diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e656f74..92b08a9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ const ipRegex = require('ip-regex');
 const tlds = require('tlds');
 
 module.exports = opts => {
-	opts = Object.assign({strict: true}, opts);
+	opts = Object.assign({strict: true, local: false}, opts);
 
-	const protocol = `(?:(?:[a-z]+:)?//)${opts.strict ? '' : '?'}`;
+	const protocol = '(?:(?:[a-z]+:)?//)';
 	const auth = '(?:\\S+(?::\\S*)?@)?';
 	const ip = ipRegex.v4().source;
 	const host = '(?:(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]-*)*[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff0-9]+)';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = opts => {
 	const tld = `(?:\\.${opts.strict ? '(?:[a-z\\u00a1-\\uffff]{2,})' : `(?:${tlds.sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length).join('|')})`})\\.?`;
 	const port = '(?::\\d{2,5})?';
 	const path = '(?:[/?#][^\\s"]*)?';
-	const regex = `(?:${protocol}|www\\.)${auth}(?:localhost|${ip}|${host}${domain}${tld})${port}${path}`;
+	const regex = `(?:(?:${protocol}${opts.strict ? '' : '?'}|www\\.)${auth}(?:localhost|${ip}|${host}${domain}${tld})${opts.local ? `|${protocol}${host}` : ''})${port}${path}`;
 
 	return opts.exact ? new RegExp(`(?:^${regex}$)`, 'i') : new RegExp(regex, 'ig');
 };
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 38a1118..2805d28 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ urlRegex({exact: true}).test('http://github.com foo bar');
 urlRegex({exact: true}).test('http://github.com');
 //=> true
 
+urlRegex({exact: true, local: true}).test('http://orgchart/index.php');
+//=> true
+
 urlRegex({strict: false}).test('github.com foo bar');
 //=> true
 
@@ -62,6 +65,13 @@ Default: `true`
 
 Force URLs to start with a valid protocol or `www`. If set to `false` it'll match the TLD against a list of valid [TLDs](https://github.com/stephenmathieson/node-tlds).
 
+##### local
+
+Type: `boolean`<br>
+Default: `false`
+
+Allow also to test URLs with private network hosts. If set to `true` it'll match local URLs like `http://forge/library/home/` (without TLD).
+
 
 ## Related
 
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 525380c..e3d6f5c 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import test from 'ava';
-import m from './';
+import m from '.';
+
+const localUrlFixtures = [
+	'http://orgchart/index.php',
+	'http://aplicakcepredpisy/index.php?tpl=pk_khika$book_id=1057',
+	'http://forge/library/home/'
+];
 
 test('match exact URLs', t => {
 	const fixtures = [
@@ -195,3 +201,39 @@ test('match using list of TLDs', t => {
 		t.true(m({exact: true, strict: false}).test(x));
 	}
 });
+
+test('match local URLs', t => {
+	for (const x of localUrlFixtures) {
+		t.true(m({exact: true, local: true}).test(x));
+	}
+});
+
+test('should not match local domains but localhost', t => {
+	t.true(m({exact: true}).test('http://localhost/'));
+
+	for (const x of localUrlFixtures) {
+		t.false(m({exact: true}).test(x));
+	}
+});
+
+test('should not match words or text as local URLs', t => {
+	const fixtures = [
+		'text',
+		'text with more words, but still without URLs',
+		'text without url and/or slash'
+	];
+
+	for (const x of fixtures) {
+		t.false(m({strict: false, exact: false, local: true}).test(x));
+	}
+});
+
+test('match local URLs in text', t => {
+	const fixtures = [
+		'text with local(http://orgchart/index.php) urls'
+	];
+
+	for (const x of fixtures) {
+		t.true(m({strict: false, exact: false, local: true}).test(x));
+	}
+});