diff -ruNp firefox-45.0.2.orig/browser/base/content/browser.js firefox-45.0.2/browser/base/content/browser.js --- firefox-45.0.2.orig/browser/base/content/browser.js 2016-04-08 01:54:45.000000000 +0200 +++ firefox-45.0.2/browser/base/content/browser.js 2016-04-24 04:35:13.146499537 +0200 @@ -5646,12 +5646,9 @@ function middleMousePaste(event) { } getShortcutOrURIAndPostData(clipboard).then(data => { - try { - makeURI(data.url); - } catch (ex) { - // Not a valid URI. - return; - } + var URIFixup = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/docshell/urifixup;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIURIFixup); + data.url = URIFixup.createFixupURI(data.url, 1).spec; + // 1 is FIXUP_FLAG_ALLOW_KEYWORD_LOOKUP try { addToUrlbarHistory(data.url);