diff --git a/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts b/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
index 0b06fd5fc4..c9b4101793 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ function serializeQueryParams(params: {[key: string]: any}): string {
   return strParams.length ? `?${strParams.join("&")}` : '';
 }
 
-const SEGMENT_RE = /^[^\/()?;=&#]+/;
+const SEGMENT_RE = /^[^\/()?;=#]+/;
 function matchSegments(str: string): string {
   const match = str.match(SEGMENT_RE);
   return match ? match[0] : '';
diff --git a/packages/router/test/url_serializer.spec.ts b/packages/router/test/url_serializer.spec.ts
index 0b5340feee..1fe0cf3b26 100644
--- a/packages/router/test/url_serializer.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/router/test/url_serializer.spec.ts
@@ -359,6 +359,14 @@ describe('url serializer', () => {
 
       expect(url.serialize(parsed)).toBe(`/${notEncoded}${encoded}`);
     });
+
+    it('should correctly encode ampersand in segments', () => {
+      const testUrl = '/parent&child';
+
+      const parsed = url.parse(testUrl);
+
+      expect(url.serialize(parsed)).toBe(testUrl);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('error handling', () => {