diff --git a/Request.php b/Request.php
index 75db0300b..561cb887f 100644
--- a/Request.php
+++ b/Request.php
@@ -355,7 +355,11 @@ public static function create(string $uri, string $method = 'GET', array $parame
         $server['PATH_INFO'] = '';
         $server['REQUEST_METHOD'] = strtoupper($method);
 
-        $components = parse_url($uri);
+        if (false === ($components = parse_url($uri)) && '/' === ($uri[0] ?? '')) {
+            $components = parse_url($uri.'#');
+            unset($components['fragment']);
+        }
+
         if (isset($components['host'])) {
             $server['SERVER_NAME'] = $components['host'];
             $server['HTTP_HOST'] = $components['host'];
diff --git a/Tests/RequestTest.php b/Tests/RequestTest.php
index 395df09c5..082e8695c 100644
--- a/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ public function testCreate()
         // Fragment should not be included in the URI
         $request = Request::create('http://test.com/foo#bar');
         $this->assertEquals('http://test.com/foo', $request->getUri());
+
+        $request = Request::create('/foo:123');
+        $this->assertEquals('http://localhost/foo:123', $request->getUri());
     }
 
     public function testCreateWithRequestUri()