diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 3f11e9a0b9c..c26ed8f3110 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ This serves two purposes:
 - Fixed DataCollections file finding method not being able to be overridden https://github.com/hydephp/develop/issues/1716 in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1717
 - Fixed PHP warning when trying to parse a Markdown file with just front matter without body https://github.com/hydephp/develop/issues/1705 in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1728
 - Yaml data files no longer need to start with triple dashes to be parsed by DataCollections in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1733
+- Updated the Hyde URL helper to not modify already qualified URLs in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1757
 
 ### Security
 - in case of vulnerabilities.
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Foundation/Kernel/Hyperlinks.php b/packages/framework/src/Foundation/Kernel/Hyperlinks.php
index 9cec5ca989c..b98efdb0d0a 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Foundation/Kernel/Hyperlinks.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Foundation/Kernel/Hyperlinks.php
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ public function url(string $path = ''): string
     {
         $path = $this->formatLink(trim($path, '/'));
 
+        if (str_starts_with($path, 'http')) {
+            return $path;
+        }
+
         if ($this->hasSiteUrl()) {
             return rtrim(rtrim(Config::getString('hyde.url'), '/')."/$path", '/');
         }
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/HelpersTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/HelpersTest.php
index 71294f9b20e..e0a36b3ceaa 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/HelpersTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/HelpersTest.php
@@ -197,7 +197,23 @@ public function testUrlFunctionWithLocalhostBaseUrlButNoPath()
     /** @covers ::url */
     public function testUrlFunctionWithAlreadyQualifiedUrl()
     {
-        $this->markTestSkipped('The url function does not check if the URL is already qualified.');
+        $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo', url('https://example.com/foo'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo', url('http://localhost/foo'));
+    }
+
+    /** @covers ::url */
+    public function testUrlFunctionWithAlreadyQualifiedUrlWhenSiteUrlIsSet()
+    {
+        $this->app['config']->set(['hyde.url' => 'https://example.com']);
+
+        $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo', url('https://example.com/foo'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo', url('http://localhost/foo'));
+    }
+
+    /** @covers ::url */
+    public function testUrlFunctionWithAlreadyQualifiedUrlWhenSiteUrlIsSetToSomethingElse()
+    {
+        $this->app['config']->set(['hyde.url' => 'my-site.com']);
 
         $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo', url('https://example.com/foo'));
         $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo', url('http://localhost/foo'));
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Unit/Foundation/HyperlinksUrlPathHelpersTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Unit/Foundation/HyperlinksUrlPathHelpersTest.php
index 6f4355ef533..d228f3aee3d 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Unit/Foundation/HyperlinksUrlPathHelpersTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Unit/Foundation/HyperlinksUrlPathHelpersTest.php
@@ -110,6 +110,51 @@ public function testQualifiedUrlAcceptsMultipleSchemes()
         $this->assertSame('http://example.com', $this->class->url());
     }
 
+    public function testQualifiedUrlHelperWithAlreadyQualifiedUrl()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo', $this->class->url('https://example.com/foo'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function testQualifiedUrlHelperWithAlreadyQualifiedUrlWhenSiteUrlIsSet()
+    {
+        $this->app['config']->set(['hyde.url' => 'https://example.com']);
+
+        $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo', $this->class->url('https://example.com/foo'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function testQualifiedUrlHelperWithAlreadyQualifiedUrlWhenSiteUrlIsSetToSomethingElse()
+    {
+        $this->app['config']->set(['hyde.url' => 'my-site.com']);
+
+        $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo', $this->class->url('https://example.com/foo'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function testQualifiedUrlHelperWithAlreadyQualifiedUrlStillFormatsPath()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo/bar.html', $this->class->url('https://example.com/foo/bar.html'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo/bar.html', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo/bar.html'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo/bar', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo/bar/'));
+    }
+
+    public function testQualifiedUrlHelperWithAlreadyQualifiedUrlStillFormatsPathWhenSiteUrlIsSet()
+    {
+        $this->app['config']->set(['hyde.url' => 'https://example.com']);
+        $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo/bar.html', $this->class->url('https://example.com/foo/bar.html'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo/bar.html', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo/bar.html'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo/bar', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo/bar/'));
+    }
+
+    public function testQualifiedUrlHelperWithAlreadyQualifiedUrlStillFormatsPathWithPrettyUrls()
+    {
+        $this->app['config']->set(['hyde.url' => 'https://example.com', 'hyde.pretty_urls' => true]);
+        $this->assertSame('https://example.com/foo/bar', $this->class->url('https://example.com/foo/bar.html'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo/bar', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo/bar.html'));
+        $this->assertSame('http://localhost/foo/bar', $this->class->url('http://localhost/foo/bar/'));
+    }
+
     public function testQualifiedUrlThrowsExceptionWhenNoSiteUrlIsSet()
     {
         $this->withSiteUrl(null);