diff --git a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
index 61285c4af..75441f482 100644
--- a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
+++ b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ extension URL {
     @available(macOS 13.0, iOS 16.0, tvOS 16.0, watchOS 9.0, *)
     public func appending(queryItems: [URLQueryItem]) -> URL {
         guard var c = URLComponents(url: self, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: true) else { return self }
+        guard queryItems.isEmpty == false else { return self }
         var newItems = c.queryItems ?? []
         newItems.append(contentsOf: queryItems)
         c.queryItems = newItems
diff --git a/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift b/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
index 344454a67..8592ac0ab 100644
--- a/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
@@ -666,6 +666,12 @@ private struct URLTests {
         )
 
         // Append queryItems
+        let emptyQueryItems: [URLQueryItem] = []
+        #expect(
+            base.appending(queryItems: emptyQueryItems).absoluteString ==
+            "https://www.example.com"
+        )
+
         let queryItems = [
             URLQueryItem(name: "id", value: "42"),
             URLQueryItem(name: "color", value: "blue")