/src/lib/webengine/webview.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webengine/webview.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void WebView::load(const LoadRequest &request)
     // Make sure to correctly load hosts like localhost (eg. without the dot)
     if (!reqUrl.isEmpty() &&
         reqUrl.scheme().isEmpty() &&
-        !reqUrl.path().contains(QL1C(' ')) &&
+        !QzTools::containsSpace(reqUrl.path()) && // See #1622
         !reqUrl.path().contains(QL1C('.'))
        ) {
         QUrl u(QSL("http://") + reqUrl.path());