diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/uri/BitcoinURI.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/uri/BitcoinURI.java
index d158b789..4cfb0a8e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/uri/BitcoinURI.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/uri/BitcoinURI.java
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ public class BitcoinURI {
     private static final String ENCODED_SPACE_CHARACTER = "%20";
     private static final String AMPERSAND_SEPARATOR = "&";
     private static final String QUESTION_MARK_SEPARATOR = "?";
-    private static final String COLON_SEPARATOR = ":";
 
     /**
      * Contains all the parameters in the order in which they were processed
@@ -121,12 +120,7 @@ public class BitcoinURI {
         Preconditions.checkNotNull(input);
         log.debug("Attempting to parse '{}' for {}", input, params == null ? "any" : params.getId());
 
-        // URI validation
-        if (!input.startsWith(BITCOIN_SCHEME)) {
-            throw new BitcoinURIParseException("Bad scheme - expecting '" + BITCOIN_SCHEME + "'");
-        }
-
-        // Attempt to form the URI (fail fast syntax checking to official standards)
+        // Attempt to form the URI (fail fast syntax checking to official standards).
         URI uri;
         try {
             uri = new URI(input);
@@ -135,15 +129,21 @@ public class BitcoinURI {
         }
 
         // URI is formed as  bitcoin:<address>?<query parameters>
+        // blockchain.info generates URIs of non-BIP compliant form bitcoin://address?....
+        // We support both until Ben fixes his code.
         
         // Remove the bitcoin scheme.
         // (Note: getSchemeSpecificPart() is not used as it unescapes the label and parse then fails.
         // For instance with : bitcoin:129mVqKUmJ9uwPxKJBnNdABbuaaNfho4Ha?amount=0.06&label=Tom%20%26%20Jerry
         // the & (%26) in Tom and Jerry gets interpreted as a separator and the label then gets parsed
         // as 'Tom ' instead of 'Tom & Jerry')
-        String schemeSpecificPart = "";
-        if (uri.toString().startsWith(BITCOIN_SCHEME + COLON_SEPARATOR)) {
-            schemeSpecificPart = uri.toString().substring(BITCOIN_SCHEME.length() + 1);
+        String schemeSpecificPart;
+        if (input.startsWith("bitcoin://")) {
+            schemeSpecificPart = input.substring("bitcoin://".length());
+        } else if (input.startsWith("bitcoin:")) {
+            schemeSpecificPart = input.substring("bitcoin:".length());
+        } else {
+            throw new BitcoinURIParseException("Unsupported URI scheme: " + uri.getScheme());
         }
 
         // Split off the address from the rest of the query parameters.
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public class BitcoinURI {
         }
         
         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-        builder.append(BITCOIN_SCHEME).append(COLON_SEPARATOR).append(address);
+        builder.append(BITCOIN_SCHEME).append(":").append(address);
         
         boolean questionMarkHasBeenOutput = false;
         
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/bitcoin/uri/BitcoinURITest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/bitcoin/uri/BitcoinURITest.java
index 9653c5d8..28cd2eab 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/bitcoin/uri/BitcoinURITest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/bitcoin/uri/BitcoinURITest.java
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ public class BitcoinURITest {
             testObject = new BitcoinURI(NetworkParameters.prodNet(), "blimpcoin:" + PRODNET_GOOD_ADDRESS);
             fail("Expecting BitcoinURIParseException");
         } catch (BitcoinURIParseException e) {
-            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("Bad scheme"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ public class BitcoinURITest {
             testObject = new BitcoinURI(NetworkParameters.prodNet(), BitcoinURI.BITCOIN_SCHEME);
             fail("Expecting BitcoinURIParseException");
         } catch (BitcoinURIParseException e) {
-            assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("Missing address"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -413,4 +411,13 @@ public class BitcoinURITest {
             assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("req-aardvark"));
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void brokenURIs() throws BitcoinURIParseException {
+        // Check we can parse the incorrectly formatted URIs produced by blockchain.info and its iPhone app.
+        String str = "bitcoin://1KzTSfqjF2iKCduwz59nv2uqh1W2JsTxZH?amount=0.01000000";
+        BitcoinURI uri = new BitcoinURI(str);
+        assertEquals("1KzTSfqjF2iKCduwz59nv2uqh1W2JsTxZH", uri.getAddress().toString());
+        assertEquals(Utils.toNanoCoins(0, 1), uri.getAmount());
+    }
 }