diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 43dc54ba1..924d2bbe1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Fixed
 - When downloading files with QtWebKit, a User-Agent header is set when possible.
 - Fixed showing of keybindings in the :help completion
 - Worked around a segfault when opening a URL after a QtWebEngine renderer process crash
+- Using :undo or :tab-clone with a view-source:// or chrome:// tab is now prevented, as it segfaults
 
 v0.9.1
 ------
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index 0cdc92eff..4a9d9aaa3 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -427,6 +427,11 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         cmdutils.check_exclusive((bg, window), 'bw')
         curtab = self._current_widget()
         cur_title = self._tabbed_browser.page_title(self._current_index())
+        try:
+            history = curtab.history.serialize()
+        except browsertab.WebTabError as e:
+            raise cmdexc.CommandError(e)
+
         # The new tab could be in a new tabbed_browser (e.g. because of
         # tabs-are-windows being set)
         if window:
@@ -437,13 +442,15 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         new_tabbed_browser = objreg.get('tabbed-browser', scope='window',
                                         window=newtab.win_id)
         idx = new_tabbed_browser.indexOf(newtab)
+
         new_tabbed_browser.set_page_title(idx, cur_title)
         if config.get('tabs', 'show-favicons'):
             new_tabbed_browser.setTabIcon(idx, curtab.icon())
             if config.get('tabs', 'tabs-are-windows'):
                 new_tabbed_browser.window().setWindowIcon(curtab.icon())
+
         newtab.data.keep_icon = True
-        newtab.history.deserialize(curtab.history.serialize())
+        newtab.history.deserialize(history)
         newtab.zoom.set_factor(curtab.zoom.factor())
         return newtab
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
index 4c1bb9e9d..1fb01d614 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
@@ -384,6 +384,11 @@ class WebEngineHistory(browsertab.AbstractHistory):
         return self._history.canGoForward()
 
     def serialize(self):
+        # WORKAROUND for https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2289
+        # FIXME:qtwebengine can we get rid of this with Qt 5.8.1?
+        scheme = self._history.currentItem().url().scheme()
+        if scheme in ['view-source', 'chrome']:
+            raise browsertab.WebTabError("Can't serialize special URL!")
         return qtutils.serialize(self._history)
 
     def deserialize(self, data):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/tabbedbrowser.py b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/tabbedbrowser.py
index 31eef4793..eba736d4a 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/tabbedbrowser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/tabbedbrowser.py
@@ -268,9 +268,12 @@ class TabbedBrowser(tabwidget.TabWidget):
                              window=self._win_id):
             objreg.delete('last-focused-tab', scope='window',
                           window=self._win_id)
-        if tab.url().isValid():
-            history_data = tab.history.serialize()
-            if add_undo:
+        if tab.url().isValid() and add_undo:
+            try:
+                history_data = tab.history.serialize()
+            except browsertab.WebTabError:
+                pass  # special URL
+            else:
                 entry = UndoEntry(tab.url(), history_data, idx)
                 self._undo_stack.append(entry)
         elif tab.url().isEmpty():
diff --git a/tests/end2end/features/tabs.feature b/tests/end2end/features/tabs.feature
index 0ba6d62b7..c7f7d7d1b 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/features/tabs.feature
+++ b/tests/end2end/features/tabs.feature
@@ -604,6 +604,12 @@ Feature: Tab management
                 - url: http://localhost:*/data/title.html
                   title: Test title
 
+    # https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2289
+    Scenario: Cloning a tab with a special URL
+        When I open chrome://gpu
+        And I run :tab-clone
+        Then the error "Can't serialize special URL!" should be shown
+
     # :tab-detach
 
     Scenario: Detaching a tab
@@ -759,6 +765,17 @@ Feature: Tab management
             - data/numbers/2.txt
             - data/numbers/3.txt
 
+    # https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2289
+    Scenario: Undoing a tab with a special URL
+        Given I have a fresh instance
+        When I open data/numbers/1.txt
+        And I open chrome://gpu in a new tab
+        And I run :tab-close
+        And I run :undo
+        Then the error "Nothing to undo!" should be shown
+        And the following tabs should be open:
+            - data/numbers/1.txt (active)
+
     # last-close
 
     # FIXME:qtwebengine