diff --git a/AK/MACAddress.h b/AK/MACAddress.h
index bab3e33915..131581ef68 100644
--- a/AK/MACAddress.h
+++ b/AK/MACAddress.h
@@ -57,6 +57,28 @@ public:
         return String::formatted("{:02x}:{:02x}:{:02x}:{:02x}:{:02x}:{:02x}", m_data[0], m_data[1], m_data[2], m_data[3], m_data[4], m_data[5]);
     }
 
+    static Optional<MACAddress> from_string(const StringView& string)
+    {
+        if (string.is_null())
+            return {};
+
+        const auto parts = string.split_view(":");
+        if (parts.size() != 6)
+            return {};
+
+        auto a = AK::StringUtils::convert_to_uint_from_hex(parts[0]).value_or(256);
+        auto b = AK::StringUtils::convert_to_uint_from_hex(parts[1]).value_or(256);
+        auto c = AK::StringUtils::convert_to_uint_from_hex(parts[2]).value_or(256);
+        auto d = AK::StringUtils::convert_to_uint_from_hex(parts[3]).value_or(256);
+        auto e = AK::StringUtils::convert_to_uint_from_hex(parts[4]).value_or(256);
+        auto f = AK::StringUtils::convert_to_uint_from_hex(parts[5]).value_or(256);
+
+        if (a > 255 || b > 255 || c > 255 || d > 255 || e > 255 || f > 255)
+            return {};
+
+        return MACAddress(a, b, c, d, e, f);
+    }
+
     constexpr bool is_zero() const
     {
         return all_of(m_data.begin(), m_data.end(), [](const auto octet) { return octet == 0; });
diff --git a/Tests/AK/TestMACAddress.cpp b/Tests/AK/TestMACAddress.cpp
index f91ae043a2..258f1ac0e0 100644
--- a/Tests/AK/TestMACAddress.cpp
+++ b/Tests/AK/TestMACAddress.cpp
@@ -82,3 +82,43 @@ TEST_CASE(should_string_format)
     MACAddress sut(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
     EXPECT_EQ("01:02:03:04:05:06", sut.to_string());
 }
+
+TEST_CASE(should_make_mac_address_from_string_numbers)
+{
+    const auto sut = MACAddress::from_string("01:02:03:04:05:06");
+
+    EXPECT(sut.has_value());
+    EXPECT_EQ(1, sut.value()[0]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(2, sut.value()[1]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(3, sut.value()[2]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(4, sut.value()[3]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(5, sut.value()[4]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(6, sut.value()[5]);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE(should_make_mac_address_from_string_letters)
+{
+    const auto sut = MACAddress::from_string("de:ad:be:ee:ee:ef");
+
+    EXPECT(sut.has_value());
+    EXPECT_EQ(u8 { 0xDE }, sut.value()[0]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(u8 { 0xAD }, sut.value()[1]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(u8 { 0xBE }, sut.value()[2]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(u8 { 0xEE }, sut.value()[3]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(u8 { 0xEE }, sut.value()[4]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(u8 { 0xEF }, sut.value()[5]);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE(should_make_empty_optional_from_bad_string)
+{
+    const auto sut = MACAddress::from_string("bad string");
+
+    EXPECT(!sut.has_value());
+}
+
+TEST_CASE(should_make_empty_optional_from_out_of_range_values)
+{
+    const auto sut = MACAddress::from_string("de:ad:be:ee:ee:fz");
+
+    EXPECT(!sut.has_value());
+}