diff --git a/src/db_options.rs b/src/db_options.rs
index 3c50698..59c08be 100644
--- a/src/db_options.rs
+++ b/src/db_options.rs
@@ -943,6 +943,35 @@ impl Options {
         column_descriptors
     }
 
+    /// Updates DBOptions with values parsed from a string.
+    ///
+    /// https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Option-String-and-Option-Map#option-string
+    pub fn set_options_from_string(&mut self, string: impl CStrLike) -> Result<&mut Self, Error> {
+        let c_string = string.into_c_string().unwrap();
+        let mut err_p: *mut i8 = std::ptr::null::<i8>().cast_mut();
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::rocksdb_get_options_from_string(
+                self.inner,
+                c_string.as_ptr(),
+                self.inner,
+                &mut err_p,
+            );
+        }
+
+        if err_p.is_null() {
+            Ok(self)
+        } else {
+            let err: String;
+            unsafe {
+                err = CStr::from_ptr(err_p).to_str().unwrap().to_owned();
+                ffi::rocksdb_free(err_p as *mut c_void);
+            }
+            Err(Error::new(format!(
+                "Could not set options from string: {err}",
+            )))
+        }
+    }
+
     /// By default, RocksDB uses only one background thread for flush and
     /// compaction. Calling this function will set it up such that total of
     /// `total_threads` is used. Good value for `total_threads` is the number of
diff --git a/tests/test_rocksdb_options.rs b/tests/test_rocksdb_options.rs
index 85e4e8f..19abb5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_rocksdb_options.rs
+++ b/tests/test_rocksdb_options.rs
@@ -289,3 +289,28 @@ fn test_set_ttl() {
         let _db = DB::open(&opts, &path).unwrap();
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_set_options_from_string() {
+    let path = DBPath::new("_set_options_from_string");
+    {
+        let mut opts = Options::default();
+        opts.create_if_missing(true);
+        opts.set_options_from_string("compaction_pri=kOldestSmallestSeqFirst")
+            .expect("option compaction_pri is set");
+        let _db = DB::open(&opts, &path).unwrap();
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "Could not set options from string: ")]
+fn test_set_options_from_string_failure() {
+    let path = DBPath::new("_set_options_from_string");
+    {
+        let mut opts = Options::default();
+        opts.create_if_missing(true);
+        opts.set_options_from_string("compaction_prikOldestSmallestSeqFirst")
+            .unwrap();
+        let _db = DB::open(&opts, &path).unwrap();
+    }
+}