diff --git a/src/browser/telemetry.js b/src/browser/telemetry.js
index 04a854710..e4e965781 100644
--- a/src/browser/telemetry.js
+++ b/src/browser/telemetry.js
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ Instrumenter.prototype.instrumentNetwork = function() {
     var xhrp = this._window.XMLHttpRequest.prototype;
     replace(xhrp, 'open', function(orig) {
       return function(method, url) {
-        if (_.isType(url, 'string')) {
+        var isUrlObject = _isUrlObject(url)
+        if (_.isType(url, 'string') || isUrlObject) {
+          url = isUrlObject ? url.toString() : url;
           if (this.__rollbar_xhr) {
             this.__rollbar_xhr.method = method;
             this.__rollbar_xhr.url = url;
@@ -342,8 +344,9 @@ Instrumenter.prototype.instrumentNetwork = function() {
         var input = args[0];
         var method = 'GET';
         var url;
-        if (_.isType(input, 'string')) {
-          url = input;
+        var isUrlObject = _isUrlObject(input)
+        if (_.isType(input, 'string') || isUrlObject) {
+          url = isUrlObject ? input.toString() : input;
         } else if (input) {
           url = input.url;
           if (input.method) {
@@ -770,4 +773,8 @@ Instrumenter.prototype.removeListeners = function(section) {
   }
 };
 
+function _isUrlObject(input) {
+  return typeof URL !== 'undefined' && input instanceof URL
+}
+
 module.exports = Instrumenter;
diff --git a/test/browser.telemetry.test.js b/test/browser.telemetry.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf2eafd22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/browser.telemetry.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/* globals expect */
+/* globals describe */
+/* globals it */
+/* globals sinon */
+
+var Instrumenter = require('../src/browser/telemetry');
+
+describe('instrumentNetwork', function () {
+  it('should capture XHR requests with string URL', function (done) {
+    var callback = sinon.spy();
+    var windowMock = {
+      XMLHttpRequest: function () { }
+    }
+
+    windowMock.XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open = function () { }
+    windowMock.XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send = function () { }
+
+    var i = createInstrumenter(callback, windowMock)
+    i.instrumentNetwork()
+
+    var xhr = new windowMock.XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.open('GET', 'http://first.call')
+    xhr.send()
+    xhr.onreadystatechange()
+
+    expect(callback.callCount).to.eql(1)
+    expect(callback.args[0][0].url).to.eql('http://first.call')
+
+    i.deinstrumentNetwork()
+    i = createInstrumenter(callback, windowMock)
+    i.instrumentNetwork()
+    var xhr = new windowMock.XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.open('GET', new URL('http://second.call'))
+    xhr.send()
+    xhr.onreadystatechange()
+    expect(callback.callCount).to.eql(2)
+    expect(callback.args[1][0].url).to.eql('http://second.call/')
+
+    done()
+  })
+
+  it('should capture XHR requests with string URL', function (done) {
+    var callback = sinon.spy();
+    var windowMock = {
+      fetch: function () { return Promise.resolve() }
+    }
+
+    var i = createInstrumenter(callback, windowMock);
+    i.instrumentNetwork()
+
+    windowMock.fetch('http://first.call')
+    expect(callback.callCount).to.eql(1)
+    expect(callback.args[0][0].url).to.eql('http://first.call')
+
+    i.deinstrumentNetwork()
+    i = createInstrumenter(callback, windowMock)
+    i.instrumentNetwork()
+
+    windowMock.fetch(new URL('http://second.call'))
+    expect(callback.callCount).to.eql(2)
+    expect(callback.args[1][0].url).to.eql('http://second.call/')
+
+    done()
+  })
+})
+
+function createInstrumenter(callback, windowMock) {
+  return new Instrumenter({ scrubFields: [] }, { captureNetwork: callback }, { wrap: function () { }, client: { notifier: { diagnostic: {} } } }, windowMock);
+}
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