diff --git a/Lib/http/client.py b/Lib/http/client.py
index 15c5cf634cf508..65ffda12e4bd62 100644
--- a/Lib/http/client.py
+++ b/Lib/http/client.py
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ def __init__(self, sock, debuglevel=0, method=None, url=None):
         self.length = _UNKNOWN          # number of bytes left in response
         self.will_close = _UNKNOWN      # conn will close at end of response
 
+        self.url = url
+
     def _read_status(self):
         line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1")
         if len(line) > _MAXLINE: