diff --git a/news/changelog-1.8.md b/news/changelog-1.8.md
index 538092baf65..b108aa75135 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.8.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.8.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ All changes included in 1.8:
 - ([#12551](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/12551)): Improve warning issued when `aliases` would overwrite an existing document.
 - ([#12616](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/12616)): find SVG images in image discovery for listings.
 - ([#12693](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/12693)): Prevent resource exhaustion on large websites by serializing `NotebookContext` information to file instead of the environment.
+- ([#12949](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/12949)): Ensure redirects preserve `hash` and `search` when possible.
 
 ## Crossrefs
 
diff --git a/src/resources/projects/website/templates/redirect-map.ejs b/src/resources/projects/website/templates/redirect-map.ejs
index 161876c647e..918d0dd7c79 100644
--- a/src/resources/projects/website/templates/redirect-map.ejs
+++ b/src/resources/projects/website/templates/redirect-map.ejs
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     var hash = window.location.hash.startsWith('#') ? window.location.hash.slice(1) : window.location.hash;
     var redirect = redirects[hash] || redirects[""] || "/";
     window.document.title = 'Redirect to  ' +  redirect;
+    if (!redirects[hash]) {
+      redirect = redirect + window.location.hash;
+    }
+    redirect = redirect + window.location.search;
     window.location.replace(redirect);
   </script>
 </head>