diff --git a/src/main/java/com/widen/urlbuilder/UrlBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/widen/urlbuilder/UrlBuilder.java
index 9a4cc8c..209355e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/widen/urlbuilder/UrlBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/widen/urlbuilder/UrlBuilder.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -46,13 +47,13 @@ public class UrlBuilder {
 
     private int port;
 
-    private List<String> path = new ArrayList<String>();
+    private List<String> path = new ArrayList<>();
 
     private boolean trailingPathSlash = false;
 
     private String fragment;
 
-    List<QueryParam> queryParams = new ArrayList<QueryParam>();
+    List<QueryParam> queryParams = new ArrayList<>();
 
     private GenerationMode mode = GenerationMode.HOSTNAME_RELATIVE;
 
@@ -134,7 +135,6 @@ public UrlBuilder(String hostname, int port, String path) {
         mode = GenerationMode.FULLY_QUALIFIED;
     }
 
-
     public boolean isSslEnabled() {
         return ssl;
     }
@@ -147,10 +147,24 @@ public String getHostname() {
         return hostname;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the full path string of the URL.
+     *
+     * @return The URL path.
+     */
     public String getPath() {
         return "/" + StringUtilsInternal.join(path, "/");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the path segments in the URL. This effectively returns the path split on "/" in an efficient way.
+     *
+     * @return A read-only list of path segments.
+     */
+    public List<String> getPathSegments() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(path);
+    }
+
     public String getFragment() {
         return fragment;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/widen/urlbuilder/UrlBuilderSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/widen/urlbuilder/UrlBuilderSpec.groovy
index ce30db6..e84de2d 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/widen/urlbuilder/UrlBuilderSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/widen/urlbuilder/UrlBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@ class UrlBuilderSpec extends Specification {
         ]
     }
 
+    def "Path segments are parsed correctly"() {
+        when:
+        def builder = new UrlBuilder(url)
+
+        then:
+        builder.path == path
+        builder.pathSegments == segments
+
+        where:
+        url                            | path       | segments
+        "http://my.host.com"           | "/"        | []
+        "http://my.host.com/foo/bar"   | "/foo/bar" | ["foo", "bar"]
+        "http://my.host.com/foo//bar/" | "/foo/bar" | ["foo", "bar"]
+    }
+
     def "Query parameters as map"() {
         when:
         def builder = new UrlBuilder('https://my.host.com/bar?a=x&b=2&c=3&c=4&a&d#foo')