diff --git a/lib/router.php b/lib/router.php
index e5b8e7d236..f70b67f383 100644
--- a/lib/router.php
+++ b/lib/router.php
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class Router
 
         foreach (array('group', 'people', 'notice') as $s) {
             $m->connect('search/'.$s, array('action' => $s.'search'));
+            $m->connect('search/'.$s.'?q=:q', array('action' => $s.'search'), array('q' => '.+'));
         }
 
         $m->connect('search/notice/rss', array('action' => 'noticesearchrss'));
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ class Router
         // notice
 
         $m->connect('notice/new', array('action' => 'newnotice'));
+        $m->connect('notice/new?replyto=:replyto',
+                    array('action' => 'newnotice'),
+                    array('replyto' => '[A-Za-z0-9_-]+'));
         $m->connect('notice/:notice',
                     array('action' => 'shownotice'),
                     array('notice' => '[0-9]+'));