diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 26c7b2d..2c3e8ef 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ static void option_parse_token(char ** argv, int * flag_parsed_next, int * requi
   }
 }
 
+int option_parse_str(char*val, options_all_t * opt_all){
+    int flag_parsed_next;
+    int error = 0;
+    int requiredArgsSeen = 0;
+    int print_help = 0;
+    char * argv[2] = {val, NULL};
+    option_parse_token(argv, & flag_parsed_next, & requiredArgsSeen, opt_all, & error, & print_help);
+    return error;
+}
+
 int option_parse_key_value(char * key, char *val, options_all_t * opt_all){
   int flag_parsed_next;
   int error = 0;
diff --git a/src/option.h b/src/option.h
index 7225921..624da51 100644
--- a/src/option.h
+++ b/src/option.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ typedef struct{
 
 int64_t string_to_bytes(char *size_str);
 void option_print_current(option_help * args);
-
 //@return the number of parsed arguments
 int option_parse(int argc, char ** argv, options_all_t * args);
+int option_parse_str(char*val, options_all_t * opt_all);
 
 /* Parse a single line */
 int option_parse_key_value(char * key, char * value, options_all_t * opt_all);