diff --git a/url/src/lib.rs b/url/src/lib.rs
index f9830f272..4e24b20ef 100644
--- a/url/src/lib.rs
+++ b/url/src/lib.rs
@@ -2339,6 +2339,15 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a str> for Url {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a [u8]> for Url {
+    type Error = ParseError;
+
+    fn try_from(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let s = std::str::from_utf8(bytes).map_err(|_| ParseError::InvalidUtf8)?;
+        Url::parse(s)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Display the serialization of this URL.
 impl fmt::Display for Url {
     #[inline]
diff --git a/url/src/parser.rs b/url/src/parser.rs
index be7992e00..47150265d 100644
--- a/url/src/parser.rs
+++ b/url/src/parser.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ simple_enum_error! {
     InvalidIpv4Address => "invalid IPv4 address",
     InvalidIpv6Address => "invalid IPv6 address",
     InvalidDomainCharacter => "invalid domain character",
+    InvalidUtf8 => "invalid UTF-8",
     RelativeUrlWithoutBase => "relative URL without a base",
     RelativeUrlWithCannotBeABaseBase => "relative URL with a cannot-be-a-base base",
     SetHostOnCannotBeABaseUrl => "a cannot-be-a-base URL doesn’t have a host to set",
diff --git a/url/tests/unit.rs b/url/tests/unit.rs
index adaa54de6..e9b4bba69 100644
--- a/url/tests/unit.rs
+++ b/url/tests/unit.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use url::{form_urlencoded, Host, Url};
+use url::{form_urlencoded, Host, ParseError, Url};
 
 #[test]
 fn size() {
@@ -169,6 +170,21 @@ fn from_str() {
     assert!("http://testing.com/this".parse::<Url>().is_ok());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn try_from_str() {
+    assert!(Url::try_from("http://testing.com/this").is_ok());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn try_from_slice() {
+    assert!(Url::try_from(&b"http://testing.com/this"[..]).is_ok());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn try_from_slice_invalid_utf8() {
+    assert!(Url::try_from(&[0, 159, 146, 150][..]) == Err(ParseError::InvalidUtf8));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn parse_with_params() {
     let url = Url::parse_with_params(