diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
index 8102510b34ccccb3f1c234786d3eacb2d2217d57..6ed7fa62ea24dddf7e4d9ea797ba608b4a9ee408 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/google.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
         params[:region] = region
       end
       unless (components = query.options[:components]).nil?
-        params[:components] = components
+        params[:components] = components.join("|")
       end
       params
     end
diff --git a/test/services_test.rb b/test/services_test.rb
index 9174c0c687a6641c7afb17851edb617d28039f4e..6f2a86dd0f33fb56ecebd1ee99e8b73d1a56976f 100644
--- a/test/services_test.rb
+++ b/test/services_test.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,25 @@ class ServicesTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_match /bounds=40.0+%2C-120.0+%7C39.0+%2C-121.0+/, url
   end
 
+  def test_google_query_url_contains_region
+    lookup = Geocoder::Lookup::Google.new
+    url = lookup.send(:query_url, Geocoder::Query.new(
+      "Some Intersection",
+      :region => "gb"
+    ))
+    assert_match /region=gb/, url
+  end
+
+  def test_google_query_url_contains_properly_formatted_components
+    lookup = Geocoder::Lookup::Google.new
+    url = lookup.send(:query_url, Geocoder::Query.new(
+      "Some Intersection",
+      :components => ["country:ES", "locality:ES"]
+    ))
+    formatted = "components=" + CGI.escape("country:ES|locality:ES")
+    assert url.include?(formatted), "Expected #{formatted} to be included in #{url}"
+  end
+
   # --- Google Premier ---
 
   def test_google_premier_result_components