diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
index 77ff335..227e072 100644
--- a/example.js
+++ b/example.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ const isURL = require("./");
 
 console.log(validateValue("https://example.com/", [ isURL() ])); // Url { ... }
 
+// validate without returning parsed Url {}
+console.log(validateValue("https://example.com/", [ isURL({parse: false}) ]))
+
 console.log(validateValue("bar", [ isURL() ])); /*
 	AggregrateValidationError: One or more validation errors occurred:
 	 - At (root): Must be a valid URL
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 83b47de..12b19e2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 "use strict";
 
+const defaultValue = require("default-value");
+
 const url = require("url");
+
 const ValidationError = require("@validatem/error");
 const isString = require("@validatem/is-string");
 
-module.exports = function (protocols) {
+module.exports = function (options = {}) {
+	let parse = defaultValue(options.parse, true);
+	let protocols = options.protocols;
+
+	if (Array.isArray(options)) { // keep compatibility with <=0.2.0
+		protocols = options;
+		options = {};
+	}
+
 	if (protocols != null && !Array.isArray(protocols)) {
 		throw new Error(`Permitted protocol list must be an array`);
 	}
@@ -35,7 +46,11 @@ module.exports = function (protocols) {
 
 				return new ValidationError(`Must be a URL with one of the following protocols: ${validProtocolList} - but got ${parsedProtocol.toUpperCase()} instead`, { code: "validatem.is-url.wrong-protocol" });
 			} else {
-				return parsed;
+				if (parse) {
+					return parsed;
+				} else {
+					return value;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 18eafbc..edbc81f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   "license": "WTFPL OR CC0-1.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "@validatem/error": "^1.0.0",
-    "@validatem/is-string": "^0.1.1"
+    "@validatem/is-string": "^0.1.1",
+    "default-value": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@validatem/core": "^0.3.1"