diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d6fcb0..97a11f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All Notable changes to `league-uri-parser` will be documented in this file
 
 ### Added
 
+- `Parser::isValidHost` method
 - `ParserException::createFromInvalidScheme` replaces `ParserException::createFromInvalidState` usage
 - `ParserException::createFromInvalidPath` replaces `ParserException::createFromInvalidState` usage
 
diff --git a/src/HostValidation.php b/src/HostValidation.php
index e947196..9dbb548 100644
--- a/src/HostValidation.php
+++ b/src/HostValidation.php
@@ -37,15 +37,27 @@ trait HostValidation
      */
     protected function filterHost($host)
     {
-        if (filter_var($host, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4)
-            || $this->isValidHostnameIpv6($host)
-            || $this->isValidHostname($host)) {
+        if ($this->isValidHost($host)) {
             return $host;
         }
 
         throw ParserException::createFromInvalidHost($host);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tell whether a Host is valid
+     *
+     * @param  string $host
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isValidHost($host)
+    {
+        return '' == $host
+            || filter_var($host, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4)
+            || $this->isValidHostnameIpv6($host)
+            || $this->isValidHostname($host);
+    }
+
     /**
      * validate an Ipv6 Hostname
      *
diff --git a/test/ParserTest.php b/test/ParserTest.php
index 1ea956d..69be7ca 100644
--- a/test/ParserTest.php
+++ b/test/ParserTest.php
@@ -609,7 +609,6 @@ public function testInvalidURI()
             'invalid host and URI' => ['2620:0:1cfe:face:b00c::3'],
             'invalid scheme and path' => ['0scheme://host/path?query#fragment'],
             'invalid path PHP bug #72811' => ['[::1]:80'],
-            'invalid uri with authority without host' => ['//user@:80'],
         ];
     }
 }