diff --git a/AK/URLParser.cpp b/AK/URLParser.cpp
index 06e3723b18..daedbc50c9 100644
--- a/AK/URLParser.cpp
+++ b/AK/URLParser.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ URL URLParser::parse(Badge<URL>, StringView const& raw_input, URL const* base_ur
     size_t start_index = 0;
     size_t end_index = raw_input.length();
     for (size_t i = 0; i < raw_input.length(); ++i) {
-        if (raw_input[i] <= 0x20) {
+        if (0 <= raw_input[i] && raw_input[i] <= 0x20) {
             ++start_index;
             has_validation_error = true;
         } else {
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ URL URLParser::parse(Badge<URL>, StringView const& raw_input, URL const* base_ur
         }
     }
     for (ssize_t i = raw_input.length() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-        if (raw_input[i] <= 0x20) {
+        if (0 <= raw_input[i] && raw_input[i] <= 0x20) {
             --end_index;
             has_validation_error = true;
         } else {
diff --git a/Tests/AK/TestURL.cpp b/Tests/AK/TestURL.cpp
index 9fff681525..1fc2a0679a 100644
--- a/Tests/AK/TestURL.cpp
+++ b/Tests/AK/TestURL.cpp
@@ -328,3 +328,12 @@ TEST_CASE(leading_and_trailing_whitespace)
     EXPECT(url.is_valid());
     EXPECT_EQ(url.to_string(), "https://foo.com/");
 }
+
+TEST_CASE(unicode)
+{
+    URL url { "http://example.com/_ünicöde_téxt_©" };
+    EXPECT(url.is_valid());
+    EXPECT_EQ(url.path(), "/_ünicöde_téxt_©");
+    EXPECT(url.query().is_null());
+    EXPECT(url.fragment().is_null());
+}