diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3057748..b261596 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,17 @@ If the loader options have been passed as loader query string (`loader?some&para
 
 Converts some resource URL to a webpack module request.
 
+> i Before call `urlToRequest` you need call `isUrlRequest` to ensure it is requestable url
+
 ```javascript
-const request = loaderUtils.urlToRequest(url);
+const url = "path/to/module.js";
+
+if (loaderUtils.isUrlRequest(url)) {
+  // Logic for requestable url
+  const request = loaderUtils.urlToRequest(url);
+} else {
+  // Logic for not requestable url
+}
 ```
 
 Simple example:
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 86722dc..d24f3d5 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
+const isUrlRequest = require("./isUrlRequest");
 const urlToRequest = require("./urlToRequest");
 const getHashDigest = require("./getHashDigest");
 const interpolateName = require("./interpolateName");
@@ -7,3 +8,4 @@ const interpolateName = require("./interpolateName");
 exports.urlToRequest = urlToRequest;
 exports.getHashDigest = getHashDigest;
 exports.interpolateName = interpolateName;
+exports.isUrlRequest = isUrlRequest;
diff --git a/lib/isUrlRequest.js b/lib/isUrlRequest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0114c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/isUrlRequest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const path = require("path");
+
+function isUrlRequest(url) {
+  // An URL is not an request if
+
+  // 1. Allow `data URI`
+  if (/^data:/i.test(url)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // 2. It's an absolute url and it is not `windows` path like `C:\dir\file`
+  if (/^[a-z][a-z0-9+.-]*:/i.test(url) && !path.win32.isAbsolute(url)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // 3. It's a protocol-relative
+  if (/^\/\//.test(url)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // 4. It's some kind of url for a template
+  if (/^#/.test(url)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+module.exports = isUrlRequest;
diff --git a/test/isUrlRequest.test.js b/test/isUrlRequest.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56b8622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/isUrlRequest.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const loaderUtils = require("../");
+
+function ExpectedError(regex) {
+  this.regex = regex;
+}
+ExpectedError.prototype.matches = function (err) {
+  return this.regex.test(err.message);
+};
+
+describe("isUrlRequest()", () => {
+  [
+    // without root
+    [["//google.com"], false, "should be negative for scheme-agnostic urls"],
+    [["http://google.com"], false, "should be negative for http urls"],
+    [["HTTP://google.com"], false, "should be negative for http urls"],
+    [["https://google.com"], false, "should be negative for https urls"],
+    [["HTTPS://google.com"], false, "should be negative for https urls"],
+
+    [["chrome-extension://"], false, "should be negative for nonstandard urls"],
+    [["moz-extension://"], false, "should be negative for nonstandard urls"],
+    [
+      ["ms-browser-extension://"],
+      false,
+      "should be negative for nonstandard urls",
+    ],
+    [["custom-extension://"], false, "should be negative for nonstandard urls"],
+
+    [["path/to/thing"], true, "should be positive for implicit relative urls"],
+    [["./img.png"], true, "should be positive for implicit relative urls"],
+    [["../img.png"], true, "should be positive for implicit relative urls"],
+    [
+      ["./img.png?foo=bar#hash"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for implicit relative urls",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["./path/to/thing"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for explicit relative urls",
+    ],
+    [["~path/to/thing"], true, "should be positive for module urls (with ~)"],
+    [
+      ["some/other/stuff/and/then~path/to/thing"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for module urls with path prefix",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["./some/other/stuff/and/then~path/to/thing"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for module urls with relative path prefix",
+    ],
+    [["C:/thing"], true, "should be positive for linux path with driver"],
+    [["C:\\thing"], true, "should be positive for windows path with driver"],
+    [
+      ["directory/things"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for relative path (linux)",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["directory\\things"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for relative path (windows)",
+    ],
+
+    // with root (normal path)
+    [
+      ["path/to/thing", "root/dir"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive with root if implicit relative url",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["./path/to/thing", "root/dir"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive with root if explicit relative url",
+    ],
+
+    // with root (boolean) on Windows
+    [
+      ["C:\\path\\to\\thing"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for Windows absolute paths with drive letter",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["\\\\?\\UNC\\ComputerName\\path\\to\\thing"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for Windows absolute UNC paths",
+    ],
+
+    // with root (module)
+    [
+      ["/path/to/thing", "~"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for module url if root = ~",
+    ],
+
+    // with root (module path)
+    [
+      ["/path/to/thing", "~module"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for module prefixes when root starts with ~",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["/path/to/thing", "~module/"],
+      true,
+      "should be positive for module prefixes (with trailing slash) when root starts with ~",
+    ],
+
+    // error cases
+    [
+      ["/path/to/thing", 1],
+      new ExpectedError(/unexpected parameters/i),
+      "should throw an error on invalid root",
+    ],
+
+    // empty url
+    [[""], true, "should be positive if url is empty"],
+
+    // about url
+    [["about:blank"], false, "should be negative for about:blank"],
+
+    // hash
+    [["#gradient"], false, "should be negative for hash url"],
+
+    // url
+    [["//sindresorhus.com"], false, "should ignore noscheme url"],
+    [
+      ["//at.alicdn.com/t/font_515771_emcns5054x3whfr.eot"],
+      false,
+      "should ignore noscheme url with path",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["https://example.com/././foo"],
+      false,
+      "should ignore absolute url with relative",
+    ],
+
+    // non standard protocols
+    [
+      ["file://sindresorhus.com"],
+      false,
+      "should ignore non standard protocols (file)",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["mailto:someone@example.com"],
+      false,
+      "should ignore non standard protocols (mailto)",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["data:text/plain;base64,SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ%3D%3D"],
+      true,
+      "should work with non standard protocols (data)",
+    ],
+    [
+      ["DATA:text/plain;base64,SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ%3D%3D"],
+      true,
+      "should work with non standard protocols (data)",
+    ],
+
+    // root-relative url
+    [["/"], true, "should work with root-relative url 1"],
+    [["//"], false, "ignore root-relative url 1"],
+  ].forEach((test) => {
+    it(test[2], () => {
+      const expected = test[1];
+
+      try {
+        const request = loaderUtils.isUrlRequest.apply(loaderUtils, test[0]);
+
+        expect(request).toBe(expected);
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (expected instanceof ExpectedError) {
+          expect(expected.matches(e)).toBe(true);
+        } else {
+          throw new Error("should not have thrown an error: " + e.message);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});