diff --git a/packages/router-macro/src/lib.rs b/packages/router-macro/src/lib.rs
index 836cb6bfd7..72e0b7d623 100644
--- a/packages/router-macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/router-macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -532,9 +532,14 @@ impl RouteEnum {
                     // Remove any trailing slashes. We parse /route/ and /route in the same way
                     // Note: we don't use trim because it includes more code
                     let route = route.strip_suffix('/').unwrap_or(route);
-                    let query = dioxus_router::exports::percent_encoding::percent_decode_str(query)
+                    // Replace '+' with space in query strings before percent-decoding.
+                    // Per the application/x-www-form-urlencoded spec, '+' is an
+                    // alternative encoding for space in query strings. Some services
+                    // (e.g. Facebook) rewrite '%20' to '+' when processing URLs.
+                    let query_replaced = query.replace('+', " ");
+                    let query = dioxus_router::exports::percent_encoding::percent_decode_str(&query_replaced)
                         .decode_utf8()
-                        .unwrap_or(query.into());
+                        .unwrap_or(query_replaced.into());
                     let hash = dioxus_router::exports::percent_encoding::percent_decode_str(hash)
                         .decode_utf8()
                         .unwrap_or(hash.into());
diff --git a/packages/router/tests/parsing.rs b/packages/router/tests/parsing.rs
index 7825d8fcd3..ea13348201 100644
--- a/packages/router/tests/parsing.rs
+++ b/packages/router/tests/parsing.rs
@@ -162,3 +162,47 @@ fn optional_query_segments_parse() {
         route_without_query_and_other
     );
 }
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/DioxusLabs/dioxus/issues/5280
+// '+' in query strings should be decoded as space per the
+// application/x-www-form-urlencoded spec.
+#[test]
+fn query_plus_decoded_as_space() {
+    #[derive(Routable, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    enum Route {
+        #[route("/?:query")]
+        Home { query: String },
+    }
+
+    #[component]
+    fn Home(query: String) -> Element {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    // '+' in query value should be parsed as space
+    let parsed = "/?query=Shis+Kebap".parse::<Route>().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        parsed,
+        Route::Home {
+            query: "Shis Kebap".to_string()
+        }
+    );
+
+    // '%20' should still work as space
+    let parsed_pct = "/?query=Shis%20Kebap".parse::<Route>().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        parsed_pct,
+        Route::Home {
+            query: "Shis Kebap".to_string()
+        }
+    );
+
+    // Multiple '+' signs
+    let parsed_multi = "/?query=hello+world+test".parse::<Route>().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        parsed_multi,
+        Route::Home {
+            query: "hello world test".to_string()
+        }
+    );
+}