diff --git a/semver.go b/semver.go
index bbf85ce..8ee0842 100644
--- a/semver.go
+++ b/semver.go
@@ -200,6 +200,29 @@ func Make(s string) (Version, error) {
 	return Parse(s)
 }
 
+// ParseTolerant allows for certain version specifications that do not strictly adhere to semver
+// specs to be parsed by this library. It does so by normalizing versions before passing them to
+// Parse(). It currently trims spaces, removes a "v" prefix, and adds a 0 patch number to versions
+// with only major and minor components specified
+func ParseTolerant(s string) (Version, error) {
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, "v")
+
+	// Split into major.minor.(patch+pr+meta)
+	parts := strings.SplitN(s, ".", 3)
+	if len(parts) < 3 {
+		if strings.ContainsAny(parts[len(parts)-1], "+-") {
+			return Version{}, errors.New("Short version cannot contain PreRelease/Build meta data")
+		}
+		for len(parts) < 3 {
+			parts = append(parts, "0")
+		}
+		s = strings.Join(parts, ".")
+	}
+
+	return Parse(s)
+}
+
 // Parse parses version string and returns a validated Version or error
 func Parse(s string) (Version, error) {
 	if len(s) == 0 {
diff --git a/semver_test.go b/semver_test.go
index e56ebce..b3e1fd4 100644
--- a/semver_test.go
+++ b/semver_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ var formatTests = []formatTest{
 	{Version{1, 2, 3, []PRVersion{prstr("alpha"), prstr("b-eta")}, nil}, "1.2.3-alpha.b-eta"},
 }
 
+var tolerantFormatTests = []formatTest{
+	{Version{1, 2, 3, nil, nil}, "v1.2.3"},
+	{Version{1, 2, 3, nil, nil}, "	1.2.3 "},
+	{Version{1, 2, 0, nil, nil}, "1.2"},
+	{Version{1, 0, 0, nil, nil}, "1"},
+}
+
 func TestStringer(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range formatTests {
 		if res := test.v.String(); res != test.result {
@@ -50,6 +57,18 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestParseTolerant(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range tolerantFormatTests {
+		if v, err := ParseTolerant(test.result); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Error parsing %q: %q", test.result, err)
+		} else if comp := v.Compare(test.v); comp != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("Parsing, expected %q but got %q, comp: %d ", test.v, v, comp)
+		} else if err := v.Validate(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Error validating parsed version %q: %q", test.v, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMustParse(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = MustParse("32.2.1-alpha")
 }
@@ -184,6 +203,19 @@ func TestWrongFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+var wrongTolerantFormatTests = []wrongformatTest{
+	{nil, "1.0+abc"},
+	{nil, "1.0-rc.1"},
+}
+
+func TestWrongTolerantFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range wrongTolerantFormatTests {
+		if res, err := ParseTolerant(test.str); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("Parsing wrong format version %q, expected error but got %q", test.str, res)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCompareHelper(t *testing.T) {
 	v := Version{1, 0, 0, []PRVersion{prstr("alpha")}, nil}
 	v1 := Version{1, 0, 0, nil, nil}
@@ -319,6 +351,15 @@ func BenchmarkParseAverage(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkParseTolerantAverage(b *testing.B) {
+	l := len(tolerantFormatTests)
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		ParseTolerant(tolerantFormatTests[n%l].result)
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkStringSimple(b *testing.B) {
 	const VERSION = "0.0.1"
 	v, _ := Parse(VERSION)