diff --git a/internal/handlers/image_errors_internal_test.go b/internal/handlers/image_errors_internal_test.go
index eac170f..25fe061 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/image_errors_internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/image_errors_internal_test.go
@@ -340,3 +340,51 @@ func TestHandleImage_HostForms_Served(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestHandleImage_HashInSourcePathOrQuery_Returns400 sends image URLs whose
+// source path or source query holds a "#", written as %23, and checks that
+// each is refused with 400, the one signed for that source path included. The
+// source URL would otherwise end at the "#" when it is fetched, so each text
+// after it would fetch the image at photoPath and cache it under keys of its
+// own.
+func TestHandleImage_HashInSourcePathOrQuery_Returns400(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	photos := newPhotoFetcher(t, allowlistedHost, signedHost)
+	exp := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
+
+	sig := signature.New(testSigningKey).Sign(&signature.Request{
+		SourceHost: signedHost,
+		SourcePath: photoPath + "#x",
+		Width:      50,
+		Height:     50,
+		Format:     string(imgcache.FormatJPEG),
+		Quality:    85,
+		FitMode:    string(imgcache.FitCover),
+		Expires:    exp,
+	})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		target string
+	}{
+		{"# in the source path",
+			"/v1/image/" + allowlistedHost + photoPath + "%23x/50x50.jpeg"},
+		{"# in the source query",
+			"/v1/image/" + allowlistedHost + photoPath + "%3Fv=1%23x/50x50.jpeg"},
+		{"# in the source path, signed",
+			fmt.Sprintf("/v1/image/%s%s%%23x/50x50.jpeg?sig=%s&exp=%d",
+				signedHost, photoPath, sig, exp.Unix())},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			rec := sendGet(t, newImageRoute(t, photos), tt.target)
+			checkErrorBody(t, rec, http.StatusBadRequest,
+				`invalid image URL: invalid image path: `+
+					`the source path or query holds a "#"`)
+		})
+	}
+}