diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/AvaloniaXamlLoader.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/AvaloniaXamlLoader.cs
index 978048bb9d..3f47d44d88 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/AvaloniaXamlLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/AvaloniaXamlLoader.cs
@@ -7,5 +7,10 @@
         AvaloniaXamlLoaderPortableXaml
 #endif
     {
+        public static object Parse(string xaml)
+                => new AvaloniaXamlLoader().Load(xaml);
+
+        public static T Parse<T>(string xaml)
+                     => (T)Parse(xaml);
     }
 }
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