diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index 113746a24d..da4eb07a81 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -677,11 +677,53 @@ function defineIDLClass(proto, classStr, obj) {
 }
 
 class URLSearchParams {
-  constructor(init = '') {
-    if (init instanceof URLSearchParams) {
-      const childParams = init[searchParams];
-      this[searchParams] = childParams.slice();
+  // URL Standard says the default value is '', but as undefined and '' have
+  // the same result, undefined is used to prevent unnecessary parsing.
+  // Default parameter is necessary to keep URLSearchParams.length === 0 in
+  // accordance with Web IDL spec.
+  constructor(init = undefined) {
+    if (init === null || init === undefined) {
+      this[searchParams] = [];
+    } else if (typeof init === 'object') {
+      const method = init[Symbol.iterator];
+      if (method === this[Symbol.iterator]) {
+        // While the spec does not have this branch, we can use it as a
+        // shortcut to avoid having to go through the costly generic iterator.
+        const childParams = init[searchParams];
+        this[searchParams] = childParams.slice();
+      } else if (method !== null && method !== undefined) {
+        if (typeof method !== 'function') {
+          throw new TypeError('Query pairs must be iterable');
+        }
+
+        // sequence<sequence<USVString>>
+        // Note: per spec we have to first exhaust the lists then process them
+        const pairs = [];
+        for (const pair of init) {
+          if (typeof pair !== 'object' ||
+              typeof pair[Symbol.iterator] !== 'function') {
+            throw new TypeError('Each query pair must be iterable');
+          }
+          pairs.push(Array.from(pair));
+        }
+
+        this[searchParams] = [];
+        for (const pair of pairs) {
+          if (pair.length !== 2) {
+            throw new TypeError('Each query pair must be a name/value tuple');
+          }
+          this[searchParams].push(String(pair[0]), String(pair[1]));
+        }
+      } else {
+        // record<USVString, USVString>
+        this[searchParams] = [];
+        for (const key of Object.keys(init)) {
+          const value = String(init[key]);
+          this[searchParams].push(key, value);
+        }
+      }
     } else {
+      // USVString
       init = String(init);
       if (init[0] === '?') init = init.slice(1);
       initSearchParams(this, init);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-searchparams-constructor.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-searchparams-constructor.js
index 9b7ca1e4e9..cb6ee0c9c0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-searchparams-constructor.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-searchparams-constructor.js
@@ -16,23 +16,30 @@ assert.strictEqual(params + '', 'a=b');
 params = new URLSearchParams(params);
 assert.strictEqual(params + '', 'a=b');
 
-// URLSearchParams constructor, empty.
+// URLSearchParams constructor, no arguments
+params = new URLSearchParams();
+assert.strictEqual(params.toString(), '');
+
 assert.throws(() => URLSearchParams(), TypeError,
               'Calling \'URLSearchParams\' without \'new\' should throw.');
-// assert.throws(() => new URLSearchParams(DOMException.prototype), TypeError);
-assert.throws(() => {
-  new URLSearchParams({
-    toString() { throw new TypeError('Illegal invocation'); }
-  });
-}, TypeError);
+
+// URLSearchParams constructor, undefined and null as argument
+params = new URLSearchParams(undefined);
+assert.strictEqual(params.toString(), '');
+params = new URLSearchParams(null);
+assert.strictEqual(params.toString(), '');
+
+// URLSearchParams constructor, empty string as argument
 params = new URLSearchParams('');
-assert.notStrictEqual(params, null, 'constructor returned non-null value.');
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-properties
+assert.notEqual(params, null, 'constructor returned non-null value.');
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-proto
 assert.strictEqual(params.__proto__, URLSearchParams.prototype,
                    'expected URLSearchParams.prototype as prototype.');
+
+// URLSearchParams constructor, {} as argument
 params = new URLSearchParams({});
-// assert.strictEqual(params + '', '%5Bobject+Object%5D=');
-assert.strictEqual(params + '', '%5Bobject%20Object%5D=');
+assert.strictEqual(params + '', '');
 
 // URLSearchParams constructor, string.
 params = new URLSearchParams('a=b');
@@ -128,3 +135,56 @@ params = new URLSearchParams('a=b%f0%9f%92%a9c');
 assert.strictEqual(params.get('a'), 'b\uD83D\uDCA9c');
 params = new URLSearchParams('a%f0%9f%92%a9b=c');
 assert.strictEqual(params.get('a\uD83D\uDCA9b'), 'c');
+
+// Constructor with sequence of sequences of strings
+params = new URLSearchParams([]);
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-properties
+assert.notEqual(params, null, 'constructor returned non-null value.');
+params = new URLSearchParams([['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']]);
+assert.strictEqual(params.get('a'), 'b');
+assert.strictEqual(params.get('c'), 'd');
+assert.throws(() => new URLSearchParams([[1]]),
+              /^TypeError: Each query pair must be a name\/value tuple$/);
+assert.throws(() => new URLSearchParams([[1, 2, 3]]),
+              /^TypeError: Each query pair must be a name\/value tuple$/);
+
+[
+  // Further confirmation needed
+  // https://github.com/w3c/web-platform-tests/pull/4523#discussion_r98337513
+  // {
+  //   input: {'+': '%C2'},
+  //   output: [[' ', '\uFFFD']],
+  //   name: 'object with +'
+  // },
+  {
+    input: {c: 'x', a: '?'},
+    output: [['c', 'x'], ['a', '?']],
+    name: 'object with two keys'
+  },
+  {
+    input: [['c', 'x'], ['a', '?']],
+    output: [['c', 'x'], ['a', '?']],
+    name: 'array with two keys'
+  }
+].forEach((val) => {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams(val.input);
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(Array.from(params), val.output,
+                         `Construct with ${val.name}`);
+});
+
+// Custom [Symbol.iterator]
+params = new URLSearchParams();
+params[Symbol.iterator] = function *() {
+  yield ['a', 'b'];
+};
+const params2 = new URLSearchParams(params);
+assert.strictEqual(params2.get('a'), 'b');
+
+assert.throws(() => new URLSearchParams({ [Symbol.iterator]: 42 }),
+              /^TypeError: Query pairs must be iterable$/);
+assert.throws(() => new URLSearchParams([{}]),
+              /^TypeError: Each query pair must be iterable$/);
+assert.throws(() => new URLSearchParams(['a']),
+              /^TypeError: Each query pair must be iterable$/);
+assert.throws(() => new URLSearchParams([{ [Symbol.iterator]: 42 }]),
+              /^TypeError: Each query pair must be iterable$/);