diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index 5e899aba1..873ad7517 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -682,7 +682,10 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         else:
             flags |= QUrl.FullyEncoded
         url = QUrl(self._current_url())
-        url_query = QUrlQuery(url)
+        url_query = QUrlQuery()
+        if ';' in url.query():
+            url_query.setQueryDelimiters('=', ';')
+        url_query.setQuery(url.query())
         for key in dict(url_query.queryItems()):
             if key in config.get('general', 'yank-ignored-url-parameters'):
                 url_query.removeQueryItem(key)