diff --git a/src/user_preferences/mod.rs b/src/user_preferences/mod.rs
index aad7529..d5dfc97 100644
--- a/src/user_preferences/mod.rs
+++ b/src/user_preferences/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 pub mod v0;
 mod error;
+use core::str::FromStr;
 use core::convert::TryFrom;
 pub use error::ParseError;
 
@@ -164,6 +165,13 @@ impl TryFrom<Intermediary> for UserPreferences {
 	}
 }
 
+impl FromStr for UserPreferences {
+	type Err = ParseError;
+	fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, ParseError> {
+		UserPreferences::from_prefstring(s)
+	}
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
 	use super::*;