diff --git a/instant-xml-macros/src/lib.rs b/instant-xml-macros/src/lib.rs
index 73c4c9b..a47580e 100644
--- a/instant-xml-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/instant-xml-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,3 +20,21 @@ pub fn to_xml(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
         }
     ))
 }
+
+#[proc_macro_derive(FromXml)]
+pub fn from_xml(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    let ast = parse_macro_input!(input as syn::ItemStruct);
+    let ident = &ast.ident;
+    let name = ident.to_string();
+    TokenStream::from(quote!(
+        impl<'xml> FromXml<'xml> for #ident {
+            fn from_xml(input: &str) -> Result<Self, ::instant_xml::Error> {
+                use ::instant_xml::parse::Parse;
+                let mut iter = ::instant_xml::xmlparser::Tokenizer::from(input);
+                iter.next().element_start(None, #name)?;
+                iter.next().element_end(None, #name)?;
+                Ok(Self)
+            }
+        }
+    ))
+}
diff --git a/instant-xml/src/lib.rs b/instant-xml/src/lib.rs
index c6c5cbc..222475d 100644
--- a/instant-xml/src/lib.rs
+++ b/instant-xml/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 use std::fmt;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+pub use xmlparser as xmlparser;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-pub use macros::ToXml;
+pub use macros::{FromXml, ToXml};
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub mod parse;
 
 pub trait ToXml {
     fn write_xml<W: fmt::Write>(&self, write: &mut W) -> Result<(), Error>;
@@ -20,8 +25,18 @@ pub trait FromXml<'xml>: Sized {
 
 pub trait FromXmlOwned: for<'xml> FromXml<'xml> {}
 
+struct State<'a> {
+    prefix: HashMap<&'a str, &'a str>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum Error {
     #[error("format: {0}")]
     Format(#[from] fmt::Error),
+    #[error("parse: {0}")]
+    Parse(#[from] xmlparser::Error),
+    #[error("unexpected end of stream")]
+    UnexpectedEndOfStream,
+    #[error("unexpected value")]
+    UnexpectedValue,
 }
diff --git a/instant-xml/src/parse.rs b/instant-xml/src/parse.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9bf73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instant-xml/src/parse.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use xmlparser::{Token, ElementEnd};
+
+use super::Error;
+
+impl<'a> Parse for Option<Result<xmlparser::Token<'a>, xmlparser::Error>> {
+    fn element_start(self, ns: Option<&str>, tag: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        match self {
+            Some(Ok(Token::ElementStart { prefix, local, .. })) => {
+                let prefix_ns = prefix.as_str();
+                let (has_prefix, expect_prefix) = (!prefix_ns.is_empty(), ns.is_some());
+                if has_prefix != expect_prefix {
+                    return dbg!(Err(Error::UnexpectedValue));
+                }
+
+                if has_prefix && Some(prefix_ns) != ns {
+                    return dbg!(Err(Error::UnexpectedValue));
+                }
+
+                if local.as_str() != tag {
+                    return dbg!(Err(Error::UnexpectedValue));
+                }
+
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            Some(Ok(_)) => Err(Error::UnexpectedValue),
+            Some(Err(err)) => Err(err.into()),
+            None => Err(Error::UnexpectedEndOfStream),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn element_end(self, _: Option<&str>, _: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        match self {
+            Some(Ok(Token::ElementEnd { end, .. })) => {
+                match end {
+                    ElementEnd::Open => todo!(),
+                    ElementEnd::Close(_, _) => todo!(),
+                    ElementEnd::Empty => return Ok(()),
+                }
+            }
+            Some(Ok(_)) => Err(Error::UnexpectedValue),
+            Some(Err(err)) => Err(err.into()),
+            None => Err(Error::UnexpectedEndOfStream),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait Parse {
+    fn element_start(self, ns: Option<&str>, tag: &str) -> Result<(), Error>;
+    fn element_end(self, ns: Option<&str>, tag: &str) -> Result<(), Error>;
+}
diff --git a/instant-xml/tests/all.rs b/instant-xml/tests/all.rs
index b347244..b159bc5 100644
--- a/instant-xml/tests/all.rs
+++ b/instant-xml/tests/all.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-use instant_xml::ToXml;
+use instant_xml::{FromXml, ToXml};
 
-#[derive(ToXml)]
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, FromXml, PartialEq, ToXml)]
 struct Unit;
 
 #[test]
 fn unit() {
     assert_eq!(Unit.to_xml().unwrap(), "<Unit/>");
+    assert_eq!(Unit::from_xml("<Unit/>").unwrap(), Unit);
 }