diff --git a/tests/validations.test.js b/tests/validations.test.js
index 057ffc3c84..2971b82a75 100644
--- a/tests/validations.test.js
+++ b/tests/validations.test.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ describe('validateDomainData', () => {
     { ...defaultDomain, owner: { email: 'hwelo' }, },
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { CNAME: 'http://foobar.com' } },
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { CNAME: 'https://foobar.com' } },
+    { ...defaultDomain, record: { URL: 'foobar.com' } },
   ];
 
   const validCases = [
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ describe('validateDomainData', () => {
       description: getstroflen(99),
     },
     { ...defaultDomain, record: { CNAME: 'aa.sd', URL: '121,3213' } },
+    { ...defaultDomain, record: { URL: 'https://foobar.com' } },
+    { ...defaultDomain, record: { URL: 'http://foobar.com/foobar/' } },
   ];
 
   it('should return false for invalid data', () => {
diff --git a/utils/validations.js b/utils/validations.js
index 4d04448163..7365a2ab09 100644
--- a/utils/validations.js
+++ b/utils/validations.js
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ const R = require('ramda');
 const { VALID_RECORD_TYPES } = require('./constants');
 const { or, and, validate, between, testRegex, withLengthEq, withLengthGte } = require('./helpers');
 
+const isValidURL = testRegex(/^https?:\/\//ig);
+
 const validateCnameRecord = key => and([
   R.propSatisfies(R.is(String), key),
   R.compose(withLengthEq(1), R.reject(R.equals('URL')), R.keys),
   R.propSatisfies(withLengthGte(3), key),
-  R.propSatisfies(R.complement(testRegex(/^https?:\/\//ig)), key),
+  R.propSatisfies(R.complement(isValidURL), key),
 ]);
 
 const validateARecord = key => and([
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ const validateDomainData = validate({
       R.cond([
         [R.has('CNAME'),  validateCnameRecord('CNAME')],
         [R.has('A'),      validateARecord('A')],
-        [R.has('URL'),    R.propSatisfies(R.is(String), 'URL')],
+        [R.has('URL'),    R.propSatisfies(isValidURL, 'URL')],
         [R.T, R.T],
       ]),
     ]),