diff --git a/lib/http-proxy/common.ts b/lib/http-proxy/common.ts
index 3acdd08..7c8c318 100644
--- a/lib/http-proxy/common.ts
+++ b/lib/http-proxy/common.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ function hasPort(host: string): boolean {
 }
 
 function getPath(url?: string): string {
+  if (url === '' || url?.startsWith('?')) {
+    return url
+  }
   const u = toURL(url);
   return `${u.pathname ?? ""}${u.search ?? ""}`;
 }
diff --git a/lib/test/http/empty-req-url.test.ts b/lib/test/http/empty-req-url.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1593885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/test/http/empty-req-url.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import express from "express";
+import getPort from "../get-port";
+import ProxyServer, { createServer } from "../..";
+import http from "node:http";
+
+describe("test empty req.url", () => {
+  let port: number, server: http.Server;
+
+  it("create a simple http server", async () => {
+    port = await getPort();
+    const app = express();
+
+    app.get("/test", (req, res, next) => {
+      if (req.path !== "/test") return next();
+      res.send("Test Page!: " + JSON.stringify(req.query));
+    });
+
+    server = app.listen(port);
+  });
+
+  let proxy: ProxyServer, httpServer: http.Server;
+  let proxyPort: number;
+  it("create a proxy server", async () => {
+    proxy = createServer();
+    proxy.on("error", (err, _req, res) => {
+      console.error("Proxy error:", err);
+      res.end("Something went wrong.");
+    });
+    httpServer = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+      req.url = '' + new URL(`http://example.com${req.url}`).search;
+      proxy.web(req, res, { target: `http://localhost:${port}/test` });
+    });
+
+    proxyPort = await getPort();
+    httpServer.listen(proxyPort);
+  });
+
+  const getProxy = async (url: string) => {
+    return await (await fetch(`http://localhost:${proxyPort}${url}`)).text();
+  };
+
+  it("get using the proxy", async () => {
+    expect(await getProxy("")).toBe("Test Page!: {}");
+    expect(await getProxy("?foo")).toBe("Test Page!: {\"foo\":\"\"}");
+    expect(await getProxy("?foo=bar")).toBe("Test Page!: {\"foo\":\"bar\"}");
+  });
+
+  it("clean up", () => {
+    server.close();
+    httpServer.close();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-common.test.ts b/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-common.test.ts
index 5037ec2..80d766c 100644
--- a/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-common.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-common.test.ts
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ describe("#setupOutgoing", () => {
     const outgoing: any = {};
     setupOutgoing(outgoing, { target: { pathname: "" } }, { url: "" });
 
-    expect(outgoing.path).toEqual("/");
+    expect(outgoing.path).toEqual("");
   });
 });