diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 006705c..ac6a4ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class YourApi extends Api
 - [HTTP client (PSR-18) and HTTP factories (PSR-17)](#http-client-psr-18-and-http-factories-psr-17)
 - [Cache (PSR-6)](#cache-psr-6)
 - [Logger (PSR-3)](#logger-psr-3)
-- [Configure options](#configure-options)
 
 ### Base URL
 
@@ -142,6 +141,9 @@ By default, this method will return a `string` as it will be the response of the
 If you want to change how the response is handled in all requests (for example, decode a JSON string into an array), 
 check the [`addResponseContentsListener`](#addresponsecontentslistener) method in the [Event Listeners](#event-listeners) section.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> If the `path` set is a full URL, it will be used as the request URL even if a `baseUrl` is set.
+
 #### `buildPath`
 
 The purpose of this method is to have an easy way to build a properly formatted path depending on the inputs or parameters you might have.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 126c4d9..31cef0b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=8.1",
+        "nyholm/append-query-string": "^1.0",
         "php-http/cache-plugin": "^2.0",
         "php-http/client-common": "^2.7",
         "php-http/discovery": "^1.20",
diff --git a/src/Api.php b/src/Api.php
index 7a680a2..54bbdba 100644
--- a/src/Api.php
+++ b/src/Api.php
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ public function request(
             $headers = array_merge($this->headerDefaults, $headers);
         }
 
-        $uri = $this->buildUri($path, $query);
-        $request = $this->createRequest($method, $uri, $headers, $body);
+        $url = $this->buildUrl($path, $query);
+        $request = $this->createRequest($method, $url, $headers, $body);
 
         // pre request listener
         $request = $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(new PreRequestEvent($request))->getRequest();
@@ -276,25 +276,26 @@ public function buildPath(string $path, array $parameters): string
         return $path;
     }
 
-    private function buildUri(string $path, array $query = []): string
+    private function buildUrl(string $path, array $query = []): string
     {
-        $uri = StringHelper::reduceDuplicateSlashes($this->baseUrl . $path);
+        $appendQuery = http_build_query($query);
 
-        if (!empty($query)) {
-            $uri = sprintf('%s?%s', $uri, http_build_query($query));
+        if (StringHelper::isUrl($path)) {
+            return append_query_string($path, $appendQuery, APPEND_QUERY_STRING_REPLACE_DUPLICATE);
         }
 
-        return $uri;
+        $url = StringHelper::reduceDuplicateSlashes($this->baseUrl . $path);
+        return append_query_string($url, $appendQuery, APPEND_QUERY_STRING_REPLACE_DUPLICATE);
     }
 
     private function createRequest(
         string $method,
-        string $uri,
+        string $url,
         array $headers = [],
         string|StreamInterface $body = null
     ): RequestInterface
     {
-        $request = $this->clientBuilder->getRequestFactory()->createRequest($method, $uri);
+        $request = $this->clientBuilder->getRequestFactory()->createRequest($method, $url);
 
         foreach ($headers as $key => $value) {
             $request = $request->withHeader($key, $value);
diff --git a/src/Helper/StringHelper.php b/src/Helper/StringHelper.php
index 9b7686b..f15612d 100644
--- a/src/Helper/StringHelper.php
+++ b/src/Helper/StringHelper.php
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ public static function reduceDuplicateSlashes(string $string): string
     {
         return preg_replace('#(^|[^:])//+#', '\\1/', $string);
     }
+
+    public static function isUrl(string $string): bool
+    {
+        return filter_var($string, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) !== false;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Integration/ApiTest.php b/tests/Integration/ApiTest.php
index cd0f152..5859e85 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/ApiTest.php
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 use Http\Message\Authentication;
 use Http\Mock\Client;
 use Nyholm\Psr7\Response;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use ProgrammatorDev\Api\Api;
 use ProgrammatorDev\Api\Builder\CacheBuilder;
 use ProgrammatorDev\Api\Builder\ClientBuilder;
 use ProgrammatorDev\Api\Builder\LoggerBuilder;
+use ProgrammatorDev\Api\Event\PreRequestEvent;
 use ProgrammatorDev\Api\Event\ResponseContentsEvent;
 use ProgrammatorDev\Api\Test\AbstractTestCase;
 use ProgrammatorDev\Api\Test\MockResponse;
@@ -192,6 +194,30 @@ public function testResponseContentsListener()
         $this->assertIsArray($response);
     }
 
+    #[DataProvider('provideBuildUrlData')]
+    public function testBuildUrl(?string $baseUrl, string $path, array $query, string $expectedUrl)
+    {
+        $this->api->addPreRequestListener(function(PreRequestEvent $event) use ($expectedUrl) {
+            $url = (string) $event->getRequest()->getUri();
+
+            $this->assertSame($expectedUrl, $url);
+        });
+
+        $this->api->setBaseUrl($baseUrl);
+        $this->api->request(method: 'GET', path: $path, query: $query);
+    }
+
+    public static function provideBuildUrlData(): \Generator
+    {
+        yield 'no base url' => [null, '/path', [], '/path'];
+        yield 'base url' => [self::BASE_URL, '/path', [], 'https://base.com/url/path'];
+        yield 'path full url' => [self::BASE_URL, 'https://fullurl.com/path', [], 'https://fullurl.com/path'];
+        yield 'duplicated slashes' => [self::BASE_URL, '////path', [], 'https://base.com/url/path'];
+        yield 'query' => [self::BASE_URL, '/path', ['foo' => 'bar'], 'https://base.com/url/path?foo=bar'];
+        yield 'path query' => [self::BASE_URL, '/path?test=true', ['foo' => 'bar'], 'https://base.com/url/path?test=true&foo=bar'];
+        yield 'query replace' => [self::BASE_URL, '/path?test=true', ['test' => 'false'], 'https://base.com/url/path?test=false'];
+    }
+
     public function testBuildPath()
     {
         $path = $this->api->buildPath('/path/{parameter1}/multiple/{parameter2}', [