diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 0f93eb9..2f38f10 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
  * @typedef {BufferEncoding|{encoding?: null|BufferEncoding, mode: Mode?, flag?: string}} WriteOptions
  *
  * @typedef {string|Uint8Array} Path Path of the file.
- * @typedef {Path|Options|VFile} Compatible Things that can be
+ * @typedef {typeof import('url').URL} URL WHATWG URL
+ * @typedef {Path|URL|Options|VFile} Compatible Things that can be
  *   passed to the function.
  */
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'url'
 import buffer from 'is-buffer'
 import {VFile} from 'vfile'
 
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ import {VFile} from 'vfile'
 export function toVFile(options) {
   if (typeof options === 'string' || buffer(options)) {
     options = {path: String(options)}
+  } else if (options && options.href && options.origin) {
+    options = {path: fileURLToPath(options)}
   }
 
   return options instanceof VFile ? options : new VFile(options)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 98d0962..c101c8b 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ npm install to-vfile
 import {toVFile} from 'to-vfile'
 
 console.log(toVFile('readme.md'))
+console.log(toVFile(new URL('./readme.md', import.meta.url)))
 console.log(toVFile.readSync('.git/HEAD'))
 console.log(toVFile.readSync('.git/HEAD', 'utf8'))
 ```
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ VFile {
   history: ['readme.md'],
   cwd: '/Users/tilde/projects/oss/to-vfile'
 }
+VFile {
+  data: {},
+  messages: [],
+  history: ['readme.md'],
+  cwd: '/Users/tilde/projects/oss/to-vfile'
+}
 VFile {
   data: {},
   messages: [],
@@ -67,7 +74,8 @@ There is no default export.
 Create a virtual file.
 Works like the [vfile][] constructor, except when `options` is `string` or
 `Buffer`, in which case it’s treated as `{path: options}` instead of
-`{value: options}`.
+`{value: options}`, or when `options` is a WHATWG `URL` object, in which case
+it’s treated as `{path: fileURLToPath(options)}`.
 
 ### `toVFile.read(options[, encoding][, callback])`
 
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 61b8588..2cdefd9 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
+import {fileURLToPath, URL} from 'url'
 import test from 'tape'
 import buffer from 'is-buffer'
 import {toVFile} from './index.js'
@@ -52,6 +53,19 @@ test('toVFile()', function (t) {
     st.equal(first, second)
     st.end()
   })
+
+  t.test('should accept a WHATWG URL object', function (st) {
+    const dir = fileURLToPath(new URL('./', import.meta.url))
+    var file = toVFile(new URL('./baz.qux', import.meta.url))
+
+    st.equal(file.path, join(dir, 'baz.qux'))
+    st.equal(file.basename, 'baz.qux')
+    st.equal(file.stem, 'baz')
+    st.equal(file.extname, '.qux')
+    st.equal(file.dirname, dir.replace(/[/\\]$/, ''))
+    st.equal(file.value, undefined)
+    st.end()
+  })
 })
 
 test('toVFile.readSync', function (t) {