diff --git a/src/parse.ts b/src/parse.ts
index 8f27802..d3ba214 100644
--- a/src/parse.ts
+++ b/src/parse.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function parseURL (input: string = '', defaultProto?: string): ParsedURL
 
   const [protocol = '', auth, hostAndPath = ''] = (input.replace(/\\/g, '/').match(/([^:/]+:)?\/\/([^/@]+@)?(.*)/) || []).splice(1)
   const [host = '', path = ''] = (hostAndPath.match(/([^/?#]*)(.*)?/) || []).splice(1)
-  const { pathname, search, hash } = parsePath(path)
+  const { pathname, search, hash } = parsePath(path.replace(/\/(?=[A-Za-z]:)/, ''))
 
   return {
     protocol,
diff --git a/test/url.test.ts b/test/url.test.ts
index a307763..5468296 100644
--- a/test/url.test.ts
+++ b/test/url.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ describe('parseURL', () => {
     { input: 'http://test.com?foo=bar', out: { auth: '', hash: '', host: 'test.com', pathname: '', protocol: 'http:', search: '?foo=bar' } },
     { input: '/test', out: { hash: '', pathname: '/test', search: '' } },
     { input: 'file:///home/user', out: { auth: '', hash: '', host: '', pathname: '/home/user', protocol: 'file:', search: '' } },
+    { input: 'file:///C:/home/user', out: { auth: '', hash: '', host: '', pathname: 'C:/home/user', protocol: 'file:', search: '' } },
     {
       input: 'https://host.name\\@foo.bar/meme3.php?url=http://0.0.0.0/2.svg',
       out: {