diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 33c59d64..726f728b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ PSA: changes to [`mithril/stream`](stream.md) are now specified in this changelo
 - Allow Mithril to be loaded in non-browser environments without modification. ([#2633](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2633) [@isiahmeadows](https://github.com/isiahmeadows))
 - Work around a bundler bug that corrupted RegExps [#2647](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/issues/) ([#2655](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2655))
 - Adapt handling of no content (204) responses to match XHR Spec ([#2624](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2641)) [@Evoke-PHP](https://github.com/Evoke-PHP)
+- Add `URLSearchParams` support to `m.request` ([#2695](https://github.com/MithrilJS/mithril.js/pull/2695) [@Coteh](https://github.com/Coteh))
 
 Important note: if you were using any of these undocumented tools, they are no longer available as of this release. This is not considered a breaking change as they were written for internal usage and as of v2 are all 100% unsupported in userland.
 
diff --git a/docs/request.md b/docs/request.md
index 6cd03b07..90a172cb 100644
--- a/docs/request.md
+++ b/docs/request.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Argument                  | Type                              | Required | Descr
 `options.config`          | `xhr = Function(xhr)`             | No       | Exposes the underlying XMLHttpRequest object for low-level configuration and optional replacement (by returning a new XHR).
 `options.headers`         | `Object`                          | No       | Headers to append to the request before sending it (applied right before `options.config`).
 `options.type`            | `any = Function(any)`             | No       | A constructor to be applied to each object in the response. Defaults to the [identity function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_function).
-`options.serialize`       | `string = Function(any)`          | No       | A serialization method to be applied to `body`. Defaults to `JSON.stringify`, or if `options.body` is an instance of [`FormData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/FormData), defaults to the [identity function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_function) (i.e. `function(value) {return value}`).
+`options.serialize`       | `string = Function(any)`          | No       | A serialization method to be applied to `body`. Defaults to `JSON.stringify`, or if `options.body` is an instance of [`FormData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/FormData) or [`URLSearchParams`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLSearchParams), defaults to the [identity function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_function) (i.e. `function(value) {return value}`).
 `options.deserialize`     | `any = Function(any)`          | No       | A deserialization method to be applied to the `xhr.response` or normalized `xhr.responseText`. Defaults to the [identity function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_function). If `extract` is defined, `deserialize` will be skipped.
 `options.extract`         | `any = Function(xhr, options)`    | No       | A hook to specify how the XMLHttpRequest response should be read. Useful for processing response data, reading headers and cookies. By default this is a function that returns `options.deserialize(parsedResponse)`, throwing an exception when the server response status code indicates an error or when the response is syntactically invalid. If a custom `extract` callback is provided, the `xhr` parameter is the XMLHttpRequest instance used for the request, and `options` is the object that was passed to the `m.request` call. Additionally, `deserialize` will be skipped and the value returned from the extract callback will be left as-is when the promise resolves.
 `options.background`      | `Boolean`                         | No       | If `false`, redraws mounted components upon completion of the request. If `true`, it does not. Defaults to `false`.
diff --git a/request/request.js b/request/request.js
index 13cdc2c4..54fae64d 100644
--- a/request/request.js
+++ b/request/request.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module.exports = function($window, Promise, oncompletion) {
 		request: makeRequest(function(url, args, resolve, reject) {
 			var method = args.method != null ? args.method.toUpperCase() : "GET"
 			var body = args.body
-			var assumeJSON = (args.serialize == null || args.serialize === JSON.serialize) && !(body instanceof $window.FormData)
+			var assumeJSON = (args.serialize == null || args.serialize === JSON.serialize) && !(body instanceof $window.FormData || body instanceof $window.URLSearchParams)
 			var responseType = args.responseType || (typeof args.extract === "function" ? "" : "json")
 
 			var xhr = new $window.XMLHttpRequest(), aborted = false, isTimeout = false
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ module.exports = function($window, Promise, oncompletion) {
 
 			if (body == null) xhr.send()
 			else if (typeof args.serialize === "function") xhr.send(args.serialize(body))
-			else if (body instanceof $window.FormData) xhr.send(body)
+			else if (body instanceof $window.FormData || body instanceof $window.URLSearchParams) xhr.send(body)
 			else xhr.send(JSON.stringify(body))
 		}),
 		jsonp: makeRequest(function(url, args, resolve, reject) {
diff --git a/request/tests/test-request.js b/request/tests/test-request.js
index 7ff0f2fc..b794a525 100644
--- a/request/tests/test-request.js
+++ b/request/tests/test-request.js
@@ -212,6 +212,16 @@ o.spec("request", function() {
 				o(data).deepEquals({a: "/items", b: [{x: "y"}]})
 			}).then(done)
 		})
+		o("works w/ URLSearchParams body", function(done) {
+			mock.$defineRoutes({
+				"POST /item": function(request) {
+					return {status: 200, responseText: JSON.stringify({a: request.url, b: request.body.toString()})}
+				}
+			})
+			request({method: "POST", url: "/item", body: new URLSearchParams({x: "y", z: "w"})}).then(function(data) {
+				o(data).deepEquals({a: "/item", b: "x=y&z=w"})
+			}).then(done)
+		});
 		o("ignores unresolved parameter via GET", function(done) {
 			mock.$defineRoutes({
 				"GET /item/:x": function(request) {
diff --git a/test-utils/xhrMock.js b/test-utils/xhrMock.js
index eefbf728..1c9fa1d4 100644
--- a/test-utils/xhrMock.js
+++ b/test-utils/xhrMock.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
 	function FormData() {}
 	var $window = {
 		FormData: FormData,
+		URLSearchParams: URLSearchParams,
 		XMLHttpRequest: function XMLHttpRequest() {
 			var args = {}
 			var headers = {}