diff --git a/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/lib.rs b/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/lib.rs
index 103fe07b..dc385427 100644
--- a/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/lib.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ pub fn stdlib_uncached(settings: Rc<RefCell<Settings>>) -> ObjValue {
 		("asciiUpper", builtin_ascii_upper::INST),
 		("asciiLower", builtin_ascii_lower::INST),
 		("findSubstr", builtin_find_substr::INST),
+		("parseInt", builtin_parse_int::INST),
+		("parseOctal", builtin_parse_octal::INST),
+		("parseHex", builtin_parse_hex::INST),
 		// Misc
 		("length", builtin_length::INST),
 		("startsWith", builtin_starts_with::INST),
@@ -312,7 +315,7 @@ impl jrsonnet_evaluator::ContextInitializer for ContextInitializer {
 		out.build()
 	}
 	#[cfg(feature = "legacy-this-file")]
-	fn initialize(&self, s: State, source: Source) -> jrsonnet_evaluator::Context {
+	fn initialize(&self, s: State, source: Source) -> Context {
 		let mut builder = ObjValueBuilder::new();
 		builder.with_super(self.stdlib_obj.clone());
 		builder
diff --git a/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/strings.rs b/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/strings.rs
index 2d72a95a..fe070df5 100644
--- a/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/strings.rs
+++ b/crates/jrsonnet-stdlib/src/strings.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use jrsonnet_evaluator::{
 	error::{ErrorKind::*, Result},
 	function::builtin,
+	throw,
 	typed::{Either2, VecVal, M1},
 	val::ArrValue,
 	Either, IStr, Val,
@@ -73,3 +74,106 @@ pub fn builtin_find_substr(pat: IStr, str: IStr) -> Result<ArrValue> {
 	}
 	Ok(out.into())
 }
+
+#[builtin]
+pub fn builtin_parse_int(raw: IStr) -> Result<f64> {
+	if let Some(raw) = raw.strip_prefix('-') {
+		if raw.is_empty() {
+			throw!("integer only consists of a minus")
+		}
+
+		parse_nat::<10>(raw).map(|value| -value)
+	} else {
+		if raw.is_empty() {
+			throw!("empty integer")
+		}
+
+		parse_nat::<10>(raw.as_str())
+	}
+}
+
+#[builtin]
+pub fn builtin_parse_octal(raw: IStr) -> Result<f64> {
+	if raw.is_empty() {
+		throw!("empty octal integer");
+	}
+
+	parse_nat::<8>(raw.as_str())
+}
+
+#[builtin]
+pub fn builtin_parse_hex(raw: IStr) -> Result<f64> {
+	if raw.is_empty() {
+		throw!("empty hexadecimal integer");
+	}
+
+	parse_nat::<16>(raw.as_str())
+}
+
+fn parse_nat<const BASE: u32>(raw: &str) -> Result<f64> {
+	debug_assert!(
+		1 <= BASE && BASE <= 16,
+		"integer base should be between 1 and 16"
+	);
+
+	const ZERO_CODE: u32 = '0' as u32;
+	const UPPER_A_CODE: u32 = 'A' as u32;
+	const LOWER_A_CODE: u32 = 'a' as u32;
+
+	#[inline]
+	fn checked_sub_if(condition: bool, lhs: u32, rhs: u32) -> Option<u32> {
+		if condition {
+			lhs.checked_sub(rhs)
+		} else {
+			None
+		}
+	}
+
+	let base = BASE as f64;
+
+	raw.chars().try_fold(0f64, |aggregate, digit| {
+		let digit = digit as u32;
+		let digit = if let Some(digit) = checked_sub_if(BASE > 10, digit, LOWER_A_CODE) {
+			digit + 10
+		} else if let Some(digit) = checked_sub_if(BASE > 10, digit, UPPER_A_CODE) {
+			digit + 10
+		} else {
+			digit.checked_sub(ZERO_CODE).unwrap_or(BASE)
+		};
+
+		if digit < BASE {
+			Ok(base * aggregate + digit as f64)
+		} else {
+			throw!("{raw:?} is not a base {BASE} integer",);
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	use super::*;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn parse_nat_base_8() {
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<8>("0").unwrap(), 0.);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<8>("5").unwrap(), 5.);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<8>("32").unwrap(), 0o32 as f64);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<8>("761").unwrap(), 0o761 as f64);
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn parse_nat_base_10() {
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<10>("0").unwrap(), 0.);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<10>("3").unwrap(), 3.);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<10>("27").unwrap(), 27.);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<10>("123").unwrap(), 123.);
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn parse_nat_base_16() {
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<16>("0").unwrap(), 0.);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<16>("A").unwrap(), 10.);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<16>("a9").unwrap(), 0xA9 as f64);
+		assert_eq!(parse_nat::<16>("BbC").unwrap(), 0xBBC as f64);
+	}
+}