diff --git a/Sources/SQLite/Foundation.swift b/Sources/SQLite/Foundation.swift
index 2acbc00e..44a31736 100644
--- a/Sources/SQLite/Foundation.swift
+++ b/Sources/SQLite/Foundation.swift
@@ -84,3 +84,19 @@ extension UUID: Value {
     }
 
 }
+
+extension URL: Value {
+
+    public static var declaredDatatype: String {
+        String.declaredDatatype
+    }
+
+    public static func fromDatatypeValue(_ stringValue: String) -> URL {
+        URL(string: stringValue)!
+    }
+
+    public var datatypeValue: String {
+        absoluteString
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Tests/SQLiteTests/FoundationTests.swift b/Tests/SQLiteTests/FoundationTests.swift
index 075e755b..453febcd 100644
--- a/Tests/SQLiteTests/FoundationTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SQLiteTests/FoundationTests.swift
@@ -26,4 +26,15 @@ class FoundationTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(UUID(uuidString: "4ABE10C9-FF12-4CD4-90C1-4B429001BAD3"), uuid)
     }
 
+    func testURLFromString() {
+        let string = "http://foo.com"
+        let url = URL.fromDatatypeValue(string)
+        XCTAssertEqual(URL(string: string), url)
+    }
+
+    func testStringFromURL() {
+        let url = URL(string: "http://foo.com")!
+        let string = url.datatypeValue
+        XCTAssertEqual("http://foo.com", string)
+    }
 }