diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2176e4c..f542699 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This library has **NO** external dependencies.
 * [aurelia-templating](https://github.com/aurelia/templating)
 * [aurelia-templating-router](https://github.com/aurelia/templating-router)
 * [aurelia-router](https://github.com/aurelia/router)
+* [aurelia-route-recognizer](https://github.com/aurelia/route-recognizer)
 * [aurelia-loader](https://github.com/aurelia/loader)
 * [aurelia-framework](https://github.com/aurelia/framework)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f08d33e..29503d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
       "aurelia-http-client",
       "aurelia-templating",
       "aurelia-router",
+      "aurelia-route-recognizer",
       "aurelia-templating-router",
       "aurelia-loader",
       "aurelia-framework"
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 42d613c..0450213 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -86,70 +86,91 @@ export function join(path1: string, path2: string): string {
   return urlPrefix + url3.join('/').replace(/\:\//g, '://') + trailingSlash;
 }
 
-export function buildQueryString(a: Object, traditional?: boolean): string {
-  let s = [];
-
-  function add(key: string, value: any) {
-    // If value is a function, invoke it and return its value
-    let v = value;
-    if (typeof value === 'function') {
-      v = value();
-    } else if (value === null || value === undefined) {
-      v = '';
+
+/**
+* Generate a query string from an object.
+*
+* @param params Object containing the keys and values to be used.
+* @returns The generated query string, excluding leading '?'.
+*/
+export function buildQueryString(params: Object): string {
+  let pairs = [];
+  let keys = Object.keys(params || {}).sort();
+  let encode = encodeURIComponent;
+  let encodeKey = k => encode(k).replace('%24', '$');
+
+  for (let i = 0, len = keys.length; i < len; i++) {
+    let key = keys[i];
+    let value = params[key];
+    if (value === null || value === undefined) {
+      continue;
     }
 
-    s.push(encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(v));
+    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+      let arrayKey = `${encodeKey(key)}[]`;
+      for (let j = 0, l = value.length; j < l; j++) {
+        pairs.push(`${arrayKey}=${encode(value[j])}`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      pairs.push(`${encodeKey(key)}=${encode(value)}`);
+    }
   }
 
-  for (let prefix in a) {
-    _buildQueryString(prefix, a[prefix], traditional, add);
+  if (pairs.length === 0) {
+    return '';
   }
 
-  // Return the resulting serialization
-  return s.join('&').replace(r20, '+');
+  return pairs.join('&');
 }
 
-function _buildQueryString(prefix: string, obj: any, traditional: boolean, add: (p: string, v: any) => void): void {
-  if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
-    // Serialize array item.
-    obj.forEach((v, i) => {
-      if (traditional || rbracket.test(prefix)) {
-        // Treat each array item as a scalar.
-        add(prefix, v);
-      } else {
-        // Item is non-scalar (array or object), encode its numeric index.
-        let innerPrefix = prefix + '[' + (typeof v === 'object' ? i : '') + ']';
-        _buildQueryString(innerPrefix, v, traditional, add);
-      }
-    });
-  } else if (!traditional && type(obj) === 'object') {
-    // Serialize object item.
-    for (let name in obj) {
-      _buildQueryString(prefix + '[' + name + ']', obj[name], traditional, add);
-    }
-  } else {
-    // Serialize scalar item.
-    add(prefix, obj);
+/**
+* Parse a query string.
+*
+* @param The query string to parse.
+* @returns Object with keys and values mapped from the query string.
+*/
+export function parseQueryString(queryString: string): Object {
+  let queryParams = {};
+  if (!queryString || typeof queryString !== 'string') {
+    return queryParams;
   }
-}
 
-const r20 = /%20/g;
-const rbracket = /\[\]$/;
-const class2type = {};
+  let query = queryString;
+  if (query.charAt(0) === '?') {
+    query = query.substr(1);
+  }
+
+  let pairs = query.split('&');
+  for (let i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
+    let pair = pairs[i].split('=');
+    let key = decodeURIComponent(pair[0]);
+    let keyLength = key.length;
+    let isArray = false;
+    let value;
 
-'Boolean Number String Function Array Date RegExp Object Error'
-  .split(' ')
-  .forEach((name) => {
-    class2type['[object ' + name + ']'] = name.toLowerCase();
-  });
+    if (!key) {
+      continue;
+    } else if (pair.length === 1) {
+      value = true;
+    } else {
+      //Handle arrays
+      if (keyLength > 2 && key.slice(keyLength - 2) === '[]') {
+        isArray = true;
+        key = key.slice(0, keyLength - 2);
+        if (!queryParams[key]) {
+          queryParams[key] = [];
+        }
+      }
 
-function type(obj: any) {
-  if (obj === null || obj === undefined) {
-    return obj + '';
+      value = pair[1] ? decodeURIComponent(pair[1]) : '';
+    }
+
+    if (isArray) {
+      queryParams[key].push(value);
+    } else {
+      queryParams[key] = value;
+    }
   }
 
-  // Support: Android<4.0 (functionish RegExp)
-  return typeof obj === 'object' || typeof obj === 'function'
-    ? class2type[toString.call(obj)] || 'object'
-    : typeof obj;
+  return queryParams;
 }
diff --git a/test/path.spec.js b/test/path.spec.js
index c63e04d..014cc9d 100644
--- a/test/path.spec.js
+++ b/test/path.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { relativeToFile, join } from '../src/index';
+import { relativeToFile, join, parseQueryString, buildQueryString } from '../src/index';
 
 describe('relativeToFile', () => {
   it('can make a dot path relative to a simple file', () => {
@@ -178,3 +178,49 @@ describe('join', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('query strings', () => {
+  it('should build query strings', () => {
+    let gen = buildQueryString;
+
+    expect(gen()).toBe('');
+    expect(gen(null)).toBe('');
+    expect(gen({})).toBe('');
+    expect(gen({ a: null })).toBe('');
+
+    expect(gen({ '': 'a' })).toBe('=a');
+    expect(gen({ a: 'b' })).toBe('a=b');
+    expect(gen({ a: 'b', c: 'd' })).toBe('a=b&c=d');
+    expect(gen({ a: 'b', c: null })).toBe('a=b');
+
+    expect(gen({ a: [ 'b', 'c' ]})).toBe('a[]=b&a[]=c');
+    expect(gen({ '&': [ 'b', 'c' ]})).toBe('%26[]=b&%26[]=c');
+
+    expect(gen({ a: '&' })).toBe('a=%26');
+    expect(gen({ '&': 'a' })).toBe('%26=a');
+    expect(gen({ a: true })).toBe('a=true');
+    expect(gen({ '$test': true })).toBe('$test=true');
+  });
+
+  it('should parse query strings', () => {
+    let parse = parseQueryString;
+
+    expect(parse('')).toEqual({});
+    expect(parse('=')).toEqual({});
+    expect(parse('&')).toEqual({});
+    expect(parse('?')).toEqual({});
+
+    expect(parse('a')).toEqual({ a: true });
+    expect(parse('a&b')).toEqual({ a: true, b: true });
+    expect(parse('a=')).toEqual({ a: '' });
+    expect(parse('a=&b=')).toEqual({ a: '', b: '' });
+
+    expect(parse('a=b')).toEqual({ a: 'b' });
+    expect(parse('a=b&c=d')).toEqual({ a: 'b', c: 'd' });
+    expect(parse('a=b&&c=d')).toEqual({ a: 'b', c: 'd' });
+    expect(parse('a=b&a=c')).toEqual({ a: 'c' });
+
+    expect(parse('a=%26')).toEqual({ a: '&' });
+    expect(parse('%26=a')).toEqual({ '&': 'a' });
+    expect(parse('%26[]=b&%26[]=c')).toEqual({ '&': [ 'b', 'c' ]});
+  });
+});
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