diff --git a/src/network.ts b/src/network.ts
index a3979baf7f..fb9ebd3a55 100644
--- a/src/network.ts
+++ b/src/network.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ export function rewriteCookies(cookies: SetNetworkCookieParam[]): SetNetworkCook
   });
 }
 
+function stripFragmentFromUrl(url: string): string
+{
+  if (!url.indexOf('#'))
+    return url;
+  const parsed = new URL(url);
+  parsed.hash = '';
+  return parsed.href;
+}
+
 export type Headers = { [key: string]: string };
 
 export class Request {
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ export class Request {
     for (const request of redirectChain)
       request._finalRequest = this;
     this._documentId = documentId;
-    this._url = url;
+    this._url = stripFragmentFromUrl(url);
     this._resourceType = resourceType;
     this._method = method;
     this._postData = postData;
diff --git a/test/navigation.spec.js b/test/navigation.spec.js
index fdf6a00e90..f757951fa4 100644
--- a/test/navigation.spec.js
+++ b/test/navigation.spec.js
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ module.exports.addTests = function({testRunner, expect, playwright, FFOX, CHROME
       expect(requests.length).toBe(1);
       expect(requests[0].url()).toBe(dataURL);
     });
-    it.skip(FFOX || WEBKIT)('should navigate to URL with hash and fire requests without hash', async({page, server}) => {
+    it('should navigate to URL with hash and fire requests without hash', async({page, server}) => {
       const requests = [];
       page.on('request', request => !utils.isFavicon(request) && requests.push(request));
       const response = await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE + '#hash');