diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class hgweb(object):
         # compare changelog size in addition to mtime to catch
         # rollbacks made less than a second ago
         if st.st_mtime != self.mtime or st.st_size != self.size:
-            r = hg.repository(self.repo.baseui, self.repo.root)
+            r = hg.repository(self.repo.baseui, self.repo.url())
             self.repo = self._getview(r)
             self.maxchanges = int(self.config("web", "maxchanges", 10))
             self.stripecount = int(self.config("web", "stripes", 1))
diff --git a/tests/test-hgweb-bundle.t b/tests/test-hgweb-bundle.t
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-hgweb-bundle.t
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#require serve
+
+  $ hg init server
+  $ cd server
+  $ cat >> .hg/hgrc << EOF
+  > [extensions]
+  > strip=
+  > EOF
+
+  $ echo 1 > foo
+  $ hg commit -A -m 'first'
+  adding foo
+  $ echo 2 > bar
+  $ hg commit -A -m 'second'
+  adding bar
+
+Produce a bundle to use
+
+  $ hg strip -r 1
+  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/server/.hg/strip-backup/ed602e697e0f-backup.hg (glob)
+
+Serve from a bundle file
+
+  $ hg serve -R .hg/strip-backup/ed602e697e0f-backup.hg -d -p $HGPORT --pid-file=hg.pid
+  $ cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
+
+Ensure we're serving from the bundle
+
+  $ ("$TESTDIR/get-with-headers.py" localhost:$HGPORT 'file/tip/?style=raw')
+  200 Script output follows
+  
+  
+  -rw-r--r-- 2 bar
+  -rw-r--r-- 2 foo
+  
+