diff --git a/packages/node/src/url.test.ts b/packages/node/src/url.test.ts
index 270664d..bb6dc96 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/url.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/url.test.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@ it('toStandardUrl', () => {
   expect(toStandardUrl({ url: '/foo?bar=1#baz' } as any)).toBe('/foo?bar=1#baz')
   expect(toStandardUrl({ url: '/', originalUrl: '/foo?bar=2#baz' } as any)).toBe('/foo?bar=2#baz')
   expect(toStandardUrl({ url: 'base' } as any)).toBe('/base')
+  expect(toStandardUrl({ url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/ping' } as any)).toBe('/ping')
+  expect(toStandardUrl({ url: 'http://example.com/foo?bar=1' } as any)).toBe('/foo?bar=1')
+  expect(toStandardUrl({ url: 'https://example.com/foo#h' } as any)).toBe('/foo#h')
+  expect(toStandardUrl({ url: 'HTTP://EXAMPLE.COM/Foo' } as any)).toBe('/Foo')
+  expect(toStandardUrl({ url: '/', originalUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:80/foo?x=1' } as any)).toBe('/foo?x=1')
 })
diff --git a/packages/node/src/url.ts b/packages/node/src/url.ts
index 6d43b6f..cd86b72 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/url.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/url.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,34 @@
 import type { StandardUrl } from '@standardserver/core'
 import type { NodeHttpRequest } from './types'
 
+function fromAbsoluteHttpUrl(url: string): StandardUrl | undefined {
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(url)
+    if (parsed.protocol !== 'http:' && parsed.protocol !== 'https:') {
+      return undefined
+    }
+
+    const pathname = `${parsed.pathname.startsWith('/') ? '' : '/'}${parsed.pathname}` as `/${string}`
+    return `${pathname}${parsed.search}${parsed.hash}`
+  }
+  catch {
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
 export function toStandardUrl(req: NodeHttpRequest): StandardUrl {
   // prefer originalUrl over url, especially useful in express.js middleware
   const url = req.originalUrl ?? req.url ?? '/'
-  return `${url.startsWith('/') ? '' : '/'}${url}` as `/${string}`
+
+  if (url.startsWith('/')) {
+    return url as StandardUrl
+  }
+
+  // RFC 9112 absolute-form. Fetch adapter uses URL.pathname + search + hash.
+  const fromAbsolute = fromAbsoluteHttpUrl(url)
+  if (fromAbsolute !== undefined) {
+    return fromAbsolute
+  }
+
+  return `/${url}` as StandardUrl
 }