diff --git a/src/json.hpp.re2c b/src/json.hpp.re2c
index b328880b5..7f7c098c1 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp.re2c
+++ b/src/json.hpp.re2c
@@ -1716,6 +1716,12 @@ class basic_json
         return parser(s).parse();
     }
 
+    /// deserialize from stream
+    static basic_json parse(std::istream& i)
+    {
+        return parser(i).parse();
+    }
+
     /// deserialize from stream
     friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& i, basic_json& j)
     {