diff --git a/tests/test_url.py b/tests/test_url.py
index f4c43d7..6fa1346 100644
--- a/tests/test_url.py
+++ b/tests/test_url.py
@@ -152,3 +152,8 @@ def test_url_dict_access_query_values():
     assert url.query == {'a': '1'}
 
 
+def test_url_bool_value():
+    assert not Url()
+    assert Url('a')
+    assert Url(query={'day': 'today'})
+    assert Url(host='example.com')
diff --git a/xurls/url.py b/xurls/url.py
index 25206e6..341322a 100644
--- a/xurls/url.py
+++ b/xurls/url.py
@@ -1186,6 +1186,10 @@ def __len__(self):
     def __delitem__(self, key):
         self.query_remove(key)
 
+    def __bool__(self):
+        # Check to see if `url` is empty in terms of any url string it would generate.
+        return bool(str(self))
+
     # ---------------------------
     # --------- Private ---------