diff --git a/libavformat/gopher.c b/libavformat/gopher.c
index 9497ffacf2..b022494981 100644
--- a/libavformat/gopher.c
+++ b/libavformat/gopher.c
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ static int gopher_connect(URLContext *h, const char *path)
 
     if (!*path) return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     switch (*++path) {
+        case ';':
+        case '<':
         case '5':
         case '9':
+        case 's':
             path = strchr(path, '/');
             if (!path) return AVERROR(EINVAL);
             break;