diff --git a/auth_jwt.go b/auth_jwt.go
index 838fbc5..39b163b 100644
--- a/auth_jwt.go
+++ b/auth_jwt.go
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ func (mw *GinJWTMiddleware) jwtFromParam(c *gin.Context, key string) (string, er
 	return token, nil
 }
 
-// ParseToken parse jwt token
+// ParseToken parse jwt token from gin context
 func (mw *GinJWTMiddleware) ParseToken(c *gin.Context) (*jwt.Token, error) {
 	var token string
 	var err error
@@ -660,6 +660,20 @@ func (mw *GinJWTMiddleware) ParseToken(c *gin.Context) (*jwt.Token, error) {
 	})
 }
 
+// ParseTokenString parse jwt token string
+func (mw *GinJWTMiddleware) ParseTokenString(token string) (*jwt.Token, error) {
+	return jwt.Parse(token, func(t *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
+		if jwt.GetSigningMethod(mw.SigningAlgorithm) != t.Method {
+			return nil, ErrInvalidSigningAlgorithm
+		}
+		if mw.usingPublicKeyAlgo() {
+			return mw.pubKey, nil
+		}
+
+		return mw.Key, nil
+	})
+}
+
 func (mw *GinJWTMiddleware) unauthorized(c *gin.Context, code int, message string) {
 	c.Header("WWW-Authenticate", "JWT realm="+mw.Realm)
 	if !mw.DisabledAbort {
diff --git a/auth_jwt_test.go b/auth_jwt_test.go
index 0ce76ed..e4de976 100644
--- a/auth_jwt_test.go
+++ b/auth_jwt_test.go
@@ -1140,3 +1140,45 @@ func TestExpiredField(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, r.Code)
 		})
 }
+
+func TestCheckTokenString(t *testing.T) {
+	// the middleware to test
+	authMiddleware, _ := New(&GinJWTMiddleware{
+		Realm:         "test zone",
+		Key:           key,
+		Timeout:       1 * time.Second,
+		Authenticator: defaultAuthenticator,
+		Unauthorized: func(c *gin.Context, code int, message string) {
+			c.String(code, message)
+		},
+	})
+
+	handler := ginHandler(authMiddleware)
+
+	r := gofight.New()
+
+	userToken, _, _ := authMiddleware.TokenGenerator(MapClaims{
+		"identity": "admin",
+	})
+
+	r.GET("/auth/hello").
+		SetHeader(gofight.H{
+			"Authorization": "Bearer " + userToken,
+		}).
+		Run(handler, func(r gofight.HTTPResponse, rq gofight.HTTPRequest) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, r.Code)
+		})
+
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+
+	r.GET("/auth/hello").
+		SetHeader(gofight.H{
+			"Authorization": "Bearer " + userToken,
+		}).
+		Run(handler, func(r gofight.HTTPResponse, rq gofight.HTTPRequest) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusUnauthorized, r.Code)
+		})
+
+	_, err := authMiddleware.ParseTokenString(userToken)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}