diff --git a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
index a9de54281..9e2dd5677 100644
--- a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
+++ b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ public struct URL: Equatable, Sendable, Hashable {
             return _url.host
         }
         #endif
-        return host()
+        return host(percentEncoded: false)
     }
 
     /// Returns the host component of the URL if present, otherwise returns `nil`.
diff --git a/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift b/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
index b3b420076..d1b434521 100644
--- a/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
@@ -622,6 +622,11 @@ final class URLTests : XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(url.path(), "/my/non/existent/path")
     }
 
+    func testURLHostRetainsIDNAEncoding() throws {
+        let url = URL(string: "ftp://user:password@*.xn--poema-9qae5a.com.br:4343/cat.txt")!
+        XCTAssertEqual(url.host, "*.xn--poema-9qae5a.com.br")
+    }
+
     func testURLComponentsPercentEncodedUnencodedProperties() throws {
         var comp = URLComponents()