diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 48d67e2..057098e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     },
     "extra": {
         "branch-alias": {
-            "dev-master": "1.0-dev"
+            "dev-master": "1.1-dev"
         }
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev"
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index 4931653..e0cd45a 100755
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
      convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
      processIsolation="false"
      stopOnFailure="false"
-     syntaxCheck="true"
      verbose="true"
 >
 
diff --git a/src/MYR.php b/src/MYR.php
index d803d2e..5d1512d 100644
--- a/src/MYR.php
+++ b/src/MYR.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Money\MoneyFormatter;
 use BadMethodCallException;
 use Money\Currencies\ISOCurrencies;
+use Money\Parser\DecimalMoneyParser;
 use Money\Formatter\DecimalMoneyFormatter;
 
 class MYR implements Contracts\Money, \JsonSerializable
@@ -49,6 +50,22 @@ public static function given($amount)
         return static::withoutVat($amount);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse value as ringgit.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $amount
+     *
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function parse(string $amount)
+    {
+        $parser = new DecimalMoneyParser(new ISOCurrencies());
+
+        return static::given(
+            $parser->parse($amount, 'MYR')->getAmount()
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the value represented by this object.
      *
diff --git a/tests/MYRTest.php b/tests/MYRTest.php
index 9477a6c..0e3397d 100644
--- a/tests/MYRTest.php
+++ b/tests/MYRTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ public function it_can_be_initiated_using_given()
         $this->assertSame('1000', $money->add($money)->getAmount());
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_be_initiated_using_parse()
+    {
+        $money = MYR::parse('2.50');
+
+        $this->assertSame('500', $money->add($money)->getAmount());
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function it_can_be_get_currency_information()
     {