diff --git a/linkcheck/tests/test_url.py b/linkcheck/tests/test_url.py
index 39a15d6d..91b722db 100644
--- a/linkcheck/tests/test_url.py
+++ b/linkcheck/tests/test_url.py
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ class TestUrl (unittest.TestCase):
         url = "http://example.com/?q=1%2a2"
         nurl = "http://example.com/?q=1%2A2"
         self.assertEqual(linkcheck.url.url_norm(url), nurl)
+        # the no-quote chars
+        url = "http://example.com/a*+-();b"
+        nurl = url
+        self.assertEqual(linkcheck.url.url_norm(url), nurl)
 
     def test_norm_case_sensitivity (self):
         """test url norm case sensitivity"""
@@ -243,8 +247,8 @@ class TestUrl (unittest.TestCase):
         url = 'nntp:'
         nurl = 'nntp:///'
         self.assertEqual(linkcheck.url.url_norm(url), nurl)
-        url = "news:§$%&/´`(§%"
-        nurl = 'news:%A7%24%25%26/%B4%60%28%A7%25'
+        url = "news:§$%&/´`§%"
+        nurl = 'news:%A7%24%25%26/%B4%60%A7%25'
         self.assertEqual(linkcheck.url.url_norm(url), nurl)
         # javascript url
         url = "javascript:loadthis()"
diff --git a/linkcheck/url.py b/linkcheck/url.py
index aa70e5ca..ac51cf59 100644
--- a/linkcheck/url.py
+++ b/linkcheck/url.py
@@ -194,10 +194,7 @@ def url_norm (url):
     # quote parts again
     urlparts[0] = urllib.quote(urlparts[0]) # scheme
     urlparts[1] = urllib.quote(urlparts[1], ':@') # host
-    nopathquote = ';/=,~'
-    # note: the list of chars not to quote is different for javascript urls
-    if urlparts[0]=='javascript':
-        nopathquote += '()+-'
+    nopathquote = ';/=,~*-+()'
     urlparts[2] = urllib.quote(urlparts[2], nopathquote) # path
     res = urlparse.urlunsplit(urlparts)
     if url.endswith('#') and not urlparts[4]: