diff --git a/can_ada-stubs/__init__.pyi b/can_ada-stubs/__init__.pyi
index 389d4fa..e0ed606 100644
--- a/can_ada-stubs/__init__.pyi
+++ b/can_ada-stubs/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Iterator, overload
+from urllib.parse import ParseResult, ParseResultBytes
 
 __version__: str
 
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ class URLSearchParamsValuesIter:
     def __next__(self) -> str | None: ...
 
 def can_parse(input: str, base_input: str | None = ...) -> bool: ...
-def idna_decode(arg0: str) -> str: ...
+def idna_decode(arg0: bytes) -> str: ...
 def idna_encode(arg0: str) -> bytes: ...
 def parse(arg0: str) -> URL: ...
+@overload
+def parse_compat(arg0: str) -> ParseResult: ...
+@overload
+def parse_compat(arg0: bytes) -> ParseResultBytes: ...
diff --git a/src/binding.cpp b/src/binding.cpp
index eac2a68..43ad3e1 100644
--- a/src/binding.cpp
+++ b/src/binding.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
 
 namespace py = nanobind;
 
+struct parse_impl_result {
+    std::string scheme;
+    std::string netloc;
+    std::string path;
+    std::string params;
+    std::string query;
+    std::string fragment;
+};
+
+static parse_impl_result parse_compat_impl(std::string_view input);
+
 NB_MODULE(can_ada, m) {
 #ifdef VERSION_INFO
     m.attr("__version__") = Py_STRINGIFY(VERSION_INFO);
@@ -153,4 +164,88 @@ NB_MODULE(can_ada, m) {
         return std::move(*url);
     });
 
+    auto urllib = py::module_::import_("urllib.parse");
+
+    auto ParseResult = py::object(urllib.attr("ParseResult"));
+    auto ParseResultBytes = py::object(urllib.attr("ParseResultBytes"));
+
+    m.def("parse_compat", [ParseResult](std::string_view input) {
+        auto [scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment] =
+            parse_compat_impl(input);
+        return ParseResult(scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment);
+    });
+
+    m.def("parse_compat", [ParseResultBytes](py::bytes input) {
+        auto [scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment] =
+            parse_compat_impl(std::string_view(input.c_str(), input.size()));
+        return ParseResultBytes(py::bytes(scheme.data(), scheme.size()),
+                                py::bytes(netloc.data(), netloc.size()),
+                                py::bytes(path.data(), path.size()),
+                                py::bytes(params.data(), params.size()),
+                                py::bytes(query.data(), query.size()),
+                                py::bytes(fragment.data(), fragment.size()));
+    });
+}
+
+static parse_impl_result parse_compat_impl(std::string_view input) {
+    auto result = ada::parse<ada::url_aggregator>(input);
+    if (!result) {
+        throw py::value_error("URL could not be parsed.");
+    }
+
+    auto url = std::move(*result);
+
+    auto scheme = url.get_protocol();
+    if (!scheme.empty() && scheme.back() == ':') {
+        scheme.remove_suffix(1);
+    }
+
+    std::string netloc;
+    {
+        if (url.has_non_empty_username()) {
+            netloc.append(url.get_username());
+            if (url.has_password()) {
+                netloc.push_back(':');
+                netloc.append(url.get_password());
+            }
+            netloc.push_back('@');
+        }
+
+        netloc.append(url.get_host());
+
+        if (url.has_port()) {
+            netloc.push_back(':');
+            netloc.append(url.get_port());
+        }
+    }
+
+    auto raw_path = url.get_pathname();
+    auto path = raw_path;
+    std::string_view params{};
+
+    auto last_slash = raw_path.rfind('/');
+    auto last_segment = (last_slash != std::string_view::npos)
+                            ? raw_path.substr(last_slash + 1)
+                            : raw_path;
+
+    auto semi = last_segment.find(';');
+    if (semi != std::string_view::npos) {
+        path = (last_slash != std::string_view::npos)
+                   ? raw_path.substr(0, last_slash + 1 + semi)
+                   : last_segment.substr(0, semi);
+        params = last_segment.substr(semi + 1);
+    }
+
+    auto query = url.get_search();
+    if (!query.empty() && query.front() == '?') {
+        query.remove_prefix(1);
+    }
+
+    auto fragment = url.get_hash();
+    if (!fragment.empty() && fragment.front() == '#') {
+        fragment.remove_prefix(1);
+    }
+
+    return {std::string(scheme), std::move(netloc),  std::string(path),
+            std::string(params), std::string(query), std::string(fragment)};
 }
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 0769639..d9b4add 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
 
@@ -23,3 +24,17 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
     for item in items:
         if 'slow' in item.keywords:
             item.add_marker(skip_slow)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def top100str() -> list[str]:
+    current_file_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+    with open(current_file_dir / "data" / "top100.txt", "r") as f:
+        return f.read().splitlines()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def top100bytes() -> list[bytes]:
+    current_file_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+    with open(current_file_dir / "data" / "top100.txt", "rb") as f:
+        return f.read().splitlines()
diff --git a/tests/test_benchmark.py b/tests/test_benchmark.py
index 639e0d3..b2f7bfc 100644
--- a/tests/test_benchmark.py
+++ b/tests/test_benchmark.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-from functools import lru_cache
-from pathlib import Path
-
+from typing import Callable, Any
+from collections.abc import Iterable
 import pytest
 import urllib.parse
 
@@ -9,63 +8,84 @@
 yarl = pytest.importorskip("yarl")
 
 
-@lru_cache
-def data() -> list[str]:
-    current_file_dir = Path(__file__).parent
-    with open(current_file_dir / "data" / "top100.txt", "r") as f:
-        return f.readlines()
-
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_urllib_parse(benchmark: Callable[[Any], Any], top100str: Iterable[str]):
+    def urllib_parse():
+        for line in top100str:
+            urllib.parse.urlparse(line)
 
-def urllib_parse():
-    for line in data():
-        urllib.parse.urlparse(line)
+    benchmark(urllib_parse)
 
 
-def ada_python_parse():
-    for line in data():
-        try:
-            ada_url.URL(line)
-        except ValueError:
-            # There are a small number of URLs in the sample data that are
-            # not valid WHATWG URLs.
-            pass
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_ada_python_parse(benchmark: Callable[[Any], Any], top100str: Iterable[str]):
+    def ada_python_parse():
+        for line in top100str:
+            try:
+                ada_url.URL(line)
+            except ValueError:
+                # There are a small number of URLs in the sample data that are
+                # not valid WHATWG URLs.
+                pass
 
+    benchmark(ada_python_parse)
 
-def can_ada_parse():
-    for line in data():
-        try:
-            can_ada.parse(line)
-        except ValueError:
-            # There are a small number of URLs in the sample data that are
-            # not valid WHATWG URLs.
-            pass
 
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_can_ada_parse(benchmark: Callable[[Any], Any], top100str: Iterable[str]):
+    def can_ada_parse():
+        for line in top100str:
+            try:
+                can_ada.parse(line)
+            except ValueError:
+                # There are a small number of URLs in the sample data that are
+                # not valid WHATWG URLs.
+                pass
 
-def yarl_parse():
-    for line in data():
-        try:
-            yarl.URL(line)
-        except ValueError:
-            # There are a small number of URLs in the sample data that are
-            # not valid WHATWG URLs.
-            pass
+    benchmark(can_ada_parse)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
-def test_urllib_parse(benchmark):
-    benchmark(urllib_parse)
-
+def test_yarl_parse(benchmark: Callable[[Any], Any], top100str: Iterable[str]):
+    def yarl_parse():
+        for line in top100str:
+            try:
+                yarl.URL(line)
+            except ValueError:
+                # There are a small number of URLs in the sample data that are
+                # not valid WHATWG URLs.
+                pass
 
-@pytest.mark.slow
-def test_ada_python_parse(benchmark):
-    benchmark(ada_python_parse)
+    benchmark(yarl_parse)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
-def test_can_ada_parse(benchmark):
-    benchmark(can_ada_parse)
+def test_can_ada_parse_compat_str(
+    benchmark: Callable[[Any], Any], top100str: Iterable[str]
+):
+    def can_ada_parse_compat():
+        for line in top100str:
+            try:
+                can_ada.parse_compat(line)
+            except ValueError:
+                # There are a small number of URLs in the sample data that are
+                # not valid WHATWG URLs.
+                pass
+
+    benchmark(can_ada_parse_compat)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
-def test_yarl_parse(benchmark):
-    benchmark(yarl_parse)
+def test_can_ada_parse_compat_bytes(
+    benchmark: Callable[[Any], Any], top100bytes: Iterable[str]
+):
+    def can_ada_parse_compat():
+        for line in top100bytes:
+            try:
+                can_ada.parse_compat(line)
+            except (ValueError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+                # There are a small number of URLs in the sample data that are
+                # not valid WHATWG URLs.
+                pass
+
+    benchmark(can_ada_parse_compat)
diff --git a/tests/test_compat.py b/tests/test_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fea8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import pytest
+import can_ada
+import urllib.parse
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="parse_compat is not 100% urllib-compatible yet")
+def test_urllib_parse_str_matches(top100str: list[str]):
+    for line in top100str:
+        assert urllib.parse.urlparse(line) == can_ada.parse_compat(line)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="parse_compat is not 100% urllib-compatible yet")
+def test_urllib_parse_bytes_matches(top100bytes: list[bytes]):
+    for line in top100bytes:
+        assert urllib.parse.urlparse(line) == can_ada.parse_compat(line)