diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47798d8..7fa1fd1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+<a name="1.2.1"></a>
+## [1.2.1](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1) (2018-12-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **isUrlRequest:** better handle absolute urls and non standards ([#134](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/134)) ([aca43da](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/commit/aca43da))
+
+
+### Reverts
+
+* PR [#79](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/79) ([#135](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/issues/135)) ([73d350a](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/commit/73d350a))
+
+
+
 <a name="1.2.0"></a>
 # [1.2.0](https://github.com/webpack/loader-utils/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0) (2018-12-24)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83346c6..34443d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,6 +115,21 @@ loaderUtils.stringifyRequest(this, "\\\\network-drive\\test.js");
 
 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 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:
+
 ```javascript
 const url = "path/to/module.js";
 const request = loaderUtils.urlToRequest(url); // "./path/to/module.js"
diff --git a/lib/isUrlRequest.js b/lib/isUrlRequest.js
index c59c218..4592cb1 100644
--- a/lib/isUrlRequest.js
+++ b/lib/isUrlRequest.js
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const path = require('path');
+
 function isUrlRequest(url, root) {
   // An URL is not an request if
-  // 1. it's a Data Url
-  // 2. it's an absolute url or and protocol-relative
-  // 3. it's some kind of url for a template
-  if (
-    /^data:|^.+-extension:\/|^about:blank$|^(https?:)?\/\/|^[{}[]#*;,'§\$%&\(=?`´\^°<>]/.test(
-      url
-    )
-  ) {
+
+  // 1. 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;
+  }
+
+  // 2. It's a protocol-relative
+  if (/^\/\//.test(url)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // 3. It's some kind of url for a template
+  if (/^[{}[\]#*;,'§$%&(=?`´^°<>]/.test(url)) {
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/urlToRequest.js b/lib/urlToRequest.js
index 597115f..e2b60d3 100644
--- a/lib/urlToRequest.js
+++ b/lib/urlToRequest.js
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ function urlToRequest(url, root) {
             '.'
         );
     }
-  } else if (/^(?:https?:)?\/\//.test(url)) {
-    // Preserve http and https urls
-    request = url;
   } else if (/^\.\.?\//.test(url)) {
     // A relative url stays
     request = url;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b389b1..98690a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "loader-utils",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "author": "Tobias Koppers @sokra",
   "description": "utils for webpack loaders",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/test/isUrlRequest.test.js b/test/isUrlRequest.test.js
index d4d1258..08a00d1 100644
--- a/test/isUrlRequest.test.js
+++ b/test/isUrlRequest.test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ 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'],
@@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ describe('isUrlRequest()', () => {
     [['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,
@@ -42,6 +51,18 @@ describe('isUrlRequest()', () => {
       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)
     [
@@ -110,6 +131,48 @@ describe('isUrlRequest()', () => {
 
     // 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'],
+      false,
+      'should ignore non standard protocols (data)',
+    ],
+    [
+      ['DATA:text/plain;base64,SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ%3D%3D'],
+      false,
+      'should ignore non standard protocols (data)',
+    ],
+
+    // root-relative url
+    [['/'], false, 'ignore root-relative url'],
+    [['//'], false, 'ignore root-relative url 1'],
   ].forEach((test) => {
     it(test[2], () => {
       const expected = test[1];
diff --git a/test/urlToRequest.test.js b/test/urlToRequest.test.js
index f7160f2..2d9a17e 100644
--- a/test/urlToRequest.test.js
+++ b/test/urlToRequest.test.js
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ ExpectedError.prototype.matches = function(err) {
 describe('urlToRequest()', () => {
   [
     // without root
-    [['//google.com'], '//google.com', 'should handle scheme-agnostic urls'],
-    [['http://google.com'], 'http://google.com', 'should handle http urls'],
-    [['https://google.com'], 'https://google.com', 'should handle https urls'],
     [
       ['path/to/thing'],
       './path/to/thing',