diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f5c42a..c219f73 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ Subsequent `render()`s diff against that DOM just like a normal JSX rendering fl
 > render(<Markup markup={markup} allow-scripts />, document.body);
 > ```
 
+`parser` – With this property you can pass in a custom parser, such as `dom-parser`. This enables you to do server-side-rendering.
+
+> ##### Example
+>
+> ```js
+> const parser = typeof document==='undefined' && require('dom-parser');
+> render(<Markup parser={parser} markup="<em>hello!</em><h1>asdflkj</h1>" />);
+> ```
+
 ---
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83ad74a..5e5d0dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     "sinon": "^1.17.4",
     "sinon-chai": "^2.8.0",
     "uglify-js": "^2.6.2",
-    "webpack": "^1.13.1"
+    "webpack": "^1.13.1",
+    "dom-parser": "^0.1.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 92585bf..743bf46 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default class Markup extends Component {
 		}
 	}
 
-	render({ wrap=true, type, markup, components, reviver, onError, 'allow-scripts':allowScripts, 'allow-events':allowEvents, trim, ...props }) {
+	render({ wrap=true, type, markup, components, reviver, onError, 'allow-scripts':allowScripts, 'allow-events':allowEvents, trim, parser=null, ...props }) {
 		let h = reviver || this.reviver || this.constructor.prototype.reviver || customReviver || defaultReviver,
 			vdom;
 
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export default class Markup extends Component {
 		let options = {
 			allowScripts,
 			allowEvents,
-			trim
+			trim,
+			parser
 		};
 
 		try {
diff --git a/src/markup-to-vdom.js b/src/markup-to-vdom.js
index 552a5a7..d715915 100644
--- a/src/markup-to-vdom.js
+++ b/src/markup-to-vdom.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const EMPTY_OBJ = {};
 *	@param {Object} [map]		Optional map of custom element names to Components or variant element names.
  */
 export default function markupToVdom(markup, type, reviver, map, options) {
-	let dom = parseMarkup(markup, type);
+	let dom = parseMarkup(markup, type, options.parser);
 
 	if (dom && dom.error) {
 		throw new Error(dom.error);
diff --git a/src/parse-markup.js b/src/parse-markup.js
index c0b8e66..c7e671b 100644
--- a/src/parse-markup.js
+++ b/src/parse-markup.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ let parserDoc;
 /** Parse markup into a DOM using the given mimetype.
  *	@param {String} markup
  */
-export default function parseMarkup(markup, type) {
+export default function parseMarkup(markup, type, customParser=null) {
 	let doc,
 		mime = type==='html' ? 'text/html' : 'application/xml',
 		parserError, wrappedMarkup, tag;
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ export default function parseMarkup(markup, type) {
 
 	// if available (browser support varies), using DOMPaser in HTML mode is much faster, safer and cleaner than injecting HTML into an iframe.
 	try {
-		doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(wrappedMarkup, mime);
+		const parser = customParser ? customParser : new DOMParser();
+		doc = parser.parseFromString(wrappedMarkup, mime);
 	} catch (err) {
 		parserError = err;
 	}
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 130b254..d5596eb 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
 chai.use(assertJsx);
 chai.use(sinonChai);
 import Markup from 'src';
+import DomParser from 'dom-parser';
 
 /*eslint-env browser,mocha*/
 /*global sinon,expect,chai*/
@@ -325,4 +326,10 @@ describe('Markup', () => {
 			</div>
 		);
 	});
+
+	it('should render when using a custom parser', () => {
+		let markup = `<em>hello!</em><h1>asdflkj</h1>`;
+		render(<Markup parser={new DomParser()} markup={markup} />, scratch);
+		expect(scratch.firstChild.innerHTML).to.equal(markup);
+	});
 });