diff --git a/robotpageobjects/base.py b/robotpageobjects/base.py
index 509d2d5..4180a07 100755
--- a/robotpageobjects/base.py
+++ b/robotpageobjects/base.py
@@ -678,6 +678,9 @@ def _resolve_url(self, *args):
             self.uri_vars = uri_vars
             return uritemplate.expand(self.baseurl + self.uri, uri_vars)
         else:
+            if uri_type == 'template':
+                raise exceptions.UriResolutionError('%s has uri template %s , but no arguments were given to resolve it' %
+                                                    (pageobj_name, self.uri))
             # the user wants to open the default uri
             return self.baseurl + self.uri
 
diff --git a/tests/test_unit.py b/tests/test_unit.py
index 196c70c..4c667ea 100755
--- a/tests/test_unit.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit.py
@@ -250,6 +250,14 @@ def test_too_many_vars_passed_to_uri_template_in_robot(self):
         po._is_robot = True
         po._resolve_url("pid=foo", "bar=baz")
 
+    @raises(exceptions.UriResolutionError)
+    def test_no_vars_passed_to_uri_template(self):
+        """There is a template but no variables are possed in."""
+
+        self.set_baseurl_env(base_file=False, arbitrary_base="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov")
+        self.PO.uri_template = "/pubmed/{pid}"
+        self.PO()._resolve_url()
+
     @raises(exceptions.UriResolutionError)
     def test_wrong_var_name_in_robot(self):
         self.set_baseurl_env()