diff --git a/src/util/location.js b/src/util/location.js
index fb98d4537..f8df59b46 100644
--- a/src/util/location.js
+++ b/src/util/location.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function normalizeLocation (
   }
 
   // relative params
-  if (!next.path && next.params && current) {
+  if (!next.path && (next.params || next.query || next.hash) && current) {
     next = extend({}, next)
     next._normalized = true
     const params: any = extend(extend({}, current.params), next.params)
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/location.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/location.spec.js
index 543e06b9b..66fa82b80 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/location.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/location.spec.js
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ describe('Location utils', () => {
       expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
       expect(loc.path).toBe('/abc')
       expect(loc.hash).toBe('#hello')
-      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(JSON.stringify({
-        foo: 'bar',
-        baz: 'qux'
-      }))
+      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          foo: 'bar',
+          baz: 'qux'
+        })
+      )
     })
 
     it('empty string', function () {
@@ -36,23 +38,31 @@ describe('Location utils', () => {
       expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
       expect(loc.path).toBe('/root/abc')
       expect(loc.hash).toBe('#hello')
-      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(JSON.stringify({
-        foo: 'bar',
-        baz: 'qux'
-      }))
+      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          foo: 'bar',
+          baz: 'qux'
+        })
+      )
     })
 
     it('relative append', () => {
-      const loc = normalizeLocation('abc?foo=bar&baz=qux#hello', {
-        path: '/root/next'
-      }, true)
+      const loc = normalizeLocation(
+        'abc?foo=bar&baz=qux#hello',
+        {
+          path: '/root/next'
+        },
+        true
+      )
       expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
       expect(loc.path).toBe('/root/next/abc')
       expect(loc.hash).toBe('#hello')
-      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(JSON.stringify({
-        foo: 'bar',
-        baz: 'qux'
-      }))
+      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          foo: 'bar',
+          baz: 'qux'
+        })
+      )
     })
 
     it('relative query & hash', () => {
@@ -62,38 +72,81 @@ describe('Location utils', () => {
       expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
       expect(loc.path).toBe('/root/next')
       expect(loc.hash).toBe('#hello')
-      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(JSON.stringify({
-        foo: 'bar',
-        baz: 'qux'
-      }))
+      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          foo: 'bar',
+          baz: 'qux'
+        })
+      )
     })
 
     it('relative params (named)', () => {
-      const loc = normalizeLocation({ params: { lang: 'fr' }}, {
-        name: 'hello',
-        params: { lang: 'en', id: 'foo' }
-      })
+      const loc = normalizeLocation(
+        { params: { lang: 'fr' }},
+        {
+          name: 'hello',
+          params: { lang: 'en', id: 'foo' }
+        }
+      )
       expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
       expect(loc.name).toBe('hello')
       expect(loc.params).toEqual({ lang: 'fr', id: 'foo' })
     })
 
     it('relative params (non-named)', () => {
-      const loc = normalizeLocation({ params: { lang: 'fr' }}, {
-        path: '/en/foo',
-        params: { lang: 'en', id: 'foo' },
-        matched: [{ path: '/:lang(en|fr)/:id' }]
-      })
+      const loc = normalizeLocation(
+        { params: { lang: 'fr' }},
+        {
+          path: '/en/foo',
+          params: { lang: 'en', id: 'foo' },
+          matched: [{ path: '/:lang(en|fr)/:id' }]
+        }
+      )
       expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
       expect(loc.path).toBe('/fr/foo')
     })
 
+    it('relative query named', () => {
+      const loc = normalizeLocation(
+        { query: { lang: 'fr' }},
+        {
+          name: 'hello',
+          hash: '#foo',
+          params: { id: 'foo' }
+        }
+      )
+      expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
+      expect(loc.name).toBe('hello')
+      expect(loc.params).toEqual({ id: 'foo' })
+      expect(loc.query).toEqual({ lang: 'fr' })
+      expect(loc.hash).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    it('relative hash named', () => {
+      const loc = normalizeLocation(
+        { hash: '#foo' },
+        {
+          name: 'hello',
+          query: { lang: 'fr' },
+          params: { id: 'foo' }
+        }
+      )
+      expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
+      expect(loc.name).toBe('hello')
+      expect(loc.params).toEqual({ id: 'foo' })
+      expect(loc.query).toBe(undefined)
+      expect(loc.hash).toBe('#foo')
+    })
+
     it('custom regex can be case insensitive', () => {
-      const loc = normalizeLocation({ params: { lang: 'FR' }}, {
-        path: '/en/foo',
-        params: { lang: 'en', id: 'foo' },
-        matched: [{ path: '/:lang(en|fr)/:id' }]
-      })
+      const loc = normalizeLocation(
+        { params: { lang: 'FR' }},
+        {
+          path: '/en/foo',
+          params: { lang: 'en', id: 'foo' },
+          matched: [{ path: '/:lang(en|fr)/:id' }]
+        }
+      )
       expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
       expect(loc.path).toBe('/FR/foo')
     })
@@ -101,7 +154,10 @@ describe('Location utils', () => {
     it('relative append', () => {
       const loc = normalizeLocation({ path: 'a' }, { path: '/b' }, true)
       expect(loc.path).toBe('/b/a')
-      const loc2 = normalizeLocation({ path: 'a', append: true }, { path: '/b' })
+      const loc2 = normalizeLocation(
+        { path: 'a', append: true },
+        { path: '/b' }
+      )
       expect(loc2.path).toBe('/b/a')
     })
 
@@ -114,10 +170,12 @@ describe('Location utils', () => {
       expect(loc._normalized).toBe(true)
       expect(loc.path).toBe('/abc')
       expect(loc.hash).toBe('#lol')
-      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(JSON.stringify({
-        foo: 'bar',
-        baz: 'qux'
-      }))
+      expect(JSON.stringify(loc.query)).toBe(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          foo: 'bar',
+          baz: 'qux'
+        })
+      )
     })
 
     it('skip normalized', () => {