diff --git a/upath/_flavour.py b/upath/_flavour.py
index 3b64e0f..aba592e 100644
--- a/upath/_flavour.py
+++ b/upath/_flavour.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 __all__ = [
     "FSSpecFlavour",
+    "upath_urijoin",
 ]
 
 
@@ -299,3 +300,64 @@ def splitroot(p):
         return splitroot
     else:
         raise NotImplementedError(f"unsupported module: {mod!r}")
+
+
+def upath_urijoin(base: str, uri: str) -> str:
+    """Join a base URI and a possibly relative URI to form an absolute
+    interpretation of the latter."""
+    # see:
+    #   https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/ae6c01d9d2/Lib/urllib/parse.py#L539-L605
+    # modifications:
+    #   - removed allow_fragments parameter
+    #   - all schemes are considered to allow relative paths
+    #   - all schemes are considered to allow netloc (revisit this)
+    #   - no bytes support (removes encoding and decoding)
+    if not base:
+        return uri
+    if not uri:
+        return base
+
+    bs = urlsplit(base, scheme="")
+    us = urlsplit(uri, scheme=bs.scheme)
+
+    if us.scheme != bs.scheme:  # or us.scheme not in uses_relative:
+        return uri
+    # if us.scheme in uses_netloc:
+    if us.netloc:
+        return us.geturl()
+    else:
+        us = us._replace(netloc=bs.netloc)
+    # end if
+    if not us.path and not us.fragment:
+        us = us._replace(path=bs.path, fragment=bs.fragment)
+        if not us.query:
+            us = us._replace(query=bs.query)
+        return us.geturl()
+
+    base_parts = bs.path.split("/")
+    if base_parts[-1] != "":
+        del base_parts[-1]
+
+    if us.path[:1] == "/":
+        segments = us.path.split("/")
+    else:
+        segments = base_parts + us.path.split("/")
+        segments[1:-1] = filter(None, segments[1:-1])
+
+    resolved_path = []
+
+    for seg in segments:
+        if seg == "..":
+            try:
+                resolved_path.pop()
+            except IndexError:
+                pass
+        elif seg == ".":
+            continue
+        else:
+            resolved_path.append(seg)
+
+    if segments[-1] in (".", ".."):
+        resolved_path.append("")
+
+    return us._replace(path="/".join(resolved_path) or "/").geturl()
diff --git a/upath/core.py b/upath/core.py
index c541fb2..31343c1 100644
--- a/upath/core.py
+++ b/upath/core.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from upath._compat import str_remove_prefix
 from upath._compat import str_remove_suffix
 from upath._flavour import FSSpecFlavour
+from upath._flavour import upath_urijoin
 from upath._protocol import get_upath_protocol
 from upath._stat import UPathStatResult
 from upath.registry import get_upath_class
@@ -253,6 +254,18 @@ def fs(self) -> AbstractFileSystem:
     def path(self) -> str:
         return super().__str__()
 
+    def joinuri(self, uri: str | os.PathLike[str]) -> UPath:
+        """Join with urljoin behavior for UPath instances"""
+        # short circuit if the new uri uses a different protocol
+        other_protocol = get_upath_protocol(uri)
+        if other_protocol and other_protocol != self._protocol:
+            return UPath(uri)
+        return UPath(
+            upath_urijoin(str(self), str(uri)),
+            protocol=other_protocol or self._protocol,
+            **self.storage_options,
+        )
+
     # === upath.UPath CUSTOMIZABLE API ================================
 
     @classmethod
@@ -590,6 +603,17 @@ def is_relative_to(self, other, /, *_deprecated):
             return False
         return super().is_relative_to(other, *_deprecated)
 
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        tail = self._tail
+        if not tail:
+            return ""
+        name = tail[-1]
+        if not name and len(tail) >= 2:
+            return tail[-2]
+        else:
+            return name
+
     # === pathlib.Path ================================================
 
     def stat(self, *, follow_symlinks=True) -> UPathStatResult:
diff --git a/upath/tests/implementations/test_http.py b/upath/tests/implementations/test_http.py
index 7541780..6effd5c 100644
--- a/upath/tests/implementations/test_http.py
+++ b/upath/tests/implementations/test_http.py
@@ -143,3 +143,45 @@ def test_empty_parts(args, parts):
     pth = UPath(args)
     pth_parts = pth.parts
     assert pth_parts == parts
+
+
+def test_query_parameters_passthrough():
+    pth = UPath("http://example.com/?a=1&b=2")
+    assert pth.parts == ("http://example.com/", "?a=1&b=2")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "base,rel,expected",
+    [
+        (
+            "http://www.example.com/a/b/index.html",
+            "image.png?version=1",
+            "http://www.example.com/a/b/image.png?version=1",
+        ),
+        (
+            "http://www.example.com/a/b/index.html",
+            "../image.png",
+            "http://www.example.com/a/image.png",
+        ),
+        (
+            "http://www.example.com/a/b/index.html",
+            "/image.png",
+            "http://www.example.com/image.png",
+        ),
+        (
+            "http://www.example.com/a/b/index.html",
+            "ftp://other.com/image.png",
+            "ftp://other.com/image.png",
+        ),
+        (
+            "http://www.example.com/a/b/index.html",
+            "//other.com/image.png",
+            "http://other.com/image.png",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_joinuri_behavior(base, rel, expected):
+    p0 = UPath(base)
+    pr = p0.joinuri(rel)
+    pe = UPath(expected)
+    assert pr == pe