diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index cb662b90ac052c..a6dc1272b0ce6b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -706,6 +706,10 @@ class URL {
   #searchParams;
 
   constructor(input, base = undefined) {
+    if (arguments.length === 0) {
+      throw new ERR_MISSING_ARGS('url');
+    }
+
     // toUSVString is not needed.
     input = `${input}`;
 
@@ -978,6 +982,10 @@ class URL {
   }
 
   static canParse(url, base = undefined) {
+    if (arguments.length === 0) {
+      throw new ERR_MISSING_ARGS('url');
+    }
+
     url = `${url}`;
 
     if (base !== undefined) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-url-canParse-whatwg.js b/test/parallel/test-url-canParse-whatwg.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7f7d5d40aa7a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-url-canParse-whatwg.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+// One argument is required
+assert.throws(() => {
+  URL.canParse();
+}, {
+  code: 'ERR_MISSING_ARGS',
+  name: 'TypeError',
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-custom-parsing.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-custom-parsing.js
index a3532374ca684e..905028fee3812c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-custom-parsing.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-custom-parsing.js
@@ -78,3 +78,10 @@ for (const test of additional_tests) {
   if (test.search) assert.strictEqual(url.search, test.search);
   if (test.hash) assert.strictEqual(url.hash, test.hash);
 }
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  new URL();
+}, {
+  name: 'TypeError',
+  code: 'ERR_MISSING_ARGS',
+});