diff --git a/IMPLEMENTATION_COVERAGE.md b/IMPLEMENTATION_COVERAGE.md
index 126d454c6..40daef880 100644
--- a/IMPLEMENTATION_COVERAGE.md
+++ b/IMPLEMENTATION_COVERAGE.md
@@ -6065,7 +6065,7 @@
 - [X] untag_resource
 
 ## sqs
-75% implemented
+80% implemented
 - [X] add_permission
 - [X] change_message_visibility
 - [ ] change_message_visibility_batch
@@ -6074,7 +6074,7 @@
 - [ ] delete_message_batch
 - [X] delete_queue
 - [ ] get_queue_attributes
-- [ ] get_queue_url
+- [X] get_queue_url
 - [X] list_dead_letter_source_queues
 - [X] list_queue_tags
 - [X] list_queues
diff --git a/moto/sqs/models.py b/moto/sqs/models.py
index 9900846ac..64b376d60 100644
--- a/moto/sqs/models.py
+++ b/moto/sqs/models.py
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@ class SQSBackend(BaseBackend):
 
         return queue
 
+    def get_queue_url(self, queue_name):
+        return self.get_queue(queue_name)
+
     def list_queues(self, queue_name_prefix):
         re_str = '.*'
         if queue_name_prefix:
diff --git a/moto/sqs/responses.py b/moto/sqs/responses.py
index 52b237235..2997f924f 100644
--- a/moto/sqs/responses.py
+++ b/moto/sqs/responses.py
@@ -90,13 +90,10 @@ class SQSResponse(BaseResponse):
         request_url = urlparse(self.uri)
         queue_name = self._get_param("QueueName")
 
-        queue = self.sqs_backend.get_queue(queue_name)
+        queue = self.sqs_backend.get_queue_url(queue_name)
 
-        if queue:
-            template = self.response_template(GET_QUEUE_URL_RESPONSE)
-            return template.render(queue=queue, request_url=request_url)
-        else:
-            return "", dict(status=404)
+        template = self.response_template(GET_QUEUE_URL_RESPONSE)
+        return template.render(queue_url=queue.url(request_url))
 
     def list_queues(self):
         request_url = urlparse(self.uri)
@@ -420,7 +417,7 @@ CREATE_QUEUE_RESPONSE = """<CreateQueueResponse>
 
 GET_QUEUE_URL_RESPONSE = """<GetQueueUrlResponse>
     <GetQueueUrlResult>
-        <QueueUrl>{{ queue.url(request_url) }}</QueueUrl>
+        <QueueUrl>{{ queue_url }}</QueueUrl>
     </GetQueueUrlResult>
     <ResponseMetadata>
         <RequestId></RequestId>
diff --git a/tests/test_sqs/test_sqs.py b/tests/test_sqs/test_sqs.py
index 1a9038aa5..7a067c316 100644
--- a/tests/test_sqs/test_sqs.py
+++ b/tests/test_sqs/test_sqs.py
@@ -144,18 +144,42 @@ def test_create_queue_kms():
 def test_create_queue_with_tags():
     client = boto3.client('sqs', region_name='us-east-1')
     response = client.create_queue(
-        QueueName = 'test-queue-with-tags',
-        tags = {
+        QueueName='test-queue-with-tags',
+        tags={
             'tag_key_1': 'tag_value_1'
         }
     )
     queue_url = response['QueueUrl']
 
-    client.list_queue_tags(QueueUrl = queue_url)['Tags'].should.equal({
+    client.list_queue_tags(QueueUrl=queue_url)['Tags'].should.equal({
         'tag_key_1': 'tag_value_1'
     })
 
 
+@mock_sqs
+def test_get_queue_url():
+    client = boto3.client('sqs', region_name='us-east-1')
+    client.create_queue(QueueName='test-queue')
+
+    response = client.get_queue_url(QueueName='test-queue')
+
+    response['QueueUrl'].should.equal(
+        'https://queue.amazonaws.com/123456789012/test-queue'
+    )
+
+
+@mock_sqs
+def test_get_queue_url_errors():
+    client = boto3.client('sqs', region_name='us-east-1')
+
+    client.get_queue_url.when.called_with(
+        QueueName='non-existing-queue'
+    ).should.throw(
+        ClientError,
+        'The specified queue does not exist for this wsdl version.'
+    )
+
+
 @mock_sqs
 def test_get_nonexistent_queue():
     sqs = boto3.resource('sqs', region_name='us-east-1')