diff --git a/can_ada-stubs/__init__.pyi b/can_ada-stubs/__init__.pyi
index 389d4fa..242e40d 100644
--- a/can_ada-stubs/__init__.pyi
+++ b/can_ada-stubs/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-from typing import Iterator, overload
+from typing import Iterator, overload, TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from urllib.parse import ParseResult
 
 __version__: str
 
@@ -68,3 +71,4 @@ def can_parse(input: str, base_input: str | None = ...) -> bool: ...
 def idna_decode(arg0: str) -> str: ...
 def idna_encode(arg0: str) -> bytes: ...
 def parse(arg0: str) -> URL: ...
+def parse_compat(arg0: str) -> ParseResult: ...
diff --git a/src/binding.cpp b/src/binding.cpp
index 832fc0b..d1a4b8a 100644
--- a/src/binding.cpp
+++ b/src/binding.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
 
+static py::object get_parse_result_class() {
+    static py::object cls = py::module_::import("urllib.parse").attr("ParseResult");
+    return cls;
+}
+
 PYBIND11_MODULE(can_ada, m) {
 #ifdef VERSION_INFO
     m.attr("__version__") = Py_STRINGIFY(VERSION_INFO);
@@ -142,4 +147,66 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(can_ada, m) {
         return url.value();
     });
 
+    m.def("parse_compat", [](std::string_view input) {
+        ada::result<ada::url_aggregator> result = ada::parse<ada::url_aggregator>(input);
+        if (!result) {
+            throw py::value_error("URL could not be parsed.");
+        }
+
+        auto& url = result.value();
+
+        std::string scheme = [&] {
+            std::string s = std::string(url.get_protocol());
+            return (!s.empty() && s.back() == ':') ? s.substr(0, s.size() - 1) : s;
+        }();
+
+
+        std::string netloc;
+        if (url.has_non_empty_username()) {
+            netloc += std::string(url.get_username());
+            if (url.has_password()) {
+                netloc += ":" + std::string(url.get_password());
+            }
+            netloc += "@";
+        }
+        netloc += std::string(url.get_host());
+        if (url.has_port()) {
+            netloc += ":" + std::string(url.get_port());
+        }
+
+        std::string path, params;
+        // not really correct, but this is urllib.parse.urlparse behaviour
+        [&] {
+            std::string raw_path = std::string(url.get_pathname());
+            size_t last_slash = raw_path.rfind('/');
+            std::string last_segment = (last_slash != std::string::npos)
+                ? raw_path.substr(last_slash + 1)
+                : raw_path;
+
+            size_t semi = last_segment.find(';');
+            if (semi != std::string::npos) {
+                path = (last_slash != std::string::npos ? raw_path.substr(0, last_slash + 1) : "")
+                    + last_segment.substr(0, semi);
+                params = last_segment.substr(semi + 1);
+            } else {
+                path = raw_path;
+                params = "";
+            }
+        }();
+
+        std::string query = [&] {
+            std::string s = std::string(url.get_search());
+            return (!s.empty() && s.front() == '?') ? s.substr(1) : s;
+        }();
+
+        std::string fragment = [&] {
+            std::string s = std::string(url.get_hash());
+            return (!s.empty() && s.front() == '#') ? s.substr(1) : s;
+        }();
+
+
+        return get_parse_result_class()(scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment);
+    });
+
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_benchmark.py b/tests/test_benchmark.py
index 448221f..6f382ed 100644
--- a/tests/test_benchmark.py
+++ b/tests/test_benchmark.py
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ def can_ada_parse():
             # not valid WHATWG URLs.
             pass
 
+def can_ada_parse_compat():
+    for line in data():
+        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
 
 @pytest.mark.slow
 def test_urllib_parse(benchmark):
@@ -53,3 +61,9 @@ def test_ada_python_parse(benchmark):
 @pytest.mark.slow
 def test_can_ada_parse(benchmark):
     benchmark(can_ada_parse)
+
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_can_ada_parse_compat(benchmark):
+    benchmark(can_ada_parse_compat)