diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c0d22cc8..d92d8eb53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isStrongPassword(str [, options])**   | check if the string can be considered a strong password or not. Allows for custom requirements or scoring rules. If `returnScore` is true, then the function returns an integer score for the password rather than a boolean.<br/>Default options: <br/>`{ minLength: 8, minLowercase: 1, minUppercase: 1, minNumbers: 1, minSymbols: 1, returnScore: false, pointsPerUnique: 1, pointsPerRepeat: 0.5, pointsForContainingLower: 10, pointsForContainingUpper: 10, pointsForContainingNumber: 10, pointsForContainingSymbol: 10 }`
 **isTime(str [, options])**             | check if the string is a valid time e.g. [`23:01:59`, new Date().toLocaleTimeString()].<br/><br/> `options` is an object which can contain the keys `hourFormat` or `mode`.<br/><br/>`hourFormat` is a key and defaults to `'hour24'`.<br/><br/>`mode` is a key and defaults to `'default'`. <br/><br/>`hourFormat` can contain the values `'hour12'` or `'hour24'`, `'hour24'` will validate hours in 24 format and `'hour12'` will validate hours in 12 format. <br/><br/>`mode` can contain the values `'default'` or `'withSeconds'`, `'default'` will validate `HH:MM` format, `'withSeconds'` will validate the `HH:MM:SS` format.
 **isTaxID(str, locale)**                | check if the string is a valid Tax Identification Number. Default locale is `en-US`.<br/><br/>More info about exact TIN support can be found in `src/lib/isTaxID.js`.<br/><br/>Supported locales: `[ 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'de-AT', 'de-DE', 'dk-DK', 'el-CY', 'el-GR', 'en-CA', 'en-GB', 'en-IE', 'en-US', 'es-AR', 'es-ES', 'et-EE', 'fi-FI', 'fr-BE', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'fr-LU', 'hr-HR', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'lb-LU', 'lt-LT', 'lv-LV', 'mt-MT', 'nl-BE', 'nl-NL', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ro-RO', 'sk-SK', 'sl-SI', 'sv-SE', 'uk-UA']`.
-**isURL(str [, options])**              | check if the string is a URL.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ protocols: ['http','https','ftp'], require_tld: true, require_protocol: false, require_host: true, require_port: false, require_valid_protocol: true, allow_underscores: false, host_whitelist: false, host_blacklist: false, allow_trailing_dot: false, allow_protocol_relative_urls: false, allow_fragments: true, allow_query_components: true, disallow_auth: false, validate_length: true }`.<br/><br/>`require_protocol` - if set to true isURL will return false if protocol is not present in the URL.<br/>`require_valid_protocol` - isURL will check if the URL's protocol is present in the protocols option.<br/>`protocols` - valid protocols can be modified with this option.<br/>`require_host` - if set to false isURL will not check if host is present in the URL.<br/>`require_port` - if set to true isURL will check if port is present in the URL.<br/>`allow_protocol_relative_urls` - if set to true protocol relative URLs will be allowed.<br/>`allow_fragments` - if set to false isURL will return false if fragments are present.<br/>`allow_query_components` - if set to false isURL will return false if query components are present.<br/>`validate_length` - if set to false isURL will skip string length validation (2083 characters is IE max URL length).
+**isURL(str [, options])**              | check if the string is a URL.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ protocols: ['http','https','ftp'], require_tld: true, require_protocol: false, require_host: true, require_port: false, require_valid_protocol: true, allow_underscores: false, host_whitelist: false, host_blacklist: false, allow_trailing_dot: false, allow_protocol_relative_urls: false, allow_fragments: true, allow_query_components: true, disallow_auth: false, validate_length: true }`.<br/><br/>`require_protocol` - if set to true isURL will return false if protocol is not present in the URL.<br/>`require_valid_protocol` - isURL will check if the URL's protocol is present in the protocols option.<br/>`protocols` - valid protocols can be modified with this option.<br/>`require_host` - if set to false isURL will not check if host is present in the URL.<br/>`require_port` - if set to true isURL will check if port is present in the URL.<br/>`allow_protocol_relative_urls` - if set to true protocol relative URLs will be allowed.<br/>`allow_fragments` - if set to false isURL will return false if fragments are present.<br/>`allow_query_components` - if set to false isURL will return false if query components are present.<br/>`validate_length` - if set to false isURL will skip string length validation. `max_allowed_length` will be ignored if this is set as `false`.<br/>`max_allowed_length` - if set isURL will not allow URLs longer than the specified value (default is 2084 that IE maximum URL length).
 **isULID(str)**                         | check if the string is a [ULID](https://github.com/ulid/spec).
 **isUUID(str [, version])**             | check if the string is an RFC9562 UUID.<br/>`version` is one of `'1'`-`'8'`, `'nil'`, `'max'`, or `'all'`.
 **isVariableWidth(str)**                | check if the string contains a mixture of full and half-width chars.
diff --git a/src/lib/isURL.js b/src/lib/isURL.js
index 3d2b1df3e..7529f4bde 100644
--- a/src/lib/isURL.js
+++ b/src/lib/isURL.js
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ protocols - valid protocols can be modified with this option
 require_host - if set as false isURL will not check if host is present in the URL
 require_port - if set as true isURL will check if port is present in the URL
 allow_protocol_relative_urls - if set as true protocol relative URLs will be allowed
-validate_length - if set as false isURL will skip string length validation (IE maximum is 2083)
-
+validate_length - if set as false isURL will skip string length validation
+  max_allowed_length will be ignored if this is set as false
+max_allowed_length - if set isURL will not allow URLs longer than max_allowed_length
+  default is 2084 that IE maximum URL length
 */
 
 
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ const default_url_options = {
   allow_fragments: true,
   allow_query_components: true,
   validate_length: true,
+  max_allowed_length: 2084,
 };
 
 const wrapped_ipv6 = /^\[([^\]]+)\](?::([0-9]+))?$/;
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ export default function isURL(url, options) {
   }
   options = merge(options, default_url_options);
 
-  if (options.validate_length && url.length >= 2083) {
+  if (options.validate_length && url.length > options.max_allowed_length) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/validators.test.js b/test/validators.test.js
index f9a2960b4..80a20bd10 100644
--- a/test/validators.test.js
+++ b/test/validators.test.js
@@ -787,6 +787,21 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should allow user to configure the maximum URL length', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isURL',
+      args: [{ max_allowed_length: 20 }],
+      valid: [
+        'http://foobar.com/12', // 20 characters
+        'http://foobar.com/',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        'http://foobar.com/123', // 21 characters
+        'http://foobar.com/1234567890',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should validate URLs with port present', () => {
     test({
       validator: 'isURL',