diff --git a/src/__tests__/useQueryParam-SSR-test.tsx b/src/__tests__/useQueryParam-SSR-test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26cf732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/useQueryParam-SSR-test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * @jest-environment node
+ */
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { useQueryParam } from '../useQueryParam';
+import { renderToString } from 'react-dom/server';
+import QueryParamProvider from '../QueryParamProvider';
+import { makeMockLocation } from './helpers';
+
+test('SSR initial query param', () => {
+  const Component = () => {
+    const [foo] = useQueryParam('foo');
+
+    return <div>{foo}</div>;
+  };
+
+  const location = makeMockLocation({ foo: 'bar' });
+
+  const result = renderToString(
+    <QueryParamProvider location={location}>
+      <Component />
+    </QueryParamProvider>
+  );
+
+  expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"<div>bar</div>"`);
+});
diff --git a/src/useQueryParam.ts b/src/useQueryParam.ts
index 1aef5b7..faa17ed 100644
--- a/src/useQueryParam.ts
+++ b/src/useQueryParam.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ export const useQueryParam = <D, D2 = D>(
           pathname = parseQueryString(location.search);
         } else {
           // not in browser
-          pathname = parseQueryURL(location.pathname).query;
+          let url = location.pathname;
+          if (location.search) {
+            url += location.search;
+          }
+
+          pathname = parseQueryURL(url).query;
         }
       }