diff --git a/src/from_str.rs b/src/from_str.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d1c9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/from_str.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use crate::consts::*;
+use crate::Size;
+
+/// Represents an error parsing a `Size` from a string representation.
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Eq)]
+pub struct ParseSizeError;
+
+impl Error for ParseSizeError {}
+impl core::fmt::Display for ParseSizeError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str("Error parsing Size")
+    }
+}
+
+impl Size {
+    /// Parse a string representation of size to a `Size` value.
+    ///
+    /// Supports any mix-and-match of the following text formats:
+    /// * 1234
+    /// * 1234 b/kb/mb/etc
+    /// * 1234 B/KB/MB/etc
+    /// * 1234 B/KiB/MiB/etc
+    /// * 1234MB
+    /// * 12.34 GB
+    /// * 1234 byte/kilobyte/terabyte/etc
+    /// * 1234 bytes/kilobytes/terabytes/etc
+    /// * 12.34 Kibibytes/MegaBytes/etc
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// use size::Size;
+    ///
+    /// let size = Size::from_str("12.34 KB").unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(size.bytes(), 12_340);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Size, crate::ParseSizeError> {
+        FromStr::from_str(s)
+    }
+}
+
+/// This test just ensures everything is wired up correctly between the member function
+/// `[Size::from_str()]` and the `FromStr` trait impl.
+#[test]
+fn from_str() {
+    let input = "12.34 kIloByte";
+    let parsed = Size::from_str(input);
+    let expected = Size::from_bytes(12.34 * crate::consts::KB as f64);
+    assert_eq!(parsed, Ok(expected));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn parse() {
+    let size = "12.34 kIloByte".parse();
+    assert_eq!(size, Ok(Size::from_bytes(12 * KB + 340)));
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Size {
+    type Err = ParseSizeError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Size, Self::Err> {
+        let s = s.trim();
+        if s.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ParseSizeError);
+        }
+
+        let (number_str, unit) = match s.split_once(' ') {
+            None => {
+                // Possibly in the format 2mib (no separating space)
+                // Try to split at the first non-numeric value.
+                match s.find(|c: char| !c.is_ascii_digit() && c != '.') {
+                    None => (s, ""), // just a number, no unit
+                    Some(idx) => s.split_at(dbg!(idx)),
+                }
+            }
+            Some((num, unit)) => (num, unit),
+        };
+        let number: f64 = number_str.parse().map_err(|_| ParseSizeError)?;
+
+        let unit = unit.trim().to_lowercase();
+        let multiplier = match unit.as_str().trim_end_matches('s') {
+            "" | "b" | "byte" => B,
+            "kb" | "kilobyte" => KB,
+            "mb" | "megabyte" => MB,
+            "gb" | "gigabyte" => GB,
+            "tb" | "terabyte" => TB,
+            "pb" | "petabyte" => PB,
+            "eb" | "exabyte" => EB,
+
+            "kib" | "kibibyte" => KiB,
+            "mib" | "mebibyte" => MiB,
+            "gib" | "gibibyte" => GiB,
+            "tib" | "tebibyte" => TiB,
+            "pib" | "pebibyte" => PiB,
+            "eib" | "exbibyte" => EiB,
+
+            _ => return Err(ParseSizeError),
+        };
+
+        Ok(Size::from_bytes(number * multiplier as f64))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_bare_bytes() {
+        assert_eq!(Size::from_str("1234"), Ok(Size { bytes: 1234 }));
+        assert_eq!(Size::from_str(" 1234 "), Ok(Size { bytes: 1234 })); // Leading and trailing whitespace
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_abbr_unit() {
+        let tests = vec![
+            ("1234B", 1234),
+            ("1234 KB", 1234 * KB),
+            ("1234KiB", 1234 * KiB),
+            ("12.34 MB", (12.34 * MB as f64) as i64),
+            ("12.34MiB", (12.34 * MiB as f64) as i64),
+            (" 1234 GB ", 1234 * GB),
+        ];
+
+        for (input, expected) in tests {
+            assert_eq!(Size::from_str(input), Ok(Size { bytes: expected }));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_full_unit() {
+        let tests = vec![
+            ("1234 bytes", 1234),
+            ("1234 kilobytes", 1234 * KB),
+            ("1234 kibibytes", 1234 * KiB),
+            ("12.34 gigabytes", (12.34 * GB as f64) as i64),
+            ("12.34   gibibytes", (12.34 * GiB as f64) as i64),
+        ];
+
+        for (input, expected) in tests {
+            assert_eq!(Size::from_str(input), Ok(Size { bytes: expected }));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_invalid_inputs() {
+        let tests = vec![
+            "Not a number",
+            "1234 XB",   // Unknown suffix
+            "12..34 MB", // Invalid number format
+        ];
+
+        for input in tests {
+            assert_eq!(dbg!(Size::from_str(input)), Err(ParseSizeError));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1e20f93..34addbc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub mod fmt;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+mod from_str;
 pub mod ops;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 mod serde;
@@ -167,6 +169,8 @@ mod tests_nostd;
 use crate::consts::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub use crate::fmt::{Base, SizeFormatter, Style};
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+pub use crate::from_str::ParseSizeError;
 use crate::sealed::AsIntermediate;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]