diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6fd211e5c..557e01c24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 * nostr: impl `TryFrom<Vec<Tag>>` for `LiveEvent` ([w3irdrobot])
 * nostr: add `Tag::as_slice` ([Yuki Kishimoto])
+* nostr: add `NostrWalletConnectURI::parse` ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * bindings(nostr): expose `as_pretty_json` for some structs ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * bindings(sdk): expose `Client::fetch_metadata` ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * ffi(nostr): expose `Kind::is_*` methods ([Yuki Kishimoto])
diff --git a/crates/nostr/src/nips/nip47.rs b/crates/nostr/src/nips/nip47.rs
index 815e03db9..8e785af26 100644
--- a/crates/nostr/src/nips/nip47.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr/src/nips/nip47.rs
@@ -912,13 +912,13 @@ impl NostrWalletConnectURI {
             lud16,
         }
     }
-}
-
-impl FromStr for NostrWalletConnectURI {
-    type Err = Error;
 
-    fn from_str(uri: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        let url = Url::parse(uri)?;
+    /// Parse NWC URI
+    pub fn parse<S>(uri: S) -> Result<Self, Error>
+    where
+        S: AsRef<str>,
+    {
+        let url: Url = Url::parse(uri.as_ref())?;
 
         if url.scheme() != NOSTR_WALLET_CONNECT_URI_SCHEME {
             return Err(Error::InvalidURIScheme);
@@ -960,6 +960,14 @@ impl FromStr for NostrWalletConnectURI {
     }
 }
 
+impl FromStr for NostrWalletConnectURI {
+    type Err = Error;
+
+    fn from_str(uri: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Self::parse(uri)
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for NostrWalletConnectURI {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         // trailing slash is removed, this breaks some clients