diff --git a/linkcheck/HttpUrlData.py b/linkcheck/HttpUrlData.py
index ed30b368..c16a1ef8 100644
--- a/linkcheck/HttpUrlData.py
+++ b/linkcheck/HttpUrlData.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class HttpUrlData (ProxyUrlData):
         if not self.urlparts[2]:
             self.setWarning(i18n._("URL path is empty, assuming '/' as path"))
             self.urlparts[2] = '/'
-            self.url = urlparse.urlunsplit(self.urlparts)
+            self.url = urlparse.urlunsplit(self.urlparts[:4]+[self.anchor])
 
 
     def checkConnection (self):
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ class HttpUrlData (ProxyUrlData):
                              self.headers.getheader("Uri", ""))
                 redirected = urlparse.urljoin(redirected, newurl)
                 redirected = unquote(redirected)
+                # note: urlparts has to be a list
                 self.urlparts = list(urlparse.urlsplit(redirected))
+                # preserve anchor on redirects
+                self.urlparts[4] = self.anchor
+                # new response data
                 response = self._getHttpResponse()
                 self.headers = response.msg
                 debug(BRING_IT_ON, "Redirected", self.headers)
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ class HttpUrlData (ProxyUrlData):
                     self.headers = response.msg
             if response.status not in [301,302]: break
 
-        effectiveurl = urlparse.urlunsplit(self.urlparts)
+        effectiveurl = urlparse.urlunsplit(self.urlparts[:4]+[self.anchor])
         if self.url != effectiveurl:
             self.setWarning(i18n._("Effective URL %s") % effectiveurl)
             self.url = effectiveurl
diff --git a/linkcheck/UrlData.py b/linkcheck/UrlData.py
index cd1bf6bb..813d2d5d 100644
--- a/linkcheck/UrlData.py
+++ b/linkcheck/UrlData.py
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ class UrlData:
                                   % str(port))
         # set host lowercase and without userinfo
         self.urlparts[1] = host.lower()
+        # safe anchor for later checking and delete it from url parts
         self.anchor = self.urlparts[4]
+        self.urlparts[4] = ''
 
 
     def logMe (self):
@@ -311,11 +313,11 @@ class UrlData:
         # remember that the host is lowercase
         if self.urlparts:
             if self.config["noanchorcaching"]:
-                # remove anchor from cache key
-                return urlparse.urlunsplit(self.urlparts[:4]+[''])
+                # removed anchor from cache key
+                return urlparse.urlunsplit(self.urlparts)
             else:
                 # do not ignore anchor
-                return urlparse.urlunsplit(self.urlparts)
+                return urlparse.urlunsplit(self.urlparts[:4]+[self.anchor])
         return None