diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index 770021de16..8afe012efb 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ def decodeurl(url):
             if s:
                 if not '=' in s:
                     raise MalformedUrl(url, "The URL: '%s' is invalid: parameter %s does not specify a value (missing '=')" % (url, s))
-                s1, s2 = s.split('=')
+                s1, s2 = s.split('=', 1)
                 p[s1] = s2
 
     return type, host, urllib.parse.unquote(path), user, pswd, p
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
index 20593764fd..c5d15e9fd8 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/fetch.py
@@ -1342,6 +1342,7 @@ class URLHandle(unittest.TestCase):
        "cvs://anoncvs:anonymous@cvs.handhelds.org/cvs;tag=V0-99-81;module=familiar/dist/ipkg" : ('cvs', 'cvs.handhelds.org', '/cvs', 'anoncvs', 'anonymous', collections.OrderedDict([('tag', 'V0-99-81'), ('module', 'familiar/dist/ipkg')])),
        "git://git.openembedded.org/bitbake;branch=@foo;protocol=https" : ('git', 'git.openembedded.org', '/bitbake', '', '', {'branch': '@foo', 'protocol' : 'https'}),
        "file://somelocation;someparam=1": ('file', '', 'somelocation', '', '', {'someparam': '1'}),
+       "https://somesite.com/somerepo.git;user=anyUser:idtoken=1234" : ('https', 'somesite.com', '/somerepo.git', '', '', {'user': 'anyUser:idtoken=1234'}),
        r'git://s.o-me_ONE:!#$%^&*()-_={}[]\|:?,.<>~`@git.openembedded.org/bitbake;branch=main;protocol=https': ('git', 'git.openembedded.org', '/bitbake', 's.o-me_ONE', r'!#$%^&*()-_={}[]\|:?,.<>~`', {'branch': 'main', 'protocol' : 'https'}),
     }
     # we require a pathname to encodeurl but users can still pass such urls to