diff --git a/src/Data/HexString.hs b/src/Data/HexString.hs
index 273a70a..f0b5d79 100644
--- a/src/Data/HexString.hs
+++ b/src/Data/HexString.hs
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ fromBytes = hexString . BS16.encode
 toBytes :: HexString -> BS.ByteString
 toBytes (HexString bs) = BS16.decodeLenient bs
 
+-- | Reads a human-readable hex string into a `HexString`
+fromText :: T.Text -> HexString
+fromText = hexString . TE.encodeUtf8
+
 -- | Access to a 'T.Text' representation of the 'HexString'
 toText :: HexString -> T.Text
 toText (HexString bs) = TE.decodeUtf8 bs