diff --git a/Example/Example/ExampleTarget.swift b/Example/Example/ExampleTarget.swift
index a276e22..b028f2a 100644
--- a/Example/Example/ExampleTarget.swift
+++ b/Example/Example/ExampleTarget.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ extension ExampleTarget: TargetType {
         }
     }
 
+    var queryParameters: [String: String]? {
+        switch self {
+        case .gitHubOrganizations:
+            [
+                "per_page": "5",
+            ]
+        case .httpbinPOST:
+            nil
+        }
+    }
+
     var method: HTTPMethod {
         switch self {
         case .gitHubOrganizations:
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/APIGate.swift b/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/APIGate.swift
index 570023e..3333c36 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/APIGate.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/APIGate.swift
@@ -23,15 +23,25 @@ public final class APIGate<Target: TargetType>: APIGateType {
         let updatedTarget: TargetType = try await middleware?.target(target) ?? target
         let baseURL = updatedTarget.baseURL
         let path = updatedTarget.path
+        let queryParameters = updatedTarget.queryParameters
         let method = updatedTarget.method
         let validationType = updatedTarget.validationType
         let headers = updatedTarget.headers
 
-        let requestURL: URL = if let path {
-            baseURL.appendingPathComponent(path)
-        } else {
-            baseURL
+        guard var components = URLComponents(url: baseURL, resolvingAgainstBaseURL: false) else {
+            throw URLError(.badURL)
         }
+        if let path = path {
+            components.path = path
+        }
+        if let queryParameters = queryParameters {
+            components.queryItems = queryParameters.map { URLQueryItem(name: $0.key, value: $0.value) }
+        }
+
+        guard let requestURL = components.url else {
+            throw URLError(.badURL)
+        }
+
         var request = URLRequest(url: requestURL)
         request.httpMethod = method.rawValue
         headers?.forEach {
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/AbstractTarget.swift b/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/AbstractTarget.swift
index c04124f..a97e804 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/AbstractTarget.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/AbstractTarget.swift
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Foundation
 public struct AbstractTarget: TargetType {
     public let baseURL: URL
     public let path: String?
+    public let queryParameters: [String: String]?
     public let method: HTTPMethod
     public let validationType: ValidationType
     public let headers: [String: String]?
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ public struct AbstractTarget: TargetType {
     public init(
         baseURL: URL,
         path: String?,
+        queryParameters: [String: String]? = nil,
         method: HTTPMethod,
         validationType: ValidationType = .none,
         headers: [String: String]? = nil,
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ public struct AbstractTarget: TargetType {
     ) {
         self.baseURL = baseURL
         self.path = path
+        self.queryParameters = queryParameters
         self.method = method
         self.validationType = validationType
         self.headers = headers
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ public struct AbstractTarget: TargetType {
         from target: TargetType,
         withBaseURL baseURL: URL? = nil,
         withPath path: String? = nil,
+        withQueryParameters queryParameters: [String: String]? = nil,
         withMethod method: HTTPMethod? = nil,
         withValidationType validationType: ValidationType? = nil,
         withHeaders headers: [String: String]? = nil,
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ public struct AbstractTarget: TargetType {
         self.init(
             baseURL: baseURL ?? target.baseURL,
             path: path ?? target.path,
+            queryParameters: queryParameters ?? target.queryParameters,
             method: method ?? target.method,
             validationType: validationType ?? target.validationType,
             headers: headers ?? target.headers,
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/TargetType.swift b/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/TargetType.swift
index 12c52d7..a3add47 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/TargetType.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftAPIGate/TargetType.swift
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ public protocol TargetType: CustomStringConvertible {
     /// The path to be appended to `baseURL` to form the full `URL`.
     var path: String? { get }
 
+    /// The query parameters to be appended to the `URL`.
+    var queryParameters: [String: String]? { get }
+
     /// The HTTP method used.
     var method: HTTPMethod { get }
 
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftAPIGateTests/APIGateTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftAPIGateTests/APIGateTests.swift
index 86f529d..6b6c744 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftAPIGateTests/APIGateTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftAPIGateTests/APIGateTests.swift
@@ -22,13 +22,31 @@ final class APIGateTests: XCTestCase {
             response: .init(url: Fixture.url, mimeType: nil, expectedContentLength: 0, textEncodingName: nil)
         )
 
+        // Act
+        let apiResponse = try await sut.request(.userProfile("test"))
+
+        // Assert
+        XCTAssertEqual(try XCTUnwrap(apiResponse.data), fakeData)
+        XCTAssertEqual(sessionMock.dataInvocations.map(\.url), [
+            .init(string: "https://api.github.com/users/test")!,
+        ])
+    }
+
+    func testLoadWithQueryParameters() async throws {
+        // Arrange
+        let fakeData = #function.data(using: .utf8)
+        sessionMock.setDataValue(
+            data: fakeData,
+            response: .init(url: Fixture.url, mimeType: nil, expectedContentLength: 0, textEncodingName: nil)
+        )
+
         // Act
         let apiResponse = try await sut.request(.organizations)
 
         // Assert
         XCTAssertEqual(try XCTUnwrap(apiResponse.data), fakeData)
-        XCTAssertEqual(sessionMock.dataInvocations, [
-            .init(url: .init(string: "https://api.github.com/organizations")!),
+        XCTAssertEqual(sessionMock.dataInvocations.map(\.url), [
+            .init(string: "https://api.github.com/organizations?per_page=5")!,
         ])
     }
 
@@ -88,8 +106,8 @@ final class APIGateTests: XCTestCase {
 
         // Assert
         XCTAssertEqual(decodedResponse, exampleDecodable)
-        XCTAssertEqual(sessionMock.dataInvocations, [
-            .init(url: .init(string: "https://api.github.com/organizations")!),
+        XCTAssertEqual(sessionMock.dataInvocations.map(\.url), [
+            .init(string: "https://api.github.com/organizations?per_page=5")!,
         ])
     }
 
@@ -130,8 +148,8 @@ final class APIGateTests: XCTestCase {
 
         // Assert
         await XCTAssertThrowsAsyncError(try await act())
-        XCTAssertEqual(sessionMock.dataInvocations, [
-            .init(url: .init(string: "https://api.github.com/organizations")!),
+        XCTAssertEqual(sessionMock.dataInvocations.map(\.url), [
+            .init(string: "https://api.github.com/organizations?per_page=5")!,
         ])
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftAPIGateTests/Fixtures/GitHubTarget.swift b/Tests/SwiftAPIGateTests/Fixtures/GitHubTarget.swift
index 5e18ec0..720165c 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftAPIGateTests/Fixtures/GitHubTarget.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftAPIGateTests/Fixtures/GitHubTarget.swift
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ extension GitHubTarget: TargetType {
         }
     }
 
+    var queryParameters: [String: String]? {
+        switch self {
+        case .organizations:
+            [
+                "per_page": "5",
+            ]
+        default:
+            nil
+        }
+    }
+
     var method: HTTPMethod {
         switch self {
         case .organizations: