diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Http/Client/PendingRequest.php b/src/Illuminate/Http/Client/PendingRequest.php
index d35c2b79a2e7..9a2c06615aab 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Http/Client/PendingRequest.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Http/Client/PendingRequest.php
@@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ public function beforeSending($callback)
      * Issue a GET request to the given URL.
      *
      * @param  string  $url
-     * @param  array  $query
+     * @param  array|string|null  $query
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\Client\Response
      */
-    public function get(string $url, array $query = [])
+    public function get(string $url, $query = null)
     {
         return $this->send('GET', $url, [
             'query' => $query,
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ public function send(string $method, string $url, array $options = [])
             try {
                 return tap(new Response($this->buildClient()->request($method, $url, $this->mergeOptions([
                     'laravel_data' => $options[$this->bodyFormat] ?? [],
-                    'query' => $this->parseQueryParams($url),
                     'on_stats' => function ($transferStats) {
                         $this->transferStats = $transferStats;
                     },
@@ -604,19 +603,6 @@ public function mergeOptions(...$options)
         return array_merge_recursive($this->options, ...$options);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Parse the query parameters in the given URL.
-     *
-     * @param  string  $url
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function parseQueryParams(string $url)
-    {
-        return tap([], function (&$query) use ($url) {
-            parse_str(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_QUERY), $query);
-        });
-    }
-
     /**
      * Register a stub callable that will intercept requests and be able to return stub responses.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Http/HttpClientTest.php b/tests/Http/HttpClientTest.php
index 990b90b81512..0b197b095271 100644
--- a/tests/Http/HttpClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/Http/HttpClientTest.php
@@ -223,4 +223,70 @@ public function testWithCookies()
         $this->assertSame('bar', $responseCookie['Value']);
         $this->assertSame('https://laravel.com', $responseCookie['Domain']);
     }
+
+    public function testGetWithArrayQueryParam()
+    {
+        $this->factory->fake();
+
+        $this->factory->get('http://foo.com/get', ['foo' => 'bar']);
+
+        $this->factory->assertSent(function (Request $request) {
+            return $request->url() === 'http://foo.com/get?foo=bar';
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function testGetWithStringQueryParam()
+    {
+        $this->factory->fake();
+
+        $this->factory->get('http://foo.com/get', 'foo=bar');
+
+        $this->factory->assertSent(function (Request $request) {
+            return $request->url() === 'http://foo.com/get?foo=bar';
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function testGetWithQuery()
+    {
+        $this->factory->fake();
+
+        $this->factory->get('http://foo.com/get?foo=bar&page=1');
+
+        $this->factory->assertSent(function (Request $request) {
+            return $request->url() === 'http://foo.com/get?foo=bar&page=1';
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function testGetWithQueryWontEncode()
+    {
+        $this->factory->fake();
+
+        $this->factory->get('http://foo.com/get?foo;bar;1;5;10&page=1');
+
+        $this->factory->assertSent(function (Request $request) {
+            return $request->url() === 'http://foo.com/get?foo;bar;1;5;10&page=1';
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function testGetWithArrayQueryParamOverwrites()
+    {
+        $this->factory->fake();
+
+        $this->factory->get('http://foo.com/get?foo=bar&page=1', ['hello' => 'world']);
+
+        $this->factory->assertSent(function (Request $request) {
+            return $request->url() === 'http://foo.com/get?hello=world';
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function testGetWithArrayQueryParamEncodes()
+    {
+        $this->factory->fake();
+
+        $this->factory->get('http://foo.com/get', ['foo;bar; space test' => 'laravel']);
+
+        $this->factory->assertSent(function (Request $request) {
+            return $request->url() === 'http://foo.com/get?foo%3Bbar%3B%20space%20test=laravel';
+        });
+    }
 }