diff --git a/src/testcontainers/core/wait_strategies.py b/src/testcontainers/core/wait_strategies.py
index 4e9f5a77..17ea81e1 100644
--- a/src/testcontainers/core/wait_strategies.py
+++ b/src/testcontainers/core/wait_strategies.py
@@ -206,11 +206,13 @@ def from_url(cls, url: str) -> Self:
         Example:
             strategy = HttpWaitStrategy.from_url("https://localhost:8080/api/health")
         """
-        from urllib.parse import urlparse
+        from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 
-        parsed = urlparse(url)
+        parsed = urlsplit(url)
         port = parsed.port or (443 if parsed.scheme == "https" else 80)
         path = parsed.path or "/"
+        if parsed.query:
+            path += f"?{parsed.query}"
 
         strategy = cls(port, path)
 
diff --git a/tests/core/test_wait_strategies.py b/tests/core/test_wait_strategies.py
index 60c1be57..f2d7bb2a 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_wait_strategies.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_wait_strategies.py
@@ -364,6 +364,20 @@ def test_from_url(self, url, expected_port, expected_path, expected_tls):
         assert strategy._path == expected_path
         assert strategy._tls is expected_tls
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "url,expected_path",
+        [
+            ("http://localhost:8080/health?ready=true", "/health?ready=true"),
+            ("http://localhost:8080?ready=true", "/?ready=true"),
+            ("https://localhost/health?a=1&a=2&empty=", "/health?a=1&a=2&empty="),
+            ("http://localhost/health?value=a%23b%26c#ignored", "/health?value=a%23b%26c"),
+            ("http://localhost/health;version=2?ready=true", "/health;version=2?ready=true"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_from_url_preserves_request_target(self, url, expected_path):
+        strategy = HttpWaitStrategy.from_url(url)
+        assert strategy._path == expected_path
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "status_codes,expected_result",
         [