@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 .../jmeter/protocol/http/curl/BasicCurlParser.java | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
--- a/src/protocol/http/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/curl/BasicCurlParser.java	
+++ a/src/protocol/http/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/curl/BasicCurlParser.java	
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.cli.avalon.CLOptionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
+import org.apache.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils;
 import org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.control.AuthManager.Mechanism;
 import org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.control.Authorization;
 import org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.control.Cookie;
@@ -818,6 +820,18 @@ public class BasicCurlParser {
                 request.setPostData(null);
                 request.setMethod("GET");
             }
+            if ("GET".equals(request.getMethod())) {
+                String url = request.getUrl();
+                url = url.replaceAll("\\s*\\\\$", ""); // our CLI parser has a bug, that could lead to stray backslashes
+                try {
+                    for (NameValuePair nameValuePair : URLEncodedUtils.parse(new URI(url), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+                        request.addFormStringData(nameValuePair.getName(), nameValuePair.getValue());
+                    }
+                    request.setUrl(url.substring(0, url.indexOf('?')));
+                } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+                    LOGGER.warn("Could not handle query parameters for URI: {}", url, e);
+                }
+            }
             return request;
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
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