diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index 519ebbb0c8dd38..3c90ec3d3672a8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(URL.prototype, {
           ret += '@';
         }
         ret += options.unicode ?
-          domainToUnicode(this.hostname) : this.hostname;
+          domainToUnicode(ctx.host) : ctx.host;
         if (ctx.port !== null)
           ret += `:${ctx.port}`;
       }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-override-hostname.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-override-hostname.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..61e3412c6b7b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-override-hostname.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+{
+  const url = new (class extends URL { get hostname() { return 'bar.com'; } })('http://foo.com/');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.href, 'http://foo.com/');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.toString(), 'http://foo.com/');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.toJSON(), 'http://foo.com/');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.hash, '');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.host, 'foo.com');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.hostname, 'bar.com');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.origin, 'http://foo.com');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.password, '');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.protocol, 'http:');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.username, '');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.search, '');
+  assert.strictEqual(url.searchParams.toString(), '');
+}