diff --git a/src/js/pagestore.js b/src/js/pagestore.js
index c24c8aee5..c01fd96a7 100644
--- a/src/js/pagestore.js
+++ b/src/js/pagestore.js
@@ -448,26 +448,27 @@ var pageStoreJunkyardMax = 10;
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-var PageStore = function(tabId, pageURL) {
-    this.init(tabId, pageURL);
+var PageStore = function(tabId, rawURL, pageURL) {
+    this.init(tabId, rawURL, pageURL);
 };
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-PageStore.factory = function(tabId, pageURL) {
+PageStore.factory = function(tabId, rawURL, pageURL) {
     var entry = pageStoreJunkyard.pop();
     if ( entry === undefined ) {
-        entry = new PageStore(tabId, pageURL);
+        entry = new PageStore(tabId, rawURL, pageURL);
     } else {
-        entry.init(tabId, pageURL);
+        entry.init(tabId, rawURL, pageURL);
     }
     return entry;
 };
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-PageStore.prototype.init = function(tabId, pageURL) {
+PageStore.prototype.init = function(tabId, rawURL, pageURL) {
     this.tabId = tabId;
+    this.rawURL = rawURL;
     this.pageURL = pageURL;
     this.pageHostname = µb.URI.hostnameFromURI(pageURL);
 
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ PageStore.prototype.init = function(tabId, pageURL) {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-PageStore.prototype.reuse = function(pageURL, context) {
+PageStore.prototype.reuse = function(rawURL, pageURL, context) {
     // We can't do this: when force refreshing a page, the page store data
     // needs to be reset
     //if ( pageURL === this.pageURL ) {
@@ -520,6 +521,7 @@ PageStore.prototype.reuse = function(pageURL, context) {
     // video thumbnail would not work, because the frame hierarchy structure
     // was flushed from memory, while not really being flushed on the page.
     if ( context === 'tabUpdated' ) {
+        this.rawURL = rawURL;
         this.pageURL = pageURL;
         this.pageHostname = µb.URI.hostnameFromURI(pageURL);
         this.pageDomain = µb.URI.domainFromHostname(this.pageHostname) || this.pageHostname;
@@ -535,7 +537,7 @@ PageStore.prototype.reuse = function(pageURL, context) {
     // A new page is completely reloaded from scratch, reset all.
     this.disposeFrameStores();
     this.netFilteringCache = this.netFilteringCache.dispose();
-    this.init(this.tabId, pageURL);
+    this.init(this.tabId, rawURL, pageURL);
     return this;
 };
 
@@ -548,7 +550,7 @@ PageStore.prototype.dispose = function() {
     // need to release the memory taken by these, which can amount to
     // sizeable enough chunks (especially requests, through the request URL
     // used as a key).
-    this.pageURL =
+    this.rawURL = this.pageURL =
     this.pageHostname = this.pageDomain =
     this.rootHostname = this.rootDomain =
     this.requestURL = this.requestHostname = this.requestType = '';
@@ -594,8 +596,13 @@ PageStore.prototype.setFrame = function(frameId, frameURL) {
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 PageStore.prototype.getNetFilteringSwitch = function() {
+    // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1078
+    // Use both the raw and normalized URLs.
     if ( this.netFilteringReadTime < µb.netWhitelistModifyTime ) {
         this.netFiltering = µb.getNetFilteringSwitch(this.pageURL);
+        if ( this.netFiltering && this.rawURL !== this.pageURL ) {
+            this.netFiltering = µb.getNetFilteringSwitch(this.rawURL);
+        }
         this.netFilteringReadTime = Date.now();
     }
     return this.netFiltering;
diff --git a/src/js/tab.js b/src/js/tab.js
index ccf2a5d8c..f9f5f3b8e 100644
--- a/src/js/tab.js
+++ b/src/js/tab.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ vAPI.tabs.registerListeners();
 
     // Tab is not bound
     if ( !pageStore ) {
-        return this.pageStores[tabId] = this.PageStore.factory(tabId, normalURL);
+        return this.pageStores[tabId] = this.PageStore.factory(tabId, pageURL, normalURL);
     }
 
     // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/516
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ vAPI.tabs.registerListeners();
     // Rebind according to context. We rebind even if the URL did not change,
     // as maybe the tab was force-reloaded, in which case the page stats must
     // be all reset.
-    pageStore.reuse(normalURL, context);
+    pageStore.reuse(pageURL, normalURL, context);
 
     return pageStore;
 };
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ vAPI.tabs.registerListeners();
 
 µb.pageStores[vAPI.noTabId] = µb.PageStore.factory(
     vAPI.noTabId,
+    '',
     µb.normalizePageURL(vAPI.noTabId)
 );
 
diff --git a/src/js/ublock.js b/src/js/ublock.js
index 909b9f964..0cc7e2882 100644
--- a/src/js/ublock.js
+++ b/src/js/ublock.js
@@ -66,18 +66,16 @@ var matchWhitelistDirective = function(url, hostname, directive) {
 
 µBlock.getNetFilteringSwitch = function(url) {
     var netWhitelist = this.netWhitelist;
-    var buckets, i;
-    var pos = url.indexOf('#');
-    var targetURL = pos !== -1 ? url.slice(0, pos) : url;
-    var targetHostname = this.URI.hostnameFromURI(targetURL);
+    var buckets, i, pos;
+    var targetHostname = this.URI.hostnameFromURI(url);
     var key = targetHostname;
     for (;;) {
         if ( netWhitelist.hasOwnProperty(key) ) {
             buckets = netWhitelist[key];
             i = buckets.length;
             while ( i-- ) {
-                if ( matchWhitelistDirective(targetURL, targetHostname, buckets[i]) ) {
-                    // console.log('"%s" matche url "%s"', buckets[i], targetURL);
+                if ( matchWhitelistDirective(url, targetHostname, buckets[i]) ) {
+                    // console.log('"%s" matche url "%s"', buckets[i], url);
                     return false;
                 }
             }
@@ -286,7 +284,6 @@ var matchWhitelistDirective = function(url, hostname, directive) {
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 µBlock.toggleFirewallRule = function(details) {
-    var changed = false;
     if ( details.action !== 0 ) {
         this.sessionFirewall.setCellZ(details.srcHostname, details.desHostname, details.requestType, details.action);
     } else {