diff --git a/lib/data_mapper/validation/rule/formats/url.rb b/lib/data_mapper/validation/rule/formats/url.rb
index bfad5570..4d11ca48 100644
--- a/lib/data_mapper/validation/rule/formats/url.rb
+++ b/lib/data_mapper/validation/rule/formats/url.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
+require 'uri'
+
 module DataMapper
   module Validation
     class Rule
       module Formats
 
-        # Regex from http://www.igvita.com/2006/09/07/validating-url-in-ruby-on-rails/
         Url = begin
-          /(^$)|(^(http|https):\/\/[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}((\:[0-9]{1,5})?\/?.*)?$)/ix
+          URI.regexp(['http','https'])
         end
 
       end # module Formats