diff --git a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 40463afe..5dcb7bfb 100644
--- a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Log weight when issuing challenge.
 - Gate pprof endpoints behind `metrics.debug` in the policy file.
 - Limit naive honeypot r9k delay to one second.
+- Fix an obscure case where adding query values to a subrequest match could cause an invalid rule match when using path based matching for protected resources.
 - Fix `path_regex` and CEL `path` rules not matching when using Traefik `forwardAuth` middleware. Anubis now checks `X-Forwarded-Uri` (Traefik) in addition to `X-Original-URI` (nginx) when resolving the request path in subrequest mode ([#1628](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/issues/1628)).
 
 ## v1.25.0: Necron
diff --git a/lib/policy/checker.go b/lib/policy/checker.go
index a8032c83..d20c067b 100644
--- a/lib/policy/checker.go
+++ b/lib/policy/checker.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/netip"
+	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ func (pc *PathChecker) Check(r *http.Request) (bool, error) {
 			originalUrl = r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Uri")
 		}
 		if originalUrl != "" {
+			if parsed, err := url.ParseRequestURI(originalUrl); err == nil {
+				originalUrl = parsed.Path
+			}
 			if pc.regexp.MatchString(originalUrl) {
 				return true, nil
 			}
diff --git a/lib/policy/policy_test.go b/lib/policy/policy_test.go
index ff38fb36..e2c4d0e4 100644
--- a/lib/policy/policy_test.go
+++ b/lib/policy/policy_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package policy
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -85,3 +87,27 @@ func TestBadConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPathCheckerStripsForwardedURIQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	checker, err := NewPathChecker("^/admin$", true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "https://anubis.local/.within.website/x/cmd/anubis/api/check", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Uri", "/admin?x=1")
+	matched, err := checker.Check(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !matched {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exact path checker to match forwarded URI when query string is appended")
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Uri", "/admin")
+	matched, err = checker.Check(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !matched {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exact path checker to match forwarded URI without query string")
+	}
+}