diff --git a/app/renderer/lib/suggestion.js b/app/renderer/lib/suggestion.js
index 9be2dc7bc97..7d65971dc64 100644
--- a/app/renderer/lib/suggestion.js
+++ b/app/renderer/lib/suggestion.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 const urlParser = require('url')
 const appConfig = require('../../../js/constants/appConfig')
+const _ = require('underscore')
+const Immutable = require('immutable')
 
 const sigmoid = (t) => {
   return 1 / (1 + Math.pow(Math.E, -t))
@@ -112,3 +114,64 @@ module.exports.normalizeLocation = (location) => {
   location = location.replace(/^https:\/\//, '')
   return location
 }
+
+/*
+ * return a site representing the simple location for a
+ * set of related sites without a history item for the
+ * simple location.
+ *
+ * This is used to show a history suggestion for something
+ * like www.google.com if it has not been visited but
+ * there are two or more locations with that prefix containing
+ * path info or parameters
+ *
+ * @param {Array[Object]} sites - array of similar sites
+ */
+var virtualSite = (sites) => {
+  // array of sites without paths or query params
+  var simple = sites.filter((parsed) => {
+    return (parsed.hash === null && parsed.search === null && parsed.query === null && parsed.pathname === '/')
+  })
+  // if there are no simple locations then we will build and return one
+  if (simple.length === 0) {
+    // we need to create a virtual history item
+    return Immutable.Map({
+      location: sites[0].protocol + '//' + sites[0].host,
+      count: 0,
+      title: sites[0].host,
+      lastAccessedTime: (new Date()).getTime()
+    })
+  } else {
+    return
+  }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create an array of simple locations from history
+ * The simple locations will be the root domain for a location
+ * without parameters or path
+ *
+ * @param {ImmutableList[ImmutableMap]} - history
+ */
+module.exports.createVirtualHistoryItems = (historySites) => {
+  // parse each history item
+  var parsedHistorySites = historySites.map((site) => {
+    return urlParser.parse(site.get('location'))
+  }).toArray()
+  // group them by host
+  var grouped = _.groupBy(parsedHistorySites, (parsedSite) => {
+    return parsedSite.host || 'unknown'
+  })
+  // find groups with more than 2 of the same host
+  var multiGroupKeys = _.filter(_.keys(grouped), (k) => {
+    return grouped[k].length > 2
+  })
+  // potentially create virtual history items
+  var virtualHistorySites = _.map(multiGroupKeys, (location) => {
+    return virtualSite(grouped[location])
+  })
+  virtualHistorySites = _.filter(virtualHistorySites, (site) => {
+    return !!site
+  })
+  return virtualHistorySites
+}
diff --git a/js/components/urlBarSuggestions.js b/js/components/urlBarSuggestions.js
index 0b794eb6b65..f67061146c5 100644
--- a/js/components/urlBarSuggestions.js
+++ b/js/components/urlBarSuggestions.js
@@ -281,10 +281,26 @@ class UrlBarSuggestions extends ImmutableComponent {
       }
     }
 
+    const historyFilter = (site) => {
+      const title = site.get('title') || ''
+      const location = site.get('location') || ''
+      // Note: Bookmark sites are now included in history. This will allow
+      // sites to appear in the auto-complete regardless of their bookmark
+      // status. If history is turned off, bookmarked sites will appear
+      // in the bookmark section.
+      return (title.toLowerCase().includes(urlLocationLower) ||
+              location.toLowerCase().includes(urlLocationLower))
+    }
+    var historySites = props.sites.filter(historyFilter)
+
+    // potentially append virtual history items (such as www.google.com when
+    // searches have been made but the root site has not been visited)
+    historySites = historySites.concat(suggestion.createVirtualHistoryItems(historySites))
+
     // history
     if (getSetting(settings.HISTORY_SUGGESTIONS)) {
       suggestions = suggestions.concat(mapListToElements({
-        data: props.sites,
+        data: historySites,
         maxResults: config.urlBarSuggestions.maxHistorySites,
         type: suggestionTypes.HISTORY,
         clickHandler: navigateClickHandler((site) => {
@@ -293,16 +309,7 @@ class UrlBarSuggestions extends ImmutableComponent {
         sortHandler: sortBasedOnLocationPos,
         formatTitle: (site) => site.get('title'),
         formatUrl: (site) => site.get('location'),
-        filterValue: (site) => {
-          const title = site.get('title') || ''
-          const location = site.get('location') || ''
-          return (title.toLowerCase().includes(urlLocationLower) ||
-                  location.toLowerCase().includes(urlLocationLower))
-          // Note: Bookmkark sites are now included in history. This will allow
-          // sites to appear in the auto-complete regardless of their bookmark
-          // status. If history is turned off, bookmarked sites will appear
-          // in the bookmark section.
-        }
+        filterValue: historyFilter
       }))
     }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/urlSuggestionTest.js b/test/unit/lib/urlSuggestionTest.js
index 9bc5e62adaf..f6bb9055138 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/urlSuggestionTest.js
+++ b/test/unit/lib/urlSuggestionTest.js
@@ -26,3 +26,38 @@ describe('suggestion', function () {
     assert.ok(suggestion.simpleDomainNameValue(siteComplex) === 0, 'complex site returns 0')
   })
 })
+
+const site1 = Immutable.Map({
+  location: 'http://www.foo.com/1',
+  count: 0,
+  lastAccessedTime: 0,
+  title: 'www.foo/com/1'
+})
+
+const site2 = Immutable.Map({
+  location: 'http://www.foo.com/2',
+  count: 0,
+  lastAccessedTime: 0,
+  title: 'www.foo/com/2'
+})
+
+const site3 = Immutable.Map({
+  location: 'http://www.foo.com/3',
+  count: 0,
+  lastAccessedTime: 0,
+  title: 'www.foo/com/3'
+})
+
+describe('suggestion', function () {
+  it('shows virtual history item', function () {
+    var history = Immutable.List([site1, site2, site3])
+    var virtual = suggestion.createVirtualHistoryItems(history)
+    assert.ok(virtual.length > 0, 'virtual location created')
+    assert.ok(virtual[0].get('location') === 'http://www.foo.com')
+    assert.ok(virtual[0].get('title') === 'www.foo.com')
+    assert.ok(virtual[0].get('lastAccessedTime') > 0)
+    history = Immutable.List([site1, site2])
+    virtual = suggestion.createVirtualHistoryItems(history)
+    assert.ok(virtual.length === 0, 'virtual location not created')
+  })
+})