diff --git a/packages/platform-server/src/location.ts b/packages/platform-server/src/location.ts
index bba5d6ae78d..5e7c00908c1 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/src/location.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-server/src/location.ts
@@ -9,19 +9,45 @@
 import {DOCUMENT, LocationChangeEvent, LocationChangeListener, PlatformLocation, ɵgetDOM as getDOM} from '@angular/common';
 import {Inject, Injectable, Optional, ɵWritable as Writable} from '@angular/core';
 import {Subject} from 'rxjs';
-import * as url from 'url';
 
 import {INITIAL_CONFIG, PlatformConfig} from './tokens';
 
-function parseUrl(urlStr: string) {
-  const parsedUrl = url.parse(urlStr);
+const RESOLVE_PROTOCOL = 'resolve:';
+
+function parseUrl(urlStr: string): {
+  hostname: string,
+  protocol: string,
+  port: string,
+  pathname: string,
+  search: string,
+  hash: string,
+} {
+  let {hostname, protocol, port, pathname, search, hash} = new URL(urlStr, RESOLVE_PROTOCOL + '//');
+
+  /**
+   * TODO(alanagius): Remove the below in version 18.
+   * The following are done to maintain the same behaviour as `url.parse`.
+   * The main differences are;
+   *  - `pathname` is always suffixed with a `/`.
+   *  - `port` is empty when `http:` protocol and port in url is `80`
+   *  - `port` is empty when `https:` protocol and port in url is `443`
+   */
+  if (protocol !== RESOLVE_PROTOCOL && port === '' && /\:(80|443)/.test(urlStr)) {
+    port = protocol === 'http:' ? '80' : '443';
+  }
+
+  if (protocol === RESOLVE_PROTOCOL && urlStr.charAt(0) !== '/') {
+    pathname = pathname.slice(1);  // Remove leading slash.
+  }
+  // END TODO
+
   return {
-    hostname: parsedUrl.hostname || '',
-    protocol: parsedUrl.protocol || '',
-    port: parsedUrl.port || '',
-    pathname: parsedUrl.pathname || '',
-    search: parsedUrl.search || '',
-    hash: parsedUrl.hash || '',
+    hostname,
+    protocol: protocol === RESOLVE_PROTOCOL ? '' : protocol,
+    port,
+    pathname,
+    search,
+    hash,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts b/packages/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
index 06087cdc4bd..2e0e75a4c4f 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
@@ -707,6 +707,58 @@ describe('platform-server integration', () => {
         location.pushState(null, 'Test', '/foo#bar');
       });
     });
+
+    describe('Legacy (Remove once url normalization is removed)', () => {
+      it('parses and returns pathname without a slash', async () => {
+        const platform = platformServer([{
+          provide: INITIAL_CONFIG,
+          useValue: {document: '<app></app>', url: 'deep/path?query#hash'}
+        }]);
+
+        const appRef = await platform.bootstrapModule(ExampleModule);
+
+        const location = appRef.injector.get(PlatformLocation);
+        expect(location.hostname).toBe('');
+        expect(location.protocol).toBe('');
+        expect(location.port).toBe('');
+        expect(location.pathname).toBe('deep/path');
+        expect(location.search).toBe('?query');
+        expect(location.hash).toBe('#hash');
+      });
+      it('port is set to 443 when using https protocol', async () => {
+        const platform = platformServer([{
+          provide: INITIAL_CONFIG,
+          useValue: {document: '<app></app>', url: 'https://test.com:443/deep/path?query#hash'}
+        }]);
+
+        const appRef = await platform.bootstrapModule(ExampleModule);
+
+        const location = appRef.injector.get(PlatformLocation);
+        expect(location.hostname).toBe('test.com');
+        expect(location.protocol).toBe('https:');
+        expect(location.port).toBe('443');
+        expect(location.pathname).toBe('/deep/path');
+        expect(location.search).toBe('?query');
+        expect(location.hash).toBe('#hash');
+      });
+
+      it('port is set to 80 when using http protocol', async () => {
+        const platform = platformServer([{
+          provide: INITIAL_CONFIG,
+          useValue: {document: '<app></app>', url: 'http://test.com:80/deep/path?query#hash'}
+        }]);
+
+        const appRef = await platform.bootstrapModule(ExampleModule);
+
+        const location = appRef.injector.get(PlatformLocation);
+        expect(location.hostname).toBe('test.com');
+        expect(location.protocol).toBe('http:');
+        expect(location.port).toBe('80');
+        expect(location.pathname).toBe('/deep/path');
+        expect(location.search).toBe('?query');
+        expect(location.hash).toBe('#hash');
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('render', () => {