diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 132daa1f..829b4325 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ joinURL('http://foo.com/foo?test=123#token', 'bar', 'baz')
 withParams('/foo?page=a', { token: 'secret' })
 ```
 
+### `getParams`
+
+```ts
+// Result: { test: '123', unicode: '好' }
+getParams('http://foo.com/foo?test=123&unicode=%E5%A5%BD')
+```
+
 ### `withTrailingSlash`
 
 Ensures url ends with a trailing slash
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 80133cc9..e06b73f9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export interface ParsedURL {
 
 export type InputURL = string | ParsedURL
 
-export type URLParams = { [key: string]: any }
+export type SearchParams = { [key: string]: any }
 
 export function withoutTrailingSlash (input: string = ''): string {
   return input.endsWith('/') ? input.slice(0, -1) : input
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function normalizeURL (input: InputURL, stripBase?: boolean): string {
   return isRelative ? path.substr(1) : path
 }
 
-export function withParams (input: InputURL, params: URLParams): string {
+export function withParams (input: InputURL, params: SearchParams): string {
   const parsed = parseURL(input)
   for (const name in params) {
     parsed.url.searchParams.set(name, params[name])
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ export function withParams (input: InputURL, params: URLParams): string {
   return normalizeURL(parsed)
 }
 
+export function getParams (input: InputURL): SearchParams {
+  const parsed = parseURL(input)
+  const params: SearchParams = {}
+  parsed.url.searchParams.forEach((value, key) => { params[value] = key })
+  return params
+}
+
 export function joinURL (input0: string, ...input: string[]): string {
   const path = input.map(parseURL)
   const baseURL = parseURL(input0)
diff --git a/test/params.test.ts b/test/params.test.ts
index 969c1644..72a90860 100644
--- a/test/params.test.ts
+++ b/test/params.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
-import { withParams } from '../src'
+import { getParams, withParams } from '../src'
 
 describe('withParams', () => {
   const tests = [
@@ -17,3 +17,15 @@ describe('withParams', () => {
     })
   }
 })
+
+describe('getParams', () => {
+  const tests = {
+    'http://foo.com/foo?test=123&unicode=%E5%A5%BD': { 123: 'test', 好: 'unicode' }
+  }
+
+  for (const t in tests) {
+    test(t, () => {
+      expect(getParams(t)).toMatchObject(tests[t])
+    })
+  }
+})