diff --git a/src/Extension/Bfstop.php b/src/Extension/Bfstop.php
index 20255c2..dd828ab 100644
--- a/src/Extension/Bfstop.php
+++ b/src/Extension/Bfstop.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
 			'onUserLoginFailure' => 'onUserLoginFailure',
 			'onUserLogin'        => 'onUserLogin',
 			'onAfterInitialise'  => 'onAfterInitialise',
+			'onAfterRoute'       => 'onAfterRoute',
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -512,6 +513,25 @@ public function onAfterInitialise($event)
 				$this->mydb->saveParams($this->params);
 			}
 		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Enforcing the block happens after routing, not in onAfterInitialise:
+	 * the exemptions below look at option/view/task, which with
+	 * search-engine-friendly URLs (e.g. /index.php/component/users/reset)
+	 * are only populated once the router has run.
+	 */
+	public function onAfterRoute($event)
+	{
+		if (!isset($this->mydb))
+		{
+			// onAfterInitialise did not run (or bailed out early)
+			$this->init();
+		}
+		if (!$this->isEnabledForCurrentOrigin())
+		{
+			return;
+		}
 		$ipaddress = IpHelper::getAddress($this->logger);
 		if ($this->mydb->isIPOnAllowList($ipaddress))
 		{
diff --git a/tests/Integration/BlockedRequestTest.php b/tests/Integration/BlockedRequestTest.php
index a142dfb..55ffeed 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/BlockedRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/BlockedRequestTest.php
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ private function block($ip = self::Ip, $minutesAgo = 0, $duration = 60)
 			'crdate' => self::minutesAgo($minutesAgo), 'duration' => $duration), 'id');
 	}
 
-	private function request($query = '', $ip = self::Ip)
+	private function request($query = '', $ip = self::Ip, $routed = true)
 	{
 		$command = escapeshellarg(PHP_BINARY).' '.escapeshellarg(__DIR__.'/fixtures/request.php').' '.
-			escapeshellarg($ip).' '.escapeshellarg($query).' 2>&1';
+			escapeshellarg($ip).' '.escapeshellarg($query).($routed ? '' : ' --no-route').' 2>&1';
 		exec($command, $output, $exitCode);
 		$output = implode("\n", $output);
 		$this->assertSame(0, $exitCode, $output);
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ public function testFullModeBlocksEverything()
 		$this->assertNotBlocked('', '203.0.113.42');
 	}
 
+	public function testBlockIsEnforcedOnlyAfterRouting()
+	{
+		// with SEF URLs option/view are empty until the router ran, so the
+		// password recovery exemption can only be evaluated afterwards
+		$this->configure();
+		$this->block();
+		$output = $this->request('', self::Ip, false);
+		$this->assertStringContainsString('NOT BLOCKED', $output);
+		$this->assertBlocked();
+	}
+
 	public function testBlockedMessageCanShowIp()
 	{
 		$this->configure(array('blockedMsgShowIP' => 1));
diff --git a/tests/Integration/fixtures/request.php b/tests/Integration/fixtures/request.php
index 61a6afc..4581166 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/fixtures/request.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/fixtures/request.php
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@
 }
 PluginHelper::importPlugin('system', 'bfstop', true, $app->getDispatcher());
 $app->getDispatcher()->dispatch('onAfterInitialise', new Event('onAfterInitialise', array()));
+// blocking is enforced after routing (SEF URLs only yield option/view then)
+if (!in_array('--no-route', $argv, true))
+{
+	$app->getDispatcher()->dispatch('onAfterRoute', new Event('onAfterRoute', array()));
+}
 echo "NOT BLOCKED\n";