diff -r 5a14e0a85e3b Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py	Tue Apr 23 15:46:24 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py	Tue Apr 23 15:53:10 2013 -0700
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # The proxy bypass method imported below has logic specific to the OSX
 # proxy config data structure but is testable on all platforms.
 from urllib.request import Request, OpenerDirector, _proxy_bypass_macosx_sysconf
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import urllib.error
 
 # XXX
@@ -919,7 +920,13 @@
         r = Request('http://example.com')
         for url in urls:
             r.full_url = url
+            parsed = urlparse(url)
+
             self.assertEqual(r.get_full_url(), url)
+            # splittag and urlparse are inconsistent: splittag will set the
+            # fragment to None, while urlparse will set it to an empty string.
+            self.assertEqual(r.fragment or '', parsed.fragment)
+            self.assertEqual(urlparse(r.get_full_url()).query, parsed.query)
 
     def test_full_url_deleter(self):
         r = Request('http://www.example.com')
diff -r 5a14e0a85e3b Lib/urllib/request.py
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py	Tue Apr 23 15:46:24 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py	Tue Apr 23 15:53:10 2013 -0700
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@
 
     @property
     def full_url(self):
+        if self.fragment:
+            return '{}#{}'.format(self._full_url, self.fragment)
         return self._full_url
 
     @full_url.setter
@@ -326,8 +328,6 @@
             return "GET"
 
     def get_full_url(self):
-        if self.fragment:
-            return '{}#{}'.format(self.full_url, self.fragment)
         return self.full_url
 
     def set_proxy(self, host, type):