diff --git a/lib/internal/util/comparisons.js b/lib/internal/util/comparisons.js
index c98199f7c376a6..b28860e9000ce8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/comparisons.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/comparisons.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const {
 
 const { compare } = internalBinding('buffer');
 const assert = require('internal/assert');
+const { isURL } = require('internal/url');
 const types = require('internal/util/types');
 const {
   isAnyArrayBuffer,
@@ -287,6 +288,10 @@ function innerDeepEqual(val1, val2, strict, memos) {
     }
   } else if (isWeakMap(val1) || isWeakSet(val1)) {
     return false;
+  } else if (isURL(val1)) {
+    if (!isURL(val2) || val1.href !== val2.href) {
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 
   return keyCheck(val1, val2, strict, memos, kNoIterator);
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index df90ed34d51d73..ade91b3c5a6711 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ function pathToFileUrlHref(filepath) {
   return internalUrl.pathToFileURL(filepath).href;
 }
 
+function isURL(value) {
+  internalUrl ??= require('internal/url');
+  return typeof value.href === 'string' && value instanceof internalUrl.URL;
+}
+
 const builtInObjects = new SafeSet(
   ArrayPrototypeFilter(
     ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(globalThis),
@@ -1026,6 +1031,11 @@ function formatRaw(ctx, value, recurseTimes, typedArray) {
       if (keys.length === 0 && protoProps === undefined) {
         return base;
       }
+    } else if (isURL(value) && !(recurseTimes > ctx.depth && ctx.depth !== null)) {
+      base = value.href;
+      if (keys.length === 0 && protoProps === undefined) {
+        return base;
+      }
     } else {
       if (keys.length === 0 && protoProps === undefined) {
         if (isExternal(value)) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js b/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
index a8bc5d3cf4e815..a83a9e3329e5e4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
@@ -1346,3 +1346,47 @@ test('Comparing two different WeakSet instances', () => {
   const weakSet2 = new WeakSet();
   assertNotDeepOrStrict(weakSet1, weakSet2);
 });
+
+// check URL
+{
+  const a = new URL('http://foo');
+  const b = new URL('http://bar');
+
+  assertNotDeepOrStrict(a, b);
+}
+
+{
+  const a = new URL('http://foo');
+  const b = new URL('http://foo');
+
+  assertDeepAndStrictEqual(a, b);
+}
+
+{
+  const a = new URL('http://foo');
+  const b = new URL('http://foo');
+  a.bar = 1;
+  b.bar = 2;
+  assertNotDeepOrStrict(a, b);
+}
+
+{
+  const a = new URL('http://foo');
+  const b = new URL('http://foo');
+  a.bar = 1;
+  b.bar = 1;
+  assertDeepAndStrictEqual(a, b);
+}
+
+{
+  const a = new URL('http://foo');
+  const b = new URL('http://bar');
+  assert.throws(
+    () => assert.deepStrictEqual(a, b),
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_ASSERTION',
+      name: 'AssertionError',
+      message: /http:\/\/bar/
+    }
+  );
+}