diff --git a/jsonpull.c b/jsonpull.c
index d2ac1d9..dcd6e92 100644
--- a/jsonpull.c
+++ b/jsonpull.c
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ typedef enum json_expect {
 	JSON_ITEM, JSON_COMMA, JSON_COLON, JSON_KEY, JSON_VALUE,
 } json_expect;
 
-int read_file(json_pull *p) {
+static int read_file(json_pull *p) {
 	return fgetc(p->source);
 }
 
-int peek_file(json_pull *p) {
+static int peek_file(json_pull *p) {
 	int c = getc(p->source);
 	ungetc(c, p->source);
 	return c;
@@ -30,6 +30,36 @@ json_pull *json_begin_file(FILE *f) {
 	return j;
 }
 
+static int read_string(json_pull *p) {
+	char *cp = p->source;
+	if (*cp == '\0') {
+		return EOF;
+	}
+	int c = (unsigned char) *cp;
+	cp++;
+	p->source = cp;
+	return c;
+}
+
+static int peek_string(json_pull *p) {
+	char *cp = p->source;
+	if (*cp == '\0') {
+		return EOF;
+	}
+	return (unsigned char) *cp;
+}
+
+json_pull *json_begin_string(char *s) {
+	json_pull *j = malloc(sizeof(json_pull));
+	j->container = NULL;
+
+	j->read = read_string;
+	j->peek = peek_string;
+	j->source = s;
+
+	return j;
+}
+
 #define SIZE_FOR(i) (((i) + 31) & ~31)
 
 static json_object *add_object(json_pull *j, json_type type) {
diff --git a/jsonpull.h b/jsonpull.h
index 92786ba..428916b 100644
--- a/jsonpull.h
+++ b/jsonpull.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct json_pull {
 typedef struct json_pull json_pull;
 
 json_pull *json_begin_file(FILE *f);
+json_pull *json_begin_string(char *s);
 json_object *json_parse(json_pull *j);
 
 json_object *json_hash_get(json_object *o, char *s);