diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b342aad..f661be6a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         'url-matcher',
         'multidict',
         'w3lib >= 1.22.0',
+        'yarl',
     ],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
diff --git a/tests/test_page_inputs.py b/tests/test_page_inputs.py
index 65934a10..4b7adf0b 100644
--- a/tests/test_page_inputs.py
+++ b/tests/test_page_inputs.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 import parsel
 from web_poet.page_inputs import (
+    ResponseURL,
+    RequestURL,
     HttpRequest,
     HttpResponse,
     HttpRequestBody,
@@ -16,6 +18,22 @@
 )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cls", [ResponseURL, RequestURL])
+def test_url(cls):
+    url_value = "https://example.com/category/product?query=123&id=xyz#frag1"
+
+    url = cls(url_value)
+
+    assert str(url) == url_value
+    assert url.scheme == "https"
+    assert url.host == "example.com"
+    assert url.path == "/category/product"
+    assert url.query_string == "query=123&id=xyz"
+    assert url.fragment == "frag1"
+
+    new_url = cls(url)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("body_cls", [HttpRequestBody, HttpResponseBody])
 def test_http_body_hashable(body_cls):
     http_body = body_cls(b"content")
diff --git a/web_poet/.overrides.py.swp b/web_poet/.overrides.py.swp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1928eae
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diff --git a/web_poet/mixins.py b/web_poet/mixins.py
index faf6c0f6..78aae99d 100644
--- a/web_poet/mixins.py
+++ b/web_poet/mixins.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def base_url(self) -> str:
         # FIXME: move it to HttpResponse
         if self._cached_base_url is None:
             text = self.html[:4096]
-            self._cached_base_url = get_base_url(text, self.url)
+            self._cached_base_url = get_base_url(text, str(self.url))
         return self._cached_base_url
 
     def urljoin(self, url: str) -> str:
diff --git a/web_poet/page_inputs/__init__.py b/web_poet/page_inputs/__init__.py
index ddb3c65b..e5ff8d4f 100644
--- a/web_poet/page_inputs/__init__.py
+++ b/web_poet/page_inputs/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from .meta import Meta
 from .client import HttpClient
 from .http import (
+    ResponseURL,
+    RequestURL,
     HttpRequest,
     HttpResponse,
     HttpRequestHeaders,
diff --git a/web_poet/page_inputs/http.py b/web_poet/page_inputs/http.py
index a3df744d..81933f88 100644
--- a/web_poet/page_inputs/http.py
+++ b/web_poet/page_inputs/http.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     http_content_type_encoding
 )
 
+import yarl
 from web_poet._base import _HttpHeaders
 from web_poet.utils import memoizemethod_noargs
 from web_poet.mixins import SelectableMixin
@@ -18,12 +19,46 @@
 _AnyStrDict = Dict[AnyStr, Union[AnyStr, List[AnyStr], Tuple[AnyStr, ...]]]
 
 
-class ResponseURL(str):
+class _URL:
+    def __init__(self, url: Union[str, yarl.URL]):
+        self._url = yarl.URL(str(url))
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return str(self._url)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return str(self._url)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        return str(self._url) == str(other)
+
+    @property
+    def scheme(self) -> str:
+        return self._url.scheme
+
+    @property
+    def host(self) -> str:
+        return self._url.host
+
+    @property
+    def path(self) -> str:
+        return self._url.path
+
+    @property
+    def query_string(self) -> str:
+        return self._url.query_string
+
+    @property
+    def fragment(self) -> str:
+        return self._url.fragment
+
+
+class ResponseURL(_URL):
     """ URL of the response """
     pass
 
 
-class RequestURL(str):
+class RequestURL(_URL):
     """ URL of the request """
     pass