diff --git a/src/request.js b/src/request.js
index 3c27c81cf..59850fd95 100644
--- a/src/request.js
+++ b/src/request.js
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
 
 import Url from 'url';
 import Stream from 'stream';
-import {URL} from 'whatwg-url';
+import whatwgUrl from 'whatwg-url';
 import Headers, { exportNodeCompatibleHeaders } from './headers.js';
 import Body, { clone, extractContentType, getTotalBytes } from './body';
 
 const INTERNALS = Symbol('Request internals');
+const URL = whatwgUrl.URL;
 
 // fix an issue where "format", "parse" aren't a named export for node <10
 const parse_url = Url.parse;