diff --git a/lib/uri/mailto.rb b/lib/uri/mailto.rb
index c5a5e4ae26..a15d2f0fba 100644
--- a/lib/uri/mailto.rb
+++ b/lib/uri/mailto.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module URI
     HEADER_REGEXP  = /\A(?<hfield>(?:%\h\h|[!$'-.0-;@-Z_a-z~])*=(?:%\h\h|[!$'-.0-;@-Z_a-z~])*)(?:&\g<hfield>)*\z/
     # practical regexp for email address
     # https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/input.html#valid-e-mail-address
-    EMAIL_REGEXP = /\A[^.][a-zA-Z0-9.!\#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+[^.]@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*\z/
+    EMAIL_REGEXP = /\A(?!\.)[a-zA-Z0-9.!\#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?<!\.)@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*\z/
     # :startdoc:
 
     #
diff --git a/test/uri/test_mailto.rb b/test/uri/test_mailto.rb
index d2e9648299..e7c04ef068 100644
--- a/test/uri/test_mailto.rb
+++ b/test/uri/test_mailto.rb
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ class URI::TestMailTo < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_check_to
     u = URI::MailTo.build(['joe@example.com', 'subject=Ruby'])
 
+    # Valid emails
+    u.to = 'a@valid.com'
+    assert_equal(u.to, 'a@valid.com')
+
+    # Invalid emails
     assert_raise(URI::InvalidComponentError) do
       u.to = '#1@mail.com'
     end
@@ -156,6 +161,10 @@ class URI::TestMailTo < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_raise(URI::InvalidComponentError) do
       u.to = 'hello.@invalid.email'
     end
+
+    assert_raise(URI::InvalidComponentError) do
+      u.to = 'n.@invalid.email'
+    end
   end
 
   def test_to_s