diff --git a/crates/zed/src/zed/open_listener.rs b/crates/zed/src/zed/open_listener.rs
index abe18ff85e69f29c8c13dd6d860c19fb9e721105..a9f7b8208cf54874ce15fdcdf5a54a96731b3ef6 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/zed/open_listener.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/zed/open_listener.rs
@@ -116,12 +116,8 @@ impl OpenRequest {
                 this.kind = Some(OpenRequestKind::Setting {
                     setting_path: Some(setting_path.to_string()),
                 });
-            } else if let Some(repo_url) = url.strip_prefix("zed://git/clone/") {
-                this.kind = Some(OpenRequestKind::GitClone {
-                    repo_url: urlencoding::decode(repo_url)
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|_| repo_url.into())
-                        .to_string(),
-                });
+            } else if let Some(clone_path) = url.strip_prefix("zed://git/clone") {
+                this.parse_git_clone_url(clone_path)?
             } else if let Some(commit_path) = url.strip_prefix("zed://git/commit/") {
                 this.parse_git_commit_url(commit_path)?
             } else if url.starts_with("ssh://") {
@@ -152,6 +148,25 @@ impl OpenRequest {
         }
     }
 
+    fn parse_git_clone_url(&mut self, clone_path: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        // Format: /?repo=<url> or ?repo=<url>
+        let clone_path = clone_path.strip_prefix('/').unwrap_or(clone_path);
+
+        let query = clone_path
+            .strip_prefix('?')
+            .context("invalid git clone url: missing query string")?;
+
+        let repo_url = url::form_urlencoded::parse(query.as_bytes())
+            .find_map(|(key, value)| (key == "repo").then_some(value))
+            .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+            .context("invalid git clone url: missing repo query parameter")?
+            .to_string();
+
+        self.kind = Some(OpenRequestKind::GitClone { repo_url });
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn parse_git_commit_url(&mut self, commit_path: &str) -> Result<()> {
         // Format: <sha>?repo=<path>
         let (sha, query) = commit_path
@@ -1104,7 +1119,34 @@ mod tests {
         let request = cx.update(|cx| {
             OpenRequest::parse(
                 RawOpenRequest {
-                    urls: vec!["zed://git/clone/https://github.com/zed-industries/zed.git".into()],
+                    urls: vec![
+                        "zed://git/clone/?repo=https://github.com/zed-industries/zed.git".into(),
+                    ],
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+                cx,
+            )
+            .unwrap()
+        });
+
+        match request.kind {
+            Some(OpenRequestKind::GitClone { repo_url }) => {
+                assert_eq!(repo_url, "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed.git");
+            }
+            _ => panic!("Expected GitClone kind"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[gpui::test]
+    fn test_parse_git_clone_url_without_slash(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+        let _app_state = init_test(cx);
+
+        let request = cx.update(|cx| {
+            OpenRequest::parse(
+                RawOpenRequest {
+                    urls: vec![
+                        "zed://git/clone?repo=https://github.com/zed-industries/zed.git".into(),
+                    ],
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
                 cx,
@@ -1128,7 +1170,7 @@ mod tests {
             OpenRequest::parse(
                 RawOpenRequest {
                     urls: vec![
-                        "zed://git/clone/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fzed-industries%2Fzed.git"
+                        "zed://git/clone/?repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fzed-industries%2Fzed.git"
                             .into(),
                     ],
                     ..Default::default()