diff --git a/src/util/lut.c b/src/util/lut.c
index 336b4e90cae..560353e5b89 100644
--- a/src/util/lut.c
+++ b/src/util/lut.c
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  */
 
+#include "lut.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+
 /*
  * This table was generated by an offline tool in the following manner:
  * for each function value, we generated a tree of all expressions that evaluate
@@ -269,3 +273,124 @@ const char *util_lut3_to_str[256] = {
    [0xFE] = "a | b | c",
    [0xFF] = "ones",
 };
+
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER)
+struct lut3_parser {
+   const char *s;
+   bool error;
+};
+
+static void
+lut3_skip_space(struct lut3_parser *p)
+{
+   while (p->s[0] == ' ')
+      p->s++;
+}
+
+static bool
+lut3_match(struct lut3_parser *p, char c)
+{
+   lut3_skip_space(p);
+
+   if (p->s[0] == c) {
+      p->s++;
+      return true;
+   } else {
+      return false;
+   }
+}
+
+static bool
+lut3_match_str(struct lut3_parser *p, const char *pat)
+{
+   lut3_skip_space(p);
+
+   size_t len = strlen(pat);
+   if (!strncmp(p->s, pat, len)) {
+      p->s += len;
+      return true;
+   } else {
+      return false;
+   }
+}
+
+static util_lut3 lut3_parse_or(struct lut3_parser *p);
+
+static util_lut3
+lut3_parse_value(struct lut3_parser *p)
+{
+   if (lut3_match(p, 'a')) return UTIL_LUT3(a);
+   if (lut3_match(p, 'b')) return UTIL_LUT3(b);
+   if (lut3_match(p, 'c')) return UTIL_LUT3(c);
+
+   if (lut3_match_str(p, "zeros")) return UTIL_LUT3(0);
+   if (lut3_match_str(p, "ones"))  return UTIL_LUT3(~0);
+
+   if (lut3_match(p, '(')) {
+      util_lut3 val = lut3_parse_or(p);
+      if (lut3_match(p, ')'))
+         return val;
+   }
+
+   p->error = true;
+   return 0;
+}
+
+static util_lut3
+lut3_parse_not(struct lut3_parser *p)
+{
+   bool has_not = false;
+   while (lut3_match(p, '~'))
+      has_not = !has_not;
+   util_lut3 val = lut3_parse_value(p);
+   return has_not ? ~val : val;
+}
+
+static util_lut3
+lut3_parse_and(struct lut3_parser *p)
+{
+   util_lut3 val = lut3_parse_not(p);
+   while (lut3_match(p, '&'))
+      val &= lut3_parse_not(p);
+   return val;
+}
+
+static util_lut3
+lut3_parse_xor(struct lut3_parser *p)
+{
+   util_lut3 val = lut3_parse_and(p);
+   while (lut3_match(p, '^'))
+      val ^= lut3_parse_and(p);
+   return val;
+}
+
+static util_lut3
+lut3_parse_or(struct lut3_parser *p)
+{
+   util_lut3 val = lut3_parse_xor(p);
+   while (lut3_match(p, '|'))
+      val |= lut3_parse_xor(p);
+   return val;
+}
+
+util_lut3
+util_lut3_parse(const char *s, bool *ok)
+{
+   struct lut3_parser p = { .s = s };
+
+   util_lut3 val = 0;
+
+   if (s && s[0]) {
+      val = lut3_parse_or(&p);
+      lut3_skip_space(&p);
+      if (p.s[0])
+         p.error = true;
+   } else {
+      p.error = true;
+   }
+
+   if (ok)
+      *ok = !p.error;
+   return val;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/util/lut.h b/src/util/lut.h
index 0e9965e7a1f..335f79a3205 100644
--- a/src/util/lut.h
+++ b/src/util/lut.h
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "util/macros.h"
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Represents a boolean lookup table in sum-of-minterms form. These are
  * natural encodings, matching the Intel BFN and Apple BITOP instructions.
@@ -61,6 +66,8 @@ util_lut2_invert_source(util_lut2 l, unsigned s)
 {
    return (util_lut2)(util_lut3_invert_source((util_lut3)l, s) & 0xf);
 }
+
+util_lut3 util_lut3_parse(const char *s, bool *ok);
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -102,6 +109,10 @@ util_lut3_swap_sources(util_lut3 l, unsigned a, unsigned b)
    UNREACHABLE("invalid source selection");
 }
 
-
 /* Finding minimal string forms of LUTs is tricky, so we precompute. */
 extern const char *util_lut3_to_str[256];
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/util/tests/lut_test.cpp b/src/util/tests/lut_test.cpp
index 8ee882799e8..846687ac94b 100644
--- a/src/util/tests/lut_test.cpp
+++ b/src/util/tests/lut_test.cpp
@@ -72,4 +72,55 @@ TEST(lut, swap_sources3)
    EXPECT_LUT3(util_lut3_swap_sources(UTIL_LUT3(a | ~b | c), 0, 2), "a | ~b | c");
    EXPECT_LUT3(util_lut3_swap_sources(UTIL_LUT3(a | ~b | c), 1, 2), "a | b | ~c");
 }
+
+TEST(lut, parse)
+{
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(util_lut3_to_str); i++) {
+      const char *str = util_lut3_to_str[i];
+      bool ok = false;
+      const unsigned got = util_lut3_parse(str, &ok);
+      EXPECT_TRUE(ok) << "CASE: " << str;
+      EXPECT_EQ(got, i) << "CASE: " << str;
+   }
+
+   const char *invalids[] = {
+      NULL,
+      "",
+      " ",
+      "a)",
+      "onesx",
+      "a &",
+      "((a)",
+   };
+
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(invalids); i++) {
+      bool ok = true;
+      util_lut3_parse(invalids[i], &ok);
+      EXPECT_FALSE(ok) << "CASE #" << i;
+   }
+
+   struct {
+      const char *a;
+      const char *b;
+   } equivalents[] = {
+      { "~~a",                    "a" },
+      { "a | b & c",              "a | (b & c)" },
+      { "a | b ^ c",              "a | (b ^ c)" },
+      { "a & (b | c)",            "a & b | a & c" },
+      { "a & ones",               "a" },
+      { "~(a & b)",               "~a | ~b" },
+      { "((a | b) & (b | c))",    "(a | b) & (b | c)" },
+   };
+
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(equivalents); i++) {
+      bool ok_a = false;
+      bool ok_b = false;
+      util_lut3 a = util_lut3_parse(equivalents[i].a, &ok_a);
+      util_lut3 b = util_lut3_parse(equivalents[i].b, &ok_b);
+      EXPECT_TRUE(ok_a) << equivalents[i].a;
+      EXPECT_TRUE(ok_b) << equivalents[i].b;
+      EXPECT_EQ(a, b) << equivalents[i].a << " and " << equivalents[i].b;
+   }
+}
+
 #endif