diff --git a/misc/dashboard/builder/http.go b/misc/dashboard/builder/http.go
index 98400c51a81..abef8faa48e 100644
--- a/misc/dashboard/builder/http.go
+++ b/misc/dashboard/builder/http.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"url"
 )
 
 type param map[string]string
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func dash(meth, cmd string, resp interface{}, args param) os.Error {
 		log.Println("dash", cmd, args)
 	}
 	cmd = "http://" + *dashboard + "/" + cmd
-	vals := make(http.Values)
+	vals := make(url.Values)
 	for k, v := range args {
 		vals.Add(k, v)
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/godoc/main.go b/src/cmd/godoc/main.go
index e4c30239694..89b12b9acbb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/godoc/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/godoc/main.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"url"
 )
 
 const defaultAddr = ":6060" // default webserver address
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ func loggingHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 }
 
 func remoteSearch(query string) (res *http.Response, err os.Error) {
-	search := "/search?f=text&q=" + http.URLEscape(query)
+	search := "/search?f=text&q=" + url.QueryEscape(query)
 
 	// list of addresses to try
 	var addrs []string
diff --git a/src/cmd/gofix/Makefile b/src/cmd/gofix/Makefile
index 7ce21e8aab5..22033d7f811 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gofix/Makefile
+++ b/src/cmd/gofix/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ GOFILES=\
 	sortslice.go\
 	stringssplit.go\
 	typecheck.go\
+	url.go\
 
 include ../../Make.cmd
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/gofix/url.go b/src/cmd/gofix/url.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..047fb192fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/gofix/url.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"go/ast"
+)
+
+var _ fmt.Stringer
+var _ os.Error
+
+var urlFix = fix{
+	"url",
+	url,
+	`Move the URL pieces of package http into a new package, url.
+
+http://codereview.appspot.com/4893043
+`,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	register(urlFix)
+}
+
+var urlRenames = []struct{ in, out string }{
+	{"ParseURL", "Parse"},
+	{"ParseURLReference", "ParseWithReference"},
+	{"ParseQuery", "ParseQuery"},
+	{"Values", "Values"},
+	{"URLEscape", "QueryEscape"},
+	{"URLUnescape", "QueryUnescape"},
+	{"URLError", "Error"},
+	{"URLEscapeError", "EscapeError"},
+}
+
+func url(f *ast.File) bool {
+	if imports(f, "url") || !imports(f, "http") {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	fixed := false
+
+	// Update URL code.
+	urlWalk := func(n interface{}) {
+		// Is it an identifier?
+		if ident, ok := n.(*ast.Ident); ok && ident.Name == "url" {
+			ident.Name = "url_"
+			return
+		}
+		// Find declared identifiers called url that might be confused.
+		// TODO: Why does gofix not walk the Names in a ValueSpec?
+		// TODO: Just a bug; fix later as it will have consequences.
+		if valSpec, ok := n.(*ast.ValueSpec); ok {
+			for _, ident := range valSpec.Names {
+				if ident.Name == "url" {
+					ident.Name = "url_"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Parameter and result names.
+		if fn, ok := n.(*ast.FuncType); ok {
+			fixed = urlDoFields(fn.Params) || fixed
+			fixed = urlDoFields(fn.Results) || fixed
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Fix up URL code and add import, at most once.
+	fix := func() {
+		if fixed {
+			return
+		}
+		walk(f, urlWalk)
+		addImport(f, "url")
+		fixed = true
+	}
+
+	walk(f, func(n interface{}) {
+		// Rename functions and methods.
+		if expr, ok := n.(ast.Expr); ok {
+			for _, s := range urlRenames {
+				if isPkgDot(expr, "http", s.in) {
+					fix()
+					expr.(*ast.SelectorExpr).X.(*ast.Ident).Name = "url"
+					expr.(*ast.SelectorExpr).Sel.Name = s.out
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Remove the http import if no longer needed.
+	if fixed && !usesImport(f, "http") {
+		deleteImport(f, "http")
+	}
+
+	return fixed
+}
+
+func urlDoFields(list *ast.FieldList) (fixed bool) {
+	if list == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	for _, field := range list.List {
+		for _, ident := range field.Names {
+			if ident.Name == "url" {
+				fixed = true
+				ident.Name = "url_"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/gofix/url_test.go b/src/cmd/gofix/url_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a7095a5da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/gofix/url_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+func init() {
+	addTestCases(urlTests)
+}
+
+var urlTests = []testCase{
+	{
+		Name: "url.0",
+		In: `package main
+
+import (
+	"http"
+)
+
+func f() {
+	http.ParseURL(a)
+	http.ParseURLReference(a)
+	http.ParseQuery(a)
+	m := http.Values{a: b}
+	http.URLEscape(a)
+	http.URLUnescape(a)
+	var x http.URLError
+	var y http.URLEscapeError
+}
+`,
+		Out: `package main
+
+import "url"
+
+func f() {
+	url.Parse(a)
+	url.ParseWithReference(a)
+	url.ParseQuery(a)
+	m := url.Values{a: b}
+	url.QueryEscape(a)
+	url.QueryUnescape(a)
+	var x url.Error
+	var y url.EscapeError
+}
+`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "url.1",
+		In: `package main
+
+import (
+	"http"
+)
+
+func f() {
+	http.ParseURL(a)
+	var x http.Request
+}
+`,
+		Out: `package main
+
+import (
+	"http"
+	"url"
+)
+
+func f() {
+	url.Parse(a)
+	var x http.Request
+}
+`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "url.2",
+		In: `package main
+
+import (
+	"http"
+)
+
+func f() {
+	http.ParseURL(a)
+	var url = 23
+	url, x := 45, y
+}
+
+func g(url string) string {
+	return url
+}
+
+func h() (url string) {
+	return url
+}
+`,
+		Out: `package main
+
+import "url"
+
+func f() {
+	url.Parse(a)
+	var url_ = 23
+	url_, x := 45, y
+}
+
+func g(url_ string) string {
+	return url_
+}
+
+func h() (url_ string) {
+	return url_
+}
+`,
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "url.3",
+		In: `package main
+
+import "http"
+
+type U struct{ url string }
+
+func f() {
+	var u U
+	u.url = "x"
+}
+
+func (url *T) m() string {
+	return url
+}
+`,
+		Out: `package main
+
+import "http"
+
+type U struct{ url string }
+
+func f() {
+	var u U
+	u.url = "x"
+}
+
+func (url *T) m() string {
+	return url
+}
+`,
+	},
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/Makefile b/src/pkg/Makefile
index ec9a070bd1f..388e2a1d319 100644
--- a/src/pkg/Makefile
+++ b/src/pkg/Makefile
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ DIRS=\
 	time\
 	try\
 	unicode\
+	url\
 	utf16\
 	utf8\
 	websocket\
diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/template/funcs.go b/src/pkg/exp/template/funcs.go
index 6de46aa451a..feb1fd82c72 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/template/funcs.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/template/funcs.go
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ package template
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"http"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
+	"url"
 	"utf8"
 )
 
@@ -364,5 +364,5 @@ func URLQueryEscaper(args ...interface{}) string {
 	if !ok {
 		s = fmt.Sprint(args...)
 	}
-	return http.URLEscape(s)
+	return url.QueryEscape(s)
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/Makefile b/src/pkg/http/Makefile
index b8bc093d49c..df4ab95101b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/Makefile
+++ b/src/pkg/http/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,5 @@ GOFILES=\
 	status.go\
 	transfer.go\
 	transport.go\
-	url.go\
 
 include ../../Make.pkg
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/cgi/child.go b/src/pkg/http/cgi/child.go
index 8b74d705483..8d0eca8d55b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/cgi/child.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/cgi/child.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"url"
 )
 
 // Request returns the HTTP request as represented in the current
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ func RequestFromMap(params map[string]string) (*http.Request, os.Error) {
 		// Hostname is provided, so we can reasonably construct a URL,
 		// even if we have to assume 'http' for the scheme.
 		r.RawURL = "http://" + r.Host + params["REQUEST_URI"]
-		url, err := http.ParseURL(r.RawURL)
+		url, err := url.Parse(r.RawURL)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, os.NewError("cgi: failed to parse host and REQUEST_URI into a URL: " + r.RawURL)
 		}
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func RequestFromMap(params map[string]string) (*http.Request, os.Error) {
 	// failed to parse
 	if r.URL == nil {
 		r.RawURL = params["REQUEST_URI"]
-		url, err := http.ParseURL(r.RawURL)
+		url, err := url.Parse(r.RawURL)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, os.NewError("cgi: failed to parse REQUEST_URI into a URL: " + r.RawURL)
 		}
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/cgi/host.go b/src/pkg/http/cgi/host.go
index 93825b39197..f7de89f9974 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/cgi/host.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/cgi/host.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func (h *Handler) printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 func (h *Handler) handleInternalRedirect(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, path string) {
-	url, err := req.URL.ParseURL(path)
+	url, err := req.URL.Parse(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		h.printf("cgi: error resolving local URI path %q: %v", path, err)
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/client.go b/src/pkg/http/client.go
index 6ea7dee03f6..44b3443fc40 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/client.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/client.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"url"
 )
 
 // A Client is an HTTP client. Its zero value (DefaultClient) is a usable client
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ func (c *Client) Get(url string) (r *Response, err os.Error) {
 func (c *Client) doFollowingRedirects(ireq *Request) (r *Response, err os.Error) {
 	// TODO: if/when we add cookie support, the redirected request shouldn't
 	// necessarily supply the same cookies as the original.
-	var base *URL
+	var base *url.URL
 	redirectChecker := c.CheckRedirect
 	if redirectChecker == nil {
 		redirectChecker = defaultCheckRedirect
@@ -166,13 +167,13 @@ func (c *Client) doFollowingRedirects(ireq *Request) (r *Response, err os.Error)
 	var via []*Request
 
 	req := ireq
-	url := "" // next relative or absolute URL to fetch (after first request)
+	urlStr := "" // next relative or absolute URL to fetch (after first request)
 	for redirect := 0; ; redirect++ {
 		if redirect != 0 {
 			req = new(Request)
 			req.Method = ireq.Method
 			req.Header = make(Header)
-			req.URL, err = base.ParseURL(url)
+			req.URL, err = base.Parse(urlStr)
 			if err != nil {
 				break
 			}
@@ -190,13 +191,13 @@ func (c *Client) doFollowingRedirects(ireq *Request) (r *Response, err os.Error)
 			}
 		}
 
-		url = req.URL.String()
+		urlStr = req.URL.String()
 		if r, err = send(req, c.Transport); err != nil {
 			break
 		}
 		if shouldRedirect(r.StatusCode) {
 			r.Body.Close()
-			if url = r.Header.Get("Location"); url == "" {
+			if urlStr = r.Header.Get("Location"); urlStr == "" {
 				err = os.NewError(fmt.Sprintf("%d response missing Location header", r.StatusCode))
 				break
 			}
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ func (c *Client) doFollowingRedirects(ireq *Request) (r *Response, err os.Error)
 	}
 
 	method := ireq.Method
-	err = &URLError{method[0:1] + strings.ToLower(method[1:]), url, err}
+	err = &url.Error{method[0:1] + strings.ToLower(method[1:]), urlStr, err}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ func (c *Client) Post(url string, bodyType string, body io.Reader) (r *Response,
 // Caller should close r.Body when done reading from it.
 //
 // PostForm is a wrapper around DefaultClient.PostForm
-func PostForm(url string, data Values) (r *Response, err os.Error) {
+func PostForm(url string, data url.Values) (r *Response, err os.Error) {
 	return DefaultClient.PostForm(url, data)
 }
 
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ func PostForm(url string, data Values) (r *Response, err os.Error) {
 // with data's keys and values urlencoded as the request body.
 //
 // Caller should close r.Body when done reading from it.
-func (c *Client) PostForm(url string, data Values) (r *Response, err os.Error) {
+func (c *Client) PostForm(url string, data url.Values) (r *Response, err os.Error) {
 	return c.Post(url, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", strings.NewReader(data.Encode()))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/client_test.go b/src/pkg/http/client_test.go
index 3b85585353f..f22cce50b89 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/client_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/client_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"url"
 )
 
 var robotsTxtHandler = HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
@@ -109,18 +110,18 @@ func TestPostFormRequestFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	tr := &recordingTransport{}
 	client := &Client{Transport: tr}
 
-	url := "http://dummy.faketld/"
-	form := make(Values)
+	urlStr := "http://dummy.faketld/"
+	form := make(url.Values)
 	form.Set("foo", "bar")
 	form.Add("foo", "bar2")
 	form.Set("bar", "baz")
-	client.PostForm(url, form) // Note: doesn't hit network
+	client.PostForm(urlStr, form) // Note: doesn't hit network
 
 	if tr.req.Method != "POST" {
 		t.Errorf("got method %q, want %q", tr.req.Method, "POST")
 	}
-	if tr.req.URL.String() != url {
-		t.Errorf("got URL %q, want %q", tr.req.URL.String(), url)
+	if tr.req.URL.String() != urlStr {
+		t.Errorf("got URL %q, want %q", tr.req.URL.String(), urlStr)
 	}
 	if tr.req.Header == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected non-nil request Header")
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ func TestClientWrites(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	writes = 0
-	_, err = c.PostForm(ts.URL, Values{"foo": {"bar"}})
+	_, err = c.PostForm(ts.URL, url.Values{"foo": {"bar"}})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/fs_test.go b/src/pkg/http/fs_test.go
index 823770ec4f3..bb6d0158b7b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/fs_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/fs_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"url"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func TestServeFile(t *testing.T) {
 	// set up the Request (re-used for all tests)
 	var req Request
 	req.Header = make(Header)
-	if req.URL, err = ParseURL(ts.URL); err != nil {
+	if req.URL, err = url.Parse(ts.URL); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("ParseURL:", err)
 	}
 	req.Method = "GET"
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/readrequest_test.go b/src/pkg/http/readrequest_test.go
index 79f8de70d3c..f6dc99e2e08 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/readrequest_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/readrequest_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
+	"url"
 )
 
 type reqTest struct {
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ var reqTests = []reqTest{
 		&Request{
 			Method: "GET",
 			RawURL: "http://www.techcrunch.com/",
-			URL: &URL{
+			URL: &url.URL{
 				Raw:          "http://www.techcrunch.com/",
 				Scheme:       "http",
 				RawPath:      "/",
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ var reqTests = []reqTest{
 			Close:         false,
 			ContentLength: 7,
 			Host:          "www.techcrunch.com",
-			Form:          Values{},
+			Form:          url.Values{},
 		},
 
 		"abcdef\n",
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ var reqTests = []reqTest{
 		&Request{
 			Method: "GET",
 			RawURL: "/",
-			URL: &URL{
+			URL: &url.URL{
 				Raw:     "/",
 				Path:    "/",
 				RawPath: "/",
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ var reqTests = []reqTest{
 			Close:         false,
 			ContentLength: 0,
 			Host:          "foo.com",
-			Form:          Values{},
+			Form:          url.Values{},
 		},
 
 		noBody,
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ var reqTests = []reqTest{
 		&Request{
 			Method: "GET",
 			RawURL: "//user@host/is/actually/a/path/",
-			URL: &URL{
+			URL: &url.URL{
 				Raw:          "//user@host/is/actually/a/path/",
 				Scheme:       "",
 				RawPath:      "//user@host/is/actually/a/path/",
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ var reqTests = []reqTest{
 			Close:         false,
 			ContentLength: 0,
 			Host:          "test",
-			Form:          Values{},
+			Form:          url.Values{},
 		},
 
 		noBody,
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/request.go b/src/pkg/http/request.go
index 7aae8b4235a..91269208103 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/request.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/request.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"url"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -72,9 +73,9 @@ var reqWriteExcludeHeader = map[string]bool{
 
 // A Request represents a parsed HTTP request header.
 type Request struct {
-	Method string // GET, POST, PUT, etc.
-	RawURL string // The raw URL given in the request.
-	URL    *URL   // Parsed URL.
+	Method string   // GET, POST, PUT, etc.
+	RawURL string   // The raw URL given in the request.
+	URL    *url.URL // Parsed URL.
 
 	// The protocol version for incoming requests.
 	// Outgoing requests always use HTTP/1.1.
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ type Request struct {
 	Host string
 
 	// The parsed form. Only available after ParseForm is called.
-	Form Values
+	Form url.Values
 
 	// The parsed multipart form, including file uploads.
 	// Only available after ParseMultipartForm is called.
@@ -289,22 +290,22 @@ func (req *Request) write(w io.Writer, usingProxy bool) os.Error {
 		host = req.URL.Host
 	}
 
-	uri := req.RawURL
-	if uri == "" {
-		uri = valueOrDefault(urlEscape(req.URL.Path, encodePath), "/")
+	urlStr := req.RawURL
+	if urlStr == "" {
+		urlStr = valueOrDefault(req.URL.EncodedPath(), "/")
 		if req.URL.RawQuery != "" {
-			uri += "?" + req.URL.RawQuery
+			urlStr += "?" + req.URL.RawQuery
 		}
 		if usingProxy {
-			if uri == "" || uri[0] != '/' {
-				uri = "/" + uri
+			if urlStr == "" || urlStr[0] != '/' {
+				urlStr = "/" + urlStr
 			}
-			uri = req.URL.Scheme + "://" + host + uri
+			urlStr = req.URL.Scheme + "://" + host + urlStr
 		}
 	}
 
 	bw := bufio.NewWriter(w)
-	fmt.Fprintf(bw, "%s %s HTTP/1.1\r\n", valueOrDefault(req.Method, "GET"), uri)
+	fmt.Fprintf(bw, "%s %s HTTP/1.1\r\n", valueOrDefault(req.Method, "GET"), urlStr)
 
 	// Header lines
 	fmt.Fprintf(bw, "Host: %s\r\n", host)
@@ -481,8 +482,8 @@ func (cr *chunkedReader) Read(b []uint8) (n int, err os.Error) {
 }
 
 // NewRequest returns a new Request given a method, URL, and optional body.
-func NewRequest(method, url string, body io.Reader) (*Request, os.Error) {
-	u, err := ParseURL(url)
+func NewRequest(method, urlStr string, body io.Reader) (*Request, os.Error) {
+	u, err := url.Parse(urlStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@ func ReadRequest(b *bufio.Reader) (req *Request, err os.Error) {
 		return nil, &badStringError{"malformed HTTP version", req.Proto}
 	}
 
-	if req.URL, err = ParseRequestURL(req.RawURL); err != nil {
+	if req.URL, err = url.ParseRequest(req.RawURL); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -607,77 +608,6 @@ func ReadRequest(b *bufio.Reader) (req *Request, err os.Error) {
 	return req, nil
 }
 
-// Values maps a string key to a list of values.
-// It is typically used for query parameters and form values.
-// Unlike in the Header map, the keys in a Values map
-// are case-sensitive.
-type Values map[string][]string
-
-// Get gets the first value associated with the given key.
-// If there are no values associated with the key, Get returns
-// the empty string. To access multiple values, use the map
-// directly.
-func (v Values) Get(key string) string {
-	if v == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	vs, ok := v[key]
-	if !ok || len(vs) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return vs[0]
-}
-
-// Set sets the key to value. It replaces any existing
-// values.
-func (v Values) Set(key, value string) {
-	v[key] = []string{value}
-}
-
-// Add adds the key to value. It appends to any existing
-// values associated with key.
-func (v Values) Add(key, value string) {
-	v[key] = append(v[key], value)
-}
-
-// Del deletes the values associated with key.
-func (v Values) Del(key string) {
-	v[key] = nil, false
-}
-
-// ParseQuery parses the URL-encoded query string and returns
-// a map listing the values specified for each key.
-// ParseQuery always returns a non-nil map containing all the
-// valid query parameters found; err describes the first decoding error
-// encountered, if any.
-func ParseQuery(query string) (m Values, err os.Error) {
-	m = make(Values)
-	err = parseQuery(m, query)
-	return
-}
-
-func parseQuery(m Values, query string) (err os.Error) {
-	for _, kv := range strings.Split(query, "&") {
-		if len(kv) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		kvPair := strings.SplitN(kv, "=", 2)
-
-		var key, value string
-		var e os.Error
-		key, e = URLUnescape(kvPair[0])
-		if e == nil && len(kvPair) > 1 {
-			value, e = URLUnescape(kvPair[1])
-		}
-		if e != nil {
-			err = e
-			continue
-		}
-		m[key] = append(m[key], value)
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
 // ParseForm parses the raw query.
 // For POST requests, it also parses the request body as a form.
 // ParseMultipartForm calls ParseForm automatically.
@@ -687,9 +617,10 @@ func (r *Request) ParseForm() (err os.Error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	r.Form = make(Values)
 	if r.URL != nil {
-		err = parseQuery(r.Form, r.URL.RawQuery)
+		r.Form, err = url.ParseQuery(r.URL.RawQuery)
+	} else {
+		r.Form = make(url.Values) // TODO: remove when nil maps work.
 	}
 	if r.Method == "POST" {
 		if r.Body == nil {
@@ -709,10 +640,17 @@ func (r *Request) ParseForm() (err os.Error) {
 			if int64(len(b)) > maxFormSize {
 				return os.NewError("http: POST too large")
 			}
-			e = parseQuery(r.Form, string(b))
+			var newValues url.Values
+			newValues, e = url.ParseQuery(string(b))
 			if err == nil {
 				err = e
 			}
+			// Copy values into r.Form. TODO: make this smoother.
+			for k, vs := range newValues {
+				for _, value := range vs {
+					r.Form.Add(k, value)
+				}
+			}
 		case "multipart/form-data":
 			// handled by ParseMultipartForm
 		default:
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/request_test.go b/src/pkg/http/request_test.go
index b5482db38b3..869cd57b696 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/request_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/request_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"url"
 )
 
 type stringMultimap map[string][]string
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ var parseTests = []parseTest{
 
 func TestParseForm(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, test := range parseTests {
-		form, err := ParseQuery(test.query)
+		form, err := url.ParseQuery(test.query)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: Unexpected error: %v", i, err)
 			continue
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func TestParseForm(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	req := &Request{Method: "GET"}
-	req.URL, _ = ParseURL("http://www.google.com/search?q=foo&q=bar")
+	req.URL, _ = url.Parse("http://www.google.com/search?q=foo&q=bar")
 	if q := req.FormValue("q"); q != "foo" {
 		t.Errorf(`req.FormValue("q") = %q, want "foo"`, q)
 	}
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func TestQuery(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPostQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	req := &Request{Method: "POST"}
-	req.URL, _ = ParseURL("http://www.google.com/search?q=foo&q=bar&both=x")
+	req.URL, _ = url.Parse("http://www.google.com/search?q=foo&q=bar&both=x")
 	req.Header = Header{
 		"Content-Type": {"application/x-www-form-urlencoded; boo!"},
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/requestwrite_test.go b/src/pkg/http/requestwrite_test.go
index 0052c0cfc55..458f0bd7f4b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/requestwrite_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/requestwrite_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"url"
 )
 
 type reqWriteTest struct {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ var reqWriteTests = []reqWriteTest{
 		Request{
 			Method: "GET",
 			RawURL: "http://www.techcrunch.com/",
-			URL: &URL{
+			URL: &url.URL{
 				Raw:          "http://www.techcrunch.com/",
 				Scheme:       "http",
 				RawPath:      "http://www.techcrunch.com/",
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ var reqWriteTests = []reqWriteTest{
 	{
 		Request{
 			Method: "GET",
-			URL: &URL{
+			URL: &url.URL{
 				Scheme: "http",
 				Host:   "www.google.com",
 				Path:   "/search",
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ var reqWriteTests = []reqWriteTest{
 	{
 		Request{
 			Method: "POST",
-			URL: &URL{
+			URL: &url.URL{
 				Scheme: "http",
 				Host:   "www.google.com",
 				Path:   "/search",
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ var reqWriteTests = []reqWriteTest{
 	{
 		Request{
 			Method: "POST",
-			URL: &URL{
+			URL: &url.URL{
 				Scheme: "http",
 				Host:   "www.google.com",
 				Path:   "/search",
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/reverseproxy.go b/src/pkg/http/reverseproxy.go
index 015f87f246a..3f8bfdc80c2 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/reverseproxy.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/reverseproxy.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+	"url"
 )
 
 // ReverseProxy is an HTTP Handler that takes an incoming request and
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func singleJoiningSlash(a, b string) string {
 // URLs to the scheme, host, and base path provided in target. If the
 // target's path is "/base" and the incoming request was for "/dir",
 // the target request will be for /base/dir.
-func NewSingleHostReverseProxy(target *URL) *ReverseProxy {
+func NewSingleHostReverseProxy(target *url.URL) *ReverseProxy {
 	director := func(req *Request) {
 		req.URL.Scheme = target.Scheme
 		req.URL.Host = target.Host
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/reverseproxy_test.go b/src/pkg/http/reverseproxy_test.go
index b2dd24633ac..8078c8d10df 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/reverseproxy_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/reverseproxy_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"http/httptest"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
+	"url"
 )
 
 func TestReverseProxy(t *testing.T) {
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func TestReverseProxy(t *testing.T) {
 		w.Write([]byte(backendResponse))
 	}))
 	defer backend.Close()
-	backendURL, err := ParseURL(backend.URL)
+	backendURL, err := url.Parse(backend.URL)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/serve_test.go b/src/pkg/http/serve_test.go
index 2725c3b428b..ac040334596 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/serve_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/serve_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+	"url"
 )
 
 type dummyAddr string
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ func TestHostHandlers(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, vt := range vtests {
 		var r *Response
 		var req Request
-		if req.URL, err = ParseURL(vt.url); err != nil {
+		if req.URL, err = url.Parse(vt.url); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("cannot parse url: %v", err)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/server.go b/src/pkg/http/server.go
index 1955b67e659..b634e27d6df 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/server.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/server.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+	"url"
 )
 
 // Errors introduced by the HTTP server.
@@ -716,8 +717,8 @@ func StripPrefix(prefix string, h Handler) Handler {
 
 // Redirect replies to the request with a redirect to url,
 // which may be a path relative to the request path.
-func Redirect(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, url string, code int) {
-	if u, err := ParseURL(url); err == nil {
+func Redirect(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, urlStr string, code int) {
+	if u, err := url.Parse(urlStr); err == nil {
 		// If url was relative, make absolute by
 		// combining with request path.
 		// The browser would probably do this for us,
@@ -740,35 +741,35 @@ func Redirect(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, url string, code int) {
 		}
 		if u.Scheme == "" {
 			// no leading http://server
-			if url == "" || url[0] != '/' {
+			if urlStr == "" || urlStr[0] != '/' {
 				// make relative path absolute
 				olddir, _ := path.Split(oldpath)
-				url = olddir + url
+				urlStr = olddir + urlStr
 			}
 
 			var query string
-			if i := strings.Index(url, "?"); i != -1 {
-				url, query = url[:i], url[i:]
+			if i := strings.Index(urlStr, "?"); i != -1 {
+				urlStr, query = urlStr[:i], urlStr[i:]
 			}
 
 			// clean up but preserve trailing slash
-			trailing := url[len(url)-1] == '/'
-			url = path.Clean(url)
-			if trailing && url[len(url)-1] != '/' {
-				url += "/"
+			trailing := urlStr[len(urlStr)-1] == '/'
+			urlStr = path.Clean(urlStr)
+			if trailing && urlStr[len(urlStr)-1] != '/' {
+				urlStr += "/"
 			}
-			url += query
+			urlStr += query
 		}
 	}
 
-	w.Header().Set("Location", url)
+	w.Header().Set("Location", urlStr)
 	w.WriteHeader(code)
 
 	// RFC2616 recommends that a short note "SHOULD" be included in the
 	// response because older user agents may not understand 301/307.
 	// Shouldn't send the response for POST or HEAD; that leaves GET.
 	if r.Method == "GET" {
-		note := "<a href=\"" + htmlEscape(url) + "\">" + statusText[code] + "</a>.\n"
+		note := "<a href=\"" + htmlEscape(urlStr) + "\">" + statusText[code] + "</a>.\n"
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, note)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/transport.go b/src/pkg/http/transport.go
index d03aadfd344..4302ffab1e3 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/transport.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/transport.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"url"
 )
 
 // DefaultTransport is the default implementation of Transport and is
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ type Transport struct {
 	// Request. If the function returns a non-nil error, the
 	// request is aborted with the provided error.
 	// If Proxy is nil or returns a nil *URL, no proxy is used.
-	Proxy func(*Request) (*URL, os.Error)
+	Proxy func(*Request) (*url.URL, os.Error)
 
 	// Dial specifies the dial function for creating TCP
 	// connections.
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ type Transport struct {
 // given request, as indicated by the environment variables
 // $HTTP_PROXY and $NO_PROXY (or $http_proxy and $no_proxy).
 // Either URL or an error is returned.
-func ProxyFromEnvironment(req *Request) (*URL, os.Error) {
+func ProxyFromEnvironment(req *Request) (*url.URL, os.Error) {
 	proxy := getenvEitherCase("HTTP_PROXY")
 	if proxy == "" {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -74,12 +75,12 @@ func ProxyFromEnvironment(req *Request) (*URL, os.Error) {
 	if !useProxy(canonicalAddr(req.URL)) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	proxyURL, err := ParseRequestURL(proxy)
+	proxyURL, err := url.ParseRequest(proxy)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, os.NewError("invalid proxy address")
 	}
 	if proxyURL.Host == "" {
-		proxyURL, err = ParseRequestURL("http://" + proxy)
+		proxyURL, err = url.ParseRequest("http://" + proxy)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, os.NewError("invalid proxy address")
 		}
@@ -89,16 +90,16 @@ func ProxyFromEnvironment(req *Request) (*URL, os.Error) {
 
 // ProxyURL returns a proxy function (for use in a Transport)
 // that always returns the same URL.
-func ProxyURL(url *URL) func(*Request) (*URL, os.Error) {
-	return func(*Request) (*URL, os.Error) {
-		return url, nil
+func ProxyURL(fixedURL *url.URL) func(*Request) (*url.URL, os.Error) {
+	return func(*Request) (*url.URL, os.Error) {
+		return fixedURL, nil
 	}
 }
 
 // RoundTrip implements the RoundTripper interface.
 func (t *Transport) RoundTrip(req *Request) (resp *Response, err os.Error) {
 	if req.URL == nil {
-		if req.URL, err = ParseURL(req.RawURL); err != nil {
+		if req.URL, err = url.Parse(req.RawURL); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -413,9 +414,9 @@ func useProxy(addr string) bool {
 // Note: no support to https to the proxy yet.
 //
 type connectMethod struct {
-	proxyURL     *URL   // "" for no proxy, else full proxy URL
-	targetScheme string // "http" or "https"
-	targetAddr   string // Not used if proxy + http targetScheme (4th example in table)
+	proxyURL     *url.URL // nil for no proxy, else full proxy URL
+	targetScheme string   // "http" or "https"
+	targetAddr   string   // Not used if proxy + http targetScheme (4th example in table)
 }
 
 func (ck *connectMethod) String() string {
@@ -642,7 +643,7 @@ var portMap = map[string]string{
 }
 
 // canonicalAddr returns url.Host but always with a ":port" suffix
-func canonicalAddr(url *URL) string {
+func canonicalAddr(url *url.URL) string {
 	addr := url.Host
 	if !hasPort(addr) {
 		return addr + ":" + portMap[url.Scheme]
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/transport_test.go b/src/pkg/http/transport_test.go
index 20895da8695..eafde7f8995 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/transport_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/transport_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+	"url"
 )
 
 // TODO: test 5 pipelined requests with responses: 1) OK, 2) OK, Connection: Close
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ func TestTransportConnectionCloseOnResponse(t *testing.T) {
 		fetch := func(n int) string {
 			req := new(Request)
 			var err os.Error
-			req.URL, err = ParseURL(ts.URL + fmt.Sprintf("?close=%v", connectionClose))
+			req.URL, err = url.Parse(ts.URL + fmt.Sprintf("?close=%v", connectionClose))
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("URL parse error: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ func TestTransportConnectionCloseOnRequest(t *testing.T) {
 		fetch := func(n int) string {
 			req := new(Request)
 			var err os.Error
-			req.URL, err = ParseURL(ts.URL)
+			req.URL, err = url.Parse(ts.URL)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("URL parse error: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -552,7 +553,7 @@ func TestTransportProxy(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	defer proxy.Close()
 
-	pu, err := ParseURL(proxy.URL)
+	pu, err := url.Parse(proxy.URL)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/url/Makefile b/src/pkg/url/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9267bd085c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/url/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+include ../../Make.inc
+
+TARG=url
+GOFILES=\
+	url.go\
+
+include ../../Make.pkg
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/url.go b/src/pkg/url/url.go
similarity index 75%
rename from src/pkg/http/url.go
rename to src/pkg/url/url.go
index b38585ac200..d07b016118f 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/url.go
+++ b/src/pkg/url/url.go
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Parse URLs (actually URIs, but that seems overly pedantic).
-// RFC 3986
-
-package http
+// Package URL parses URLs and implements query escaping.
+// See RFC 3986.
+package url
 
 import (
 	"os"
@@ -13,14 +12,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// URLError reports an error and the operation and URL that caused it.
-type URLError struct {
+// Error reports an error and the operation and URL that caused it.
+type Error struct {
 	Op    string
 	URL   string
 	Error os.Error
 }
 
-func (e *URLError) String() string { return e.Op + " " + e.URL + ": " + e.Error.String() }
+func (e *Error) String() string { return e.Op + " " + e.URL + ": " + e.Error.String() }
 
 func ishex(c byte) bool {
 	switch {
@@ -56,9 +55,9 @@ const (
 	encodeOpaque
 )
 
-type URLEscapeError string
+type EscapeError string
 
-func (e URLEscapeError) String() string {
+func (e EscapeError) String() string {
 	return "invalid URL escape " + strconv.Quote(string(e))
 }
 
@@ -113,19 +112,16 @@ func shouldEscape(c byte, mode encoding) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// URLUnescape unescapes a string in ``URL encoded'' form,
-// converting %AB into the byte 0xAB and '+' into ' ' (space).
-// It returns an error if any % is not followed
-// by two hexadecimal digits.
-// Despite the name, this encoding applies only to individual
-// components of the query portion of the URL.
-func URLUnescape(s string) (string, os.Error) {
-	return urlUnescape(s, encodeQueryComponent)
+// QueryUnescape does the inverse transformation of QueryEscape, converting
+// %AB into the byte 0xAB and '+' into ' ' (space). It returns an error if
+// any % is not followed by two hexadecimal digits.
+func QueryUnescape(s string) (string, os.Error) {
+	return unescape(s, encodeQueryComponent)
 }
 
-// urlUnescape is like URLUnescape but mode specifies
-// which section of the URL is being unescaped.
-func urlUnescape(s string, mode encoding) (string, os.Error) {
+// unescape unescapes a string; the mode specifies
+// which section of the URL string is being unescaped.
+func unescape(s string, mode encoding) (string, os.Error) {
 	// Count %, check that they're well-formed.
 	n := 0
 	hasPlus := false
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ func urlUnescape(s string, mode encoding) (string, os.Error) {
 				if len(s) > 3 {
 					s = s[0:3]
 				}
-				return "", URLEscapeError(s)
+				return "", EscapeError(s)
 			}
 			i += 3
 		case '+':
@@ -178,14 +174,13 @@ func urlUnescape(s string, mode encoding) (string, os.Error) {
 	return string(t), nil
 }
 
-// URLEscape converts a string into ``URL encoded'' form.
-// Despite the name, this encoding applies only to individual
-// components of the query portion of the URL.
-func URLEscape(s string) string {
-	return urlEscape(s, encodeQueryComponent)
+// QueryEscape escapes the string so it can be safely placed
+// inside a URL query.
+func QueryEscape(s string) string {
+	return escape(s, encodeQueryComponent)
 }
 
-func urlEscape(s string, mode encoding) string {
+func escape(s string, mode encoding) string {
 	spaceCount, hexCount := 0, 0
 	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
 		c := s[i]
@@ -233,10 +228,10 @@ func urlEscape(s string, mode encoding) string {
 // security risk in almost every case where it has been used.''
 func UnescapeUserinfo(rawUserinfo string) (user, password string, err os.Error) {
 	u, p := split(rawUserinfo, ':', true)
-	if user, err = urlUnescape(u, encodeUserPassword); err != nil {
+	if user, err = unescape(u, encodeUserPassword); err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
-	if password, err = urlUnescape(p, encodeUserPassword); err != nil {
+	if password, err = unescape(p, encodeUserPassword); err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
 	return
@@ -252,9 +247,9 @@ func UnescapeUserinfo(rawUserinfo string) (user, password string, err os.Error)
 // information in clear text (such as URI) has proven to be a
 // security risk in almost every case where it has been used.''
 func EscapeUserinfo(user, password string) string {
-	raw := urlEscape(user, encodeUserPassword)
+	raw := escape(user, encodeUserPassword)
 	if password != "" {
-		raw += ":" + urlEscape(password, encodeUserPassword)
+		raw += ":" + escape(password, encodeUserPassword)
 	}
 	return raw
 }
@@ -324,28 +319,28 @@ func split(s string, c byte, cutc bool) (string, string) {
 	return s, ""
 }
 
-// ParseURL parses rawurl into a URL structure.
+// Parse parses rawurl into a URL structure.
 // The string rawurl is assumed not to have a #fragment suffix.
 // (Web browsers strip #fragment before sending the URL to a web server.)
 // The rawurl may be relative or absolute.
-func ParseURL(rawurl string) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
-	return parseURL(rawurl, false)
+func Parse(rawurl string) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
+	return parse(rawurl, false)
 }
 
-// ParseRequestURL parses rawurl into a URL structure.  It assumes that
+// ParseRequest parses rawurl into a URL structure.  It assumes that
 // rawurl was received from an HTTP request, so the rawurl is interpreted
 // only as an absolute URI or an absolute path.
 // The string rawurl is assumed not to have a #fragment suffix.
 // (Web browsers strip #fragment before sending the URL to a web server.)
-func ParseRequestURL(rawurl string) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
-	return parseURL(rawurl, true)
+func ParseRequest(rawurl string) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
+	return parse(rawurl, true)
 }
 
-// parseURL parses a URL from a string in one of two contexts.  If
+// parse parses a URL from a string in one of two contexts.  If
 // viaRequest is true, the URL is assumed to have arrived via an HTTP request,
 // in which case only absolute URLs or path-absolute relative URLs are allowed.
 // If viaRequest is false, all forms of relative URLs are allowed.
-func parseURL(rawurl string, viaRequest bool) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
+func parse(rawurl string, viaRequest bool) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
 	var (
 		leadingSlash bool
 		path         string
@@ -372,7 +367,7 @@ func parseURL(rawurl string, viaRequest bool) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
 		// This is the case that handles mailto:name@example.com.
 		url.RawPath = path
 
-		if url.Path, err = urlUnescape(path, encodeOpaque); err != nil {
+		if url.Path, err = unescape(path, encodeOpaque); err != nil {
 			goto Error
 		}
 		url.OpaquePath = true
@@ -417,30 +412,30 @@ func parseURL(rawurl string, viaRequest bool) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		url.Host = rawHost
 
-		if url.Path, err = urlUnescape(path, encodePath); err != nil {
+		if url.Path, err = unescape(path, encodePath); err != nil {
 			goto Error
 		}
 	}
 	return url, nil
 
 Error:
-	return nil, &URLError{"parse", rawurl, err}
+	return nil, &Error{"parse", rawurl, err}
 
 }
 
-// ParseURLReference is like ParseURL but allows a trailing #fragment.
-func ParseURLReference(rawurlref string) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
+// ParseWithReference is like Parse but allows a trailing #fragment.
+func ParseWithReference(rawurlref string) (url *URL, err os.Error) {
 	// Cut off #frag.
 	rawurl, frag := split(rawurlref, '#', false)
-	if url, err = ParseURL(rawurl); err != nil {
+	if url, err = Parse(rawurl); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	url.Raw += frag
 	url.RawPath += frag
 	if len(frag) > 1 {
 		frag = frag[1:]
-		if url.Fragment, err = urlUnescape(frag, encodeFragment); err != nil {
-			return nil, &URLError{"parse", rawurl, err}
+		if url.Fragment, err = unescape(frag, encodeFragment); err != nil {
+			return nil, &Error{"parse", rawurl, err}
 		}
 	}
 	return url, nil
@@ -474,19 +469,90 @@ func (url *URL) String() string {
 			result += "%2f"
 			path = path[1:]
 		}
-		result += urlEscape(path, encodeOpaque)
+		result += escape(path, encodeOpaque)
 	} else {
-		result += urlEscape(url.Path, encodePath)
+		result += escape(url.Path, encodePath)
 	}
 	if url.RawQuery != "" {
 		result += "?" + url.RawQuery
 	}
 	if url.Fragment != "" {
-		result += "#" + urlEscape(url.Fragment, encodeFragment)
+		result += "#" + escape(url.Fragment, encodeFragment)
 	}
 	return result
 }
 
+// Values maps a string key to a list of values.
+// It is typically used for query parameters and form values.
+// Unlike in the http.Header map, the keys in a Values map
+// are case-sensitive.
+type Values map[string][]string
+
+// Get gets the first value associated with the given key.
+// If there are no values associated with the key, Get returns
+// the empty string. To access multiple values, use the map
+// directly.
+func (v Values) Get(key string) string {
+	if v == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	vs, ok := v[key]
+	if !ok || len(vs) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return vs[0]
+}
+
+// Set sets the key to value. It replaces any existing
+// values.
+func (v Values) Set(key, value string) {
+	v[key] = []string{value}
+}
+
+// Add adds the key to value. It appends to any existing
+// values associated with key.
+func (v Values) Add(key, value string) {
+	v[key] = append(v[key], value)
+}
+
+// Del deletes the values associated with key.
+func (v Values) Del(key string) {
+	v[key] = nil, false
+}
+
+// ParseQuery parses the URL-encoded query string and returns
+// a map listing the values specified for each key.
+// ParseQuery always returns a non-nil map containing all the
+// valid query parameters found; err describes the first decoding error
+// encountered, if any.
+func ParseQuery(query string) (m Values, err os.Error) {
+	m = make(Values)
+	err = parseQuery(m, query)
+	return
+}
+
+func parseQuery(m Values, query string) (err os.Error) {
+	for _, kv := range strings.Split(query, "&") {
+		if len(kv) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		kvPair := strings.SplitN(kv, "=", 2)
+
+		var key, value string
+		var e os.Error
+		key, e = QueryUnescape(kvPair[0])
+		if e == nil && len(kvPair) > 1 {
+			value, e = QueryUnescape(kvPair[1])
+		}
+		if e != nil {
+			err = e
+			continue
+		}
+		m[key] = append(m[key], value)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 // Encode encodes the values into ``URL encoded'' form.
 // e.g. "foo=bar&bar=baz"
 func (v Values) Encode() string {
@@ -495,9 +561,9 @@ func (v Values) Encode() string {
 	}
 	parts := make([]string, 0, len(v)) // will be large enough for most uses
 	for k, vs := range v {
-		prefix := URLEscape(k) + "="
+		prefix := QueryEscape(k) + "="
 		for _, v := range vs {
-			parts = append(parts, prefix+URLEscape(v))
+			parts = append(parts, prefix+QueryEscape(v))
 		}
 	}
 	return strings.Join(parts, "&")
@@ -538,11 +604,11 @@ func (url *URL) IsAbs() bool {
 	return url.Scheme != ""
 }
 
-// ParseURL parses a URL in the context of a base URL.  The URL in ref
-// may be relative or absolute.  ParseURL returns nil, err on parse
+// Parse parses a URL in the context of a base URL.  The URL in ref
+// may be relative or absolute.  Parse returns nil, err on parse
 // failure, otherwise its return value is the same as ResolveReference.
-func (base *URL) ParseURL(ref string) (*URL, os.Error) {
-	refurl, err := ParseURL(ref)
+func (base *URL) Parse(ref string) (*URL, os.Error) {
+	refurl, err := Parse(ref)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -604,3 +670,8 @@ func (u *URL) Query() Values {
 	v, _ := ParseQuery(u.RawQuery)
 	return v
 }
+
+// EncodedPath returns the URL's path in "URL path encoded" form.
+func (u *URL) EncodedPath() string {
+	return escape(u.Path, encodePath)
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/url_test.go b/src/pkg/url/url_test.go
similarity index 87%
rename from src/pkg/http/url_test.go
rename to src/pkg/url/url_test.go
index eaec5872aed..af394d4fb4a 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/url_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/url/url_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-package http
+package url
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 // TODO(rsc):
-//	test URLUnescape
-//	test URLEscape
-//	test ParseURL
+//	test Unescape
+//	test Escape
+//	test Parse
 
 type URLTest struct {
 	in        string
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ var urltests = []URLTest{
 	},
 	// Three leading slashes isn't an authority, but doesn't return an error.
 	// (We can't return an error, as this code is also used via
-	// ServeHTTP -> ReadRequest -> ParseURL, which is arguably a
+	// ServeHTTP -> ReadRequest -> Parse, which is arguably a
 	// different URL parsing context, but currently shares the
 	// same codepath)
 	{
@@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ func DoTest(t *testing.T, parse func(string) (*URL, os.Error), name string, test
 	}
 }
 
-func TestParseURL(t *testing.T) {
-	DoTest(t, ParseURL, "ParseURL", urltests)
-	DoTest(t, ParseURL, "ParseURL", urlnofragtests)
+func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
+	DoTest(t, Parse, "Parse", urltests)
+	DoTest(t, Parse, "Parse", urlnofragtests)
 }
 
-func TestParseURLReference(t *testing.T) {
-	DoTest(t, ParseURLReference, "ParseURLReference", urltests)
-	DoTest(t, ParseURLReference, "ParseURLReference", urlfragtests)
+func TestParseWithReference(t *testing.T) {
+	DoTest(t, ParseWithReference, "ParseWithReference", urltests)
+	DoTest(t, ParseWithReference, "ParseWithReference", urlfragtests)
 }
 
 const pathThatLooksSchemeRelative = "//not.a.user@not.a.host/just/a/path"
@@ -351,16 +351,16 @@ var parseRequestUrlTests = []struct {
 	{"../dir/", false},
 }
 
-func TestParseRequestURL(t *testing.T) {
+func TestParseRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range parseRequestUrlTests {
-		_, err := ParseRequestURL(test.url)
+		_, err := ParseRequest(test.url)
 		valid := err == nil
 		if valid != test.expectedValid {
 			t.Errorf("Expected valid=%v for %q; got %v", test.expectedValid, test.url, valid)
 		}
 	}
 
-	url, err := ParseRequestURL(pathThatLooksSchemeRelative)
+	url, err := ParseRequest(pathThatLooksSchemeRelative)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
@@ -388,19 +388,19 @@ func DoTestString(t *testing.T, parse func(string) (*URL, os.Error), name string
 }
 
 func TestURLString(t *testing.T) {
-	DoTestString(t, ParseURL, "ParseURL", urltests)
-	DoTestString(t, ParseURL, "ParseURL", urlnofragtests)
-	DoTestString(t, ParseURLReference, "ParseURLReference", urltests)
-	DoTestString(t, ParseURLReference, "ParseURLReference", urlfragtests)
+	DoTestString(t, Parse, "Parse", urltests)
+	DoTestString(t, Parse, "Parse", urlnofragtests)
+	DoTestString(t, ParseWithReference, "ParseWithReference", urltests)
+	DoTestString(t, ParseWithReference, "ParseWithReference", urlfragtests)
 }
 
-type URLEscapeTest struct {
+type EscapeTest struct {
 	in  string
 	out string
 	err os.Error
 }
 
-var unescapeTests = []URLEscapeTest{
+var unescapeTests = []EscapeTest{
 	{
 		"",
 		"",
@@ -434,40 +434,40 @@ var unescapeTests = []URLEscapeTest{
 	{
 		"%", // not enough characters after %
 		"",
-		URLEscapeError("%"),
+		EscapeError("%"),
 	},
 	{
 		"%a", // not enough characters after %
 		"",
-		URLEscapeError("%a"),
+		EscapeError("%a"),
 	},
 	{
 		"%1", // not enough characters after %
 		"",
-		URLEscapeError("%1"),
+		EscapeError("%1"),
 	},
 	{
 		"123%45%6", // not enough characters after %
 		"",
-		URLEscapeError("%6"),
+		EscapeError("%6"),
 	},
 	{
 		"%zzzzz", // invalid hex digits
 		"",
-		URLEscapeError("%zz"),
+		EscapeError("%zz"),
 	},
 }
 
-func TestURLUnescape(t *testing.T) {
+func TestUnescape(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range unescapeTests {
-		actual, err := URLUnescape(tt.in)
+		actual, err := QueryUnescape(tt.in)
 		if actual != tt.out || (err != nil) != (tt.err != nil) {
-			t.Errorf("URLUnescape(%q) = %q, %s; want %q, %s", tt.in, actual, err, tt.out, tt.err)
+			t.Errorf("QueryUnescape(%q) = %q, %s; want %q, %s", tt.in, actual, err, tt.out, tt.err)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-var escapeTests = []URLEscapeTest{
+var escapeTests = []EscapeTest{
 	{
 		"",
 		"",
@@ -495,17 +495,17 @@ var escapeTests = []URLEscapeTest{
 	},
 }
 
-func TestURLEscape(t *testing.T) {
+func TestEscape(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range escapeTests {
-		actual := URLEscape(tt.in)
+		actual := QueryEscape(tt.in)
 		if tt.out != actual {
-			t.Errorf("URLEscape(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.in, actual, tt.out)
+			t.Errorf("QueryEscape(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.in, actual, tt.out)
 		}
 
 		// for bonus points, verify that escape:unescape is an identity.
-		roundtrip, err := URLUnescape(actual)
+		roundtrip, err := QueryUnescape(actual)
 		if roundtrip != tt.in || err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("URLUnescape(%q) = %q, %s; want %q, %s", actual, roundtrip, err, tt.in, "[no error]")
+			t.Errorf("QueryUnescape(%q) = %q, %s; want %q, %s", actual, roundtrip, err, tt.in, "[no error]")
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -629,16 +629,16 @@ var resolveReferenceTests = []struct {
 }
 
 func TestResolveReference(t *testing.T) {
-	mustParseURL := func(url string) *URL {
-		u, err := ParseURLReference(url)
+	mustParse := func(url string) *URL {
+		u, err := ParseWithReference(url)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Expected URL to parse: %q, got error: %v", url, err)
 		}
 		return u
 	}
 	for _, test := range resolveReferenceTests {
-		base := mustParseURL(test.base)
-		rel := mustParseURL(test.rel)
+		base := mustParse(test.base)
+		rel := mustParse(test.rel)
 		url := base.ResolveReference(rel)
 		urlStr := url.String()
 		if urlStr != test.expected {
@@ -647,33 +647,33 @@ func TestResolveReference(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Test that new instances are returned.
-	base := mustParseURL("http://foo.com/")
-	abs := base.ResolveReference(mustParseURL("."))
+	base := mustParse("http://foo.com/")
+	abs := base.ResolveReference(mustParse("."))
 	if base == abs {
 		t.Errorf("Expected no-op reference to return new URL instance.")
 	}
-	barRef := mustParseURL("http://bar.com/")
+	barRef := mustParse("http://bar.com/")
 	abs = base.ResolveReference(barRef)
 	if abs == barRef {
 		t.Errorf("Expected resolution of absolute reference to return new URL instance.")
 	}
 
 	// Test the convenience wrapper too
-	base = mustParseURL("http://foo.com/path/one/")
-	abs, _ = base.ParseURL("../two")
+	base = mustParse("http://foo.com/path/one/")
+	abs, _ = base.Parse("../two")
 	expected := "http://foo.com/path/two"
 	if abs.String() != expected {
-		t.Errorf("ParseURL wrapper got %q; expected %q", abs.String(), expected)
+		t.Errorf("Parse wrapper got %q; expected %q", abs.String(), expected)
 	}
-	_, err := base.ParseURL("")
+	_, err := base.Parse("")
 	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("Expected an error from ParseURL wrapper parsing an empty string.")
+		t.Errorf("Expected an error from Parse wrapper parsing an empty string.")
 	}
 
 }
 
 func TestQueryValues(t *testing.T) {
-	u, _ := ParseURL("http://x.com?foo=bar&bar=1&bar=2")
+	u, _ := Parse("http://x.com?foo=bar&bar=1&bar=2")
 	v := u.Query()
 	if len(v) != 2 {
 		t.Errorf("got %d keys in Query values, want 2", len(v))
diff --git a/src/pkg/websocket/client.go b/src/pkg/websocket/client.go
index f24c463608c..74bede4249f 100644
--- a/src/pkg/websocket/client.go
+++ b/src/pkg/websocket/client.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"rand"
 	"strings"
+	"url"
 )
 
 type ProtocolError struct {
@@ -99,10 +100,10 @@ A trivial example client:
 		// use msg[0:n]
 	}
 */
-func Dial(url, protocol, origin string) (ws *Conn, err os.Error) {
+func Dial(url_, protocol, origin string) (ws *Conn, err os.Error) {
 	var client net.Conn
 
-	parsedUrl, err := http.ParseURL(url)
+	parsedUrl, err := url.Parse(url_)
 	if err != nil {
 		goto Error
 	}
@@ -121,14 +122,14 @@ func Dial(url, protocol, origin string) (ws *Conn, err os.Error) {
 		goto Error
 	}
 
-	ws, err = newClient(parsedUrl.RawPath, parsedUrl.Host, origin, url, protocol, client, handshake)
+	ws, err = newClient(parsedUrl.RawPath, parsedUrl.Host, origin, url_, protocol, client, handshake)
 	if err != nil {
 		goto Error
 	}
 	return
 
 Error:
-	return nil, &DialError{url, protocol, origin, err}
+	return nil, &DialError{url_, protocol, origin, err}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/pkg/websocket/websocket_test.go b/src/pkg/websocket/websocket_test.go
index 84788b416ed..71c3c8514b7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/websocket/websocket_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/websocket/websocket_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"url"
 )
 
 var serverAddr string
@@ -155,9 +156,9 @@ func TestHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Get: unexpected success")
 		return
 	}
-	urlerr, ok := err.(*http.URLError)
+	urlerr, ok := err.(*url.Error)
 	if !ok {
-		t.Errorf("Get: not URLError %#v", err)
+		t.Errorf("Get: not url.Error %#v", err)
 		return
 	}
 	if urlerr.Error != io.ErrUnexpectedEOF {