}
 
 func parseAuthority(authority string) (user *Userinfo, host string, err error) {
-       if strings.Index(authority, "@") < 0 {
+       i := strings.LastIndex(authority, "@")
+       if i < 0 {
                host = authority
                return
        }
-       userinfo, host := split(authority, '@', true)
+       userinfo, host := authority[:i], authority[i+1:]
        if strings.Index(userinfo, ":") < 0 {
                if userinfo, err = unescape(userinfo, encodeUserPassword); err != nil {
                        return
 
                },
                "http://user:password@google.com",
        },
+       // unescaped @ in username should not confuse host
+       {
+               "http://j@ne:password@google.com",
+               &URL{
+                       Scheme: "http",
+                       User:   UserPassword("j@ne", "password"),
+                       Host:   "google.com",
+               },
+               "http://j%40ne:password@google.com",
+       },
+       // unescaped @ in password should not confuse host
+       {
+               "http://jane:p@ssword@google.com",
+               &URL{
+                       Scheme: "http",
+                       User:   UserPassword("jane", "p@ssword"),
+                       Host:   "google.com",
+               },
+               "http://jane:p%40ssword@google.com",
+       },
+       {
+               "http://j@ne:password@google.com/p@th?q=@go",
+               &URL{
+                       Scheme:   "http",
+                       User:     UserPassword("j@ne", "password"),
+                       Host:     "google.com",
+                       Path:     "/p@th",
+                       RawQuery: "q=@go",
+               },
+               "http://j%40ne:password@google.com/p@th?q=@go",
+       },
        {
                "http://www.google.com/?q=go+language#foo",
                &URL{