diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll
index b674d10daf91..eb8622bb5f54 100644
--- a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib.qll
@@ -3121,8 +3121,13 @@ module StdlibPrivate {
 
     override predicate propagatesFlow(string input, string output, boolean preservesValue) {
       input in ["Argument[0]", "Argument[pattern:]"] and
-      output = "ReturnValue.Attribute[pattern]" and
-      preservesValue = true
+      (
+        output = "ReturnValue.Attribute[pattern]" and
+        preservesValue = true
+        or
+        output = "ReturnValue" and
+        preservesValue = false
+      )
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib/StdLib.model.yml b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib/StdLib.model.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3cc9cd61c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/ql/lib/semmle/python/frameworks/Stdlib/StdLib.model.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+extensions:
+  - addsTo:
+      pack: codeql/python-all
+      extensible: sourceModel
+    data: []
+
+  - addsTo:
+      pack: codeql/python-all
+      extensible: sinkModel
+    data: []
+
+  - addsTo:
+      pack: codeql/python-all
+      extensible: summaryModel
+    data:
+      # See https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.quote
+      - ["urllib", "Member[parse].Member[quote]", "Argument[0,string:]", "ReturnValue", "taint"]
+      # See https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.quote_plus
+      - ["urllib", "Member[parse].Member[quote_plus]", "Argument[0,string:]", "ReturnValue", "taint"]
+      # See https://epydoc.sourceforge.net/stdlib/urllib-module.html
+      - ["urllib", "Member[parse].Member[splitquery]", "Argument[0,url:]", "ReturnValue.TupleElement[0,1]", "taint"]
+      # See https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.unquote
+      - ["urllib", "Member[parse].Member[unquote]", "Argument[0,string:]", "ReturnValue", "taint"]
+      # See https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.unquote_plus
+      - ["urllib", "Member[parse].Member[unquote_plus]", "Argument[0,string:]", "ReturnValue", "taint"]
+      # We could consider a more precise source than the first argument, namely tuple or dict content.
+      # See https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.urlencode
+      - ["urllib", "Member[parse].Member[urlencode]", "Argument[0,query:]", "ReturnValue", "taint"]
+      # See https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.parse.html#urllib.parse.urljoin
+      - ["urllib", "Member[parse].Member[urljoin]", "Argument[0,base:,1,url:]", "ReturnValue", "taint"]
+  - addsTo:
+      pack: codeql/python-all
+      extensible: neutralModel
+    data: []
+
+  - addsTo:
+      pack: codeql/python-all
+      extensible: typeModel
+    data: []
+
+  - addsTo:
+      pack: codeql/python-all
+      extensible: typeVariableModel
+    data: []