diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index 6e6cc62226766b..7e53ac1dc2d7ba 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -1112,7 +1112,6 @@ function originFor(url, base) {
     case 'https:':
     case 'ws:':
     case 'wss:':
-    case 'file':
       origin = new TupleOrigin(protocol.slice(0, -1),
                                url[context].host,
                                url[context].port,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-properties.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-properties.js
index b5b3119422e668..c5d60229a9f2c1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-properties.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-properties.js
@@ -142,3 +142,19 @@ assert.strictEqual(url.searchParams, oldParams);
   assert.strictEqual(opts.search, '?l=24');
   assert.strictEqual(opts.hash, '#test');
 }
+
+// Test special origins
+[
+  { expected: 'https://whatwg.org',
+    url: 'blob:https://whatwg.org/d0360e2f-caee-469f-9a2f-87d5b0456f6f' },
+  { expected: 'ftp://example.org', url: 'ftp://example.org/foo' },
+  { expected: 'gopher://gopher.quux.org', url: 'gopher://gopher.quux.org/1/' },
+  { expected: 'http://example.org', url: 'http://example.org/foo' },
+  { expected: 'https://example.org', url: 'https://example.org/foo' },
+  { expected: 'ws://example.org', url: 'ws://example.org/foo' },
+  { expected: 'wss://example.org', url: 'wss://example.org/foo' },
+  { expected: 'null', url: 'file:///tmp/mock/path' },
+  { expected: 'null', url: 'npm://nodejs/rules' }
+].forEach((test) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(new URL(test.url).origin, test.expected);
+});