diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/entries/pages-server-entry.ts b/packages/vinext/src/entries/pages-server-entry.ts
index 74f897259..267bfd23a 100644
--- a/packages/vinext/src/entries/pages-server-entry.ts
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/entries/pages-server-entry.ts
@@ -312,7 +312,14 @@ export function matchPageRoute(url, request) {
 }
 
 function parseQuery(url) {
-  const qs = url.split("?")[1];
+  // Per RFC 3986 only the first "?" separates path from query, so additional
+  // "?" chars belong to the query string (e.g. /linker?href=/about?hello=world
+  // has query "href=/about?hello=world"). split("?")[1] would drop everything
+  // after the second "?" and strip embedded query strings from values.
+  const queryIndex = url.indexOf("?");
+  if (queryIndex === -1) return {};
+  const hashIndex = url.indexOf("#", queryIndex + 1);
+  const qs = hashIndex === -1 ? url.slice(queryIndex + 1) : url.slice(queryIndex + 1, hashIndex);
   if (!qs) return {};
   const p = new URLSearchParams(qs);
   const q = {};
diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/utils/query.ts b/packages/vinext/src/utils/query.ts
index f82399888..ea859694e 100644
--- a/packages/vinext/src/utils/query.ts
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/utils/query.ts
@@ -55,9 +55,18 @@ export function mergeRouteParamsIntoQuery(
 
 /**
  * Parse a URL's query string into a Record, with multi-value keys promoted to arrays.
+ *
+ * Per RFC 3986 only the first `?` separates path from query; any further `?`
+ * characters are part of the query string itself (e.g. `/linker?href=/about?hello=world`
+ * has the query `href=/about?hello=world`). Using `indexOf("?")` instead of
+ * `split("?")[1]` preserves the rest of the query so values like `<Link href>`
+ * targets keep their own query strings intact.
  */
 export function parseQueryString(url: string): Record<string, string | string[]> {
-  const qs = url.split("?")[1];
+  const queryIndex = url.indexOf("?");
+  if (queryIndex === -1) return {};
+  const hashIndex = url.indexOf("#", queryIndex + 1);
+  const qs = hashIndex === -1 ? url.slice(queryIndex + 1) : url.slice(queryIndex + 1, hashIndex);
   if (!qs) return {};
   const params = new URLSearchParams(qs);
   const query: Record<string, string | string[]> = {};
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/pages-basic/pages/linker.tsx b/tests/fixtures/pages-basic/pages/linker.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee1275f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/pages-basic/pages/linker.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import Link from "next/link";
+
+// Regression fixture for issue #1471: when `?href=/path?query=value` is passed
+// through the URL, the Pages Router must preserve the embedded `?query=value`
+// portion when rendering `<Link href={...}>` and when calling `router.push()`.
+// Ported from Next.js: test/e2e/trailing-slashes/pages/linker.js
+//
+// `getServerSideProps` receives the parsed `query.href` value, which by RFC
+// 3986 contains everything after the first `?`. The rendered `<Link>` must
+// then output an `<a href>` that matches the original target verbatim.
+
+interface LinkerProps {
+  href: string;
+}
+
+export default function Linker({ href }: LinkerProps) {
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <Link href={href} id="link">
+        link to {href}
+      </Link>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export async function getServerSideProps(context: {
+  query: Record<string, string | string[] | undefined>;
+}) {
+  const raw = context.query.href;
+  const href = typeof raw === "string" ? raw : "/";
+  return { props: { href } };
+}
diff --git a/tests/pages-router.test.ts b/tests/pages-router.test.ts
index 66f3a8123..22b5a826a 100644
--- a/tests/pages-router.test.ts
+++ b/tests/pages-router.test.ts
@@ -1088,6 +1088,33 @@ describe("Pages Router integration", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("Server-Side Rendered");
   });
 
+  // Regression for cloudflare/vinext#1471: when a query value itself contains
+  // a query string (e.g. `?href=/about?hello=world`), the embedded `?hello=world`
+  // is part of the `href` value per RFC 3986 — only the first `?` separates the
+  // path from the query string. `getServerSideProps({ query })` must surface
+  // the full value so `<Link href={query.href}>` renders the complete target.
+  // Mirrors `test/e2e/trailing-slashes/pages/linker.js` from the Next.js suite.
+  it("Pages Router Link preserves an embedded query string in the href prop", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/linker?href=/about?hello=world`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const html = await res.text();
+    // The rendered link target must include the embedded `?hello=world`. The
+    // anchor uses `id="link"` to match Next.js's linker fixture; the literal
+    // anchor href is what `<Link>` resolves through normalizePathTrailingSlash
+    // and withBasePath. With trailingSlash:false and no basePath this is the
+    // exact source string.
+    expect(html).toContain('href="/about?hello=world"');
+  });
+
+  it("Pages Router Link strips trailing slash before an embedded query string", async () => {
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/linker?href=/about/?hello=world`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const html = await res.text();
+    // trailingSlash defaults to false — `/about/?hello=world` collapses to
+    // `/about?hello=world` while preserving the query.
+    expect(html).toContain('href="/about?hello=world"');
+  });
+
   // Ported from Next.js: test/e2e/edge-pages-support/index.test.ts
   // https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/test/e2e/edge-pages-support/index.test.ts
   // Closes cloudflare/vinext#1342: original query params must survive a
diff --git a/tests/query.test.ts b/tests/query.test.ts
index 6f3ea668e..e40275dbf 100644
--- a/tests/query.test.ts
+++ b/tests/query.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 
-import { appendSearchParamsToUrl, mergeRewriteQuery } from "../packages/vinext/src/utils/query.js";
+import {
+  appendSearchParamsToUrl,
+  mergeRewriteQuery,
+  parseQueryString,
+} from "../packages/vinext/src/utils/query.js";
 
 describe("mergeRewriteQuery", () => {
   it("preserves original query params when the rewrite target has none", () => {
@@ -113,3 +117,39 @@ describe("appendSearchParamsToUrl", () => {
     expect(url).toBe("?lang=en&q=vinext");
   });
 });
+
+describe("parseQueryString", () => {
+  it("returns an empty object when there is no query string", () => {
+    expect(parseQueryString("/about")).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it("parses simple key=value pairs", () => {
+    expect(parseQueryString("/about?foo=bar")).toEqual({ foo: "bar" });
+  });
+
+  it("promotes duplicate keys to arrays", () => {
+    expect(parseQueryString("/search?tag=a&tag=b")).toEqual({ tag: ["a", "b"] });
+  });
+
+  // Regression for #1471: Pages Router `<Link>` strips query string from href.
+  // When a page is requested as `/linker?href=/about?hello=world`, the value of
+  // the `href` query param is `/about?hello=world` (RFC 3986 only treats the
+  // first `?` as a path/query separator). Splitting the URL on every `?` would
+  // drop the embedded query from the value and cause `<Link href={...}>` to
+  // render without the trailing query string.
+  it("preserves embedded query strings in values when the URL has multiple ?", () => {
+    expect(parseQueryString("/linker?href=/about?hello=world")).toEqual({
+      href: "/about?hello=world",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("preserves embedded query strings whose value has a trailing-slash path", () => {
+    expect(parseQueryString("/linker?href=/about/?hello=world")).toEqual({
+      href: "/about/?hello=world",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("stops at the URL hash fragment", () => {
+    expect(parseQueryString("/about?foo=bar#section")).toEqual({ foo: "bar" });
+  });
+});