diff --git a/.changes/core-asset-fallback.md b/.changes/core-asset-fallback.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a3da7765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/core-asset-fallback.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch
+---
+
+Assets will now fallback to `<uri>/index.html` before `/index.html`, allowing anchor links to work as expected.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/manager.rs b/core/tauri/src/manager.rs
index 0c953b3b9..0c6b4277d 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/manager.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/manager.rs
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ impl<R: Runtime> WindowManager<R> {
 
         let asset_response = assets
           .get(&path.as_str().into())
+          .or_else(|| assets.get(&format!("{}/index.html", path.as_str()).into()))
           .or_else(|| {
             #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
             eprintln!("Asset `{}` not found; fallback to index.html", path); // TODO log::error!