diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
index 6ce0188ce2..0e0387113e 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
@@ -2245,6 +2245,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryChangesTest extends GerritServerTests {
     assertQuery(query);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void byUrlEncodedProject() throws Exception {
+    TestRepository<Repo> repo = createProject("repo+foo");
+    Change change = insert(repo, newChange(repo));
+    assertQuery("project:repo+foo", change);
+  }
+
   protected ChangeInserter newChange(TestRepository<Repo> repo) throws Exception {
     return newChange(repo, null, null, null, null);
   }