diff --git a/base/include/android-base/parsedouble.h b/base/include/android-base/parsedouble.h
index 7b1c648..ccffba2 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/parsedouble.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/parsedouble.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <limits>
+#include <string>
 
 namespace android {
 namespace base {
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@
                                double max = std::numeric_limits<double>::max()) {
   return ParseFloatingPoint<double, strtod>(s, out, min, max);
 }
+static inline bool ParseDouble(const std::string& s, double* out,
+                               double min = std::numeric_limits<double>::lowest(),
+                               double max = std::numeric_limits<double>::max()) {
+  return ParseFloatingPoint<double, strtod>(s.c_str(), out, min, max);
+}
 
 // Parse float value in the string 's' and sets 'out' to that value if it exists.
 // Optionally allows the caller to define a 'min' and 'max' beyond which
@@ -61,6 +67,11 @@
                               float max = std::numeric_limits<float>::max()) {
   return ParseFloatingPoint<float, strtof>(s, out, min, max);
 }
+static inline bool ParseFloat(const std::string& s, float* out,
+                              float min = std::numeric_limits<float>::lowest(),
+                              float max = std::numeric_limits<float>::max()) {
+  return ParseFloatingPoint<float, strtof>(s.c_str(), out, min, max);
+}
 
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android