diff --git a/src/urlRouter.js b/src/urlRouter.js
index 5bdb58ff8..4e5fbc4a2 100644
--- a/src/urlRouter.js
+++ b/src/urlRouter.js
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ function $UrlRouterProvider(   $locationProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
         if (!urlMatcher.validates(params)) return null;
 
         var isHtml5 = $locationProvider.html5Mode();
+        if (angular.isObject(isHtml5)) {
+          isHtml5 = isHtml5.enabled;
+        }
+        
         var url = urlMatcher.format(params);
         options = options || {};
 
diff --git a/test/urlRouterSpec.js b/test/urlRouterSpec.js
index 8cc41698f..f0235ecb2 100644
--- a/test/urlRouterSpec.js
+++ b/test/urlRouterSpec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 describe("UrlRouter", function () {
 
-  var $urp, $ur, location, match, scope;
+  var $urp, $lp, $ur, location, match, scope;
 
   describe("provider", function () {
 
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ describe("UrlRouter", function () {
   describe("service", function() {
 
     beforeEach(function() {
-      angular.module('ui.router.router.test', function() {}).config(function ($urlRouterProvider) {
+      angular.module('ui.router.router.test', function() {}).config(function ($urlRouterProvider, $locationProvider) {
         $urp = $urlRouterProvider;
+        $lp  = $locationProvider;
 
         $urp.rule(function ($injector, $location) {
           var path = $location.path();
@@ -198,6 +199,15 @@ describe("UrlRouter", function () {
         expect($urlRouter.href(matcher, { param: 1138 })).toBe('#/foo/1138');
         expect($urlRouter.href(matcher, { param: 5 })).toBeNull();
       }));
+
+      it('should handle the new html5Mode object config from Angular 1.3', inject(function($urlRouter) {
+        
+        $lp.html5Mode({
+          enabled: false
+        });
+
+        expect($urlRouter.href(new UrlMatcher('/hello'))).toBe('#/hello');
+      }));
     });
   });