diff --git a/include/dindexer-machinery/tiger.hpp b/include/dindexer-machinery/tiger.hpp
index 8d74daf..b8d540e 100644
--- a/include/dindexer-machinery/tiger.hpp
+++ b/include/dindexer-machinery/tiger.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <ciso646>
 
 namespace mchlib {
 	struct TigerHash {
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ namespace mchlib {
 			uint64_t data[3];
 			uint8_t byte_data[sizeof(uint64_t) * 3];
 		};
+
+		bool operator== (const TigerHash& parOther) const { return part_a == parOther.part_a and part_b == parOther.part_b and part_c == parOther.part_c; }
 	};
 
 	static_assert(sizeof(TigerHash) == 24, "Wrong struct size");
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ namespace mchlib {
 	void tiger_file ( const std::string& parPath, TigerHash& parHashFile, TigerHash& parHashDir, uint64_t& parSizeOut );
 	void tiger_init_hash ( TigerHash& parHash );
 	std::string tiger_to_string ( const TigerHash& parHash, bool parUpcase=false );
+	TigerHash string_to_tiger ( const std::string& parString );
 	void tiger_data ( const std::string& parData, TigerHash& parHash );
 	void tiger_data ( const std::vector<char>& parData, TigerHash& parHash );
 } //namespace mchlib
diff --git a/src/machinery/tiger.cpp b/src/machinery/tiger.cpp
index 4531ccd..70fd62b 100644
--- a/src/machinery/tiger.cpp
+++ b/src/machinery/tiger.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "dindexer-machinery/tiger.hpp"
+#include "helpers/casts.hpp"
 #include <fstream>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <memory>
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iomanip>
+#include <boost/utility/string_ref.hpp>
 
 extern "C" void tiger ( const char* parStr, uint64_t parLength, uint64_t parHash[3], char parPadding );
 
@@ -153,6 +155,20 @@ namespace mchlib {
 		return oss.str();
 	}
 
+	TigerHash string_to_tiger (const std::string& parString) {
+		using boost::string_ref;
+		using TigerPartType = decltype(TigerHash::part_a);
+
+		assert(parString.size() == sizeof(TigerHash) * 2);
+
+		TigerHash retval;
+		const string_ref inp(parString);
+		retval.part_a = swap_long(dinhelp::lexical_cast<TigerPartType, dinhelp::tags::hex>(inp.substr(0, sizeof(TigerPartType) * 2)));
+		retval.part_b = swap_long(dinhelp::lexical_cast<TigerPartType, dinhelp::tags::hex>(inp.substr(sizeof(TigerPartType) * 2, sizeof(TigerPartType) * 2)));
+		retval.part_c = swap_long(dinhelp::lexical_cast<TigerPartType, dinhelp::tags::hex>(inp.substr(sizeof(TigerPartType) * 4, sizeof(TigerPartType) * 2)));
+		return retval;
+	}
+
 	void tiger_data (const std::string& parData, TigerHash& parHash) {
 		tiger (parData.data(), parData.size(), parHash.data, g_tiger_padding);
 	}
diff --git a/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt
index dfbe920..4a80dfe 100644
--- a/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
 	test_diriterator.cpp
 	test_guess_content_type.cpp
 	test_glob2regex.cpp
+	test_tiger_string_conv.cpp
 )
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} SYSTEM
diff --git a/test/unit/test_tiger_string_conv.cpp b/test/unit/test_tiger_string_conv.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e04395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/test_tiger_string_conv.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* Copyright 2015, 2016, Michele Santullo
+ * This file is part of "dindexer".
+ *
+ * "dindexer" is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * "dindexer" is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with "dindexer".  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "dindexer-machinery/tiger.hpp"
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <string>
+
+TEST(machinery, TigerStringConv) {
+	using mchlib::TigerHash;
+
+	const std::size_t TigerStringCharCount = sizeof(TigerHash) * 2;
+	{
+		TigerHash tiger_zero;
+		tiger_zero.part_a = tiger_zero.part_b = tiger_zero.part_c = 0;
+
+		const std::string expected(TigerStringCharCount, '0');
+		const std::string got = mchlib::tiger_to_string(tiger_zero);
+		EXPECT_EQ(expected, got);
+
+		auto hash2 = mchlib::string_to_tiger(got);
+		EXPECT_EQ(tiger_zero, hash2);
+	}
+
+	{
+		TigerHash t;
+		mchlib::tiger_init_hash(t);
+
+		const std::string expected = "efcdab89674523011032547698badcfe87e1b2c3b4a596f0";
+		EXPECT_EQ(TigerStringCharCount, expected.size());
+		const std::string got = mchlib::tiger_to_string(t);
+		EXPECT_EQ(expected, got);
+
+		auto hash2 = mchlib::string_to_tiger(got);
+		EXPECT_EQ(t, hash2);
+	}
+
+	{
+		TigerHash t;
+		t.part_a = t.part_b = t.part_c = 0xababababababababULL;
+
+		const std::string expected = "abababababababababababababababababababababababab";
+		EXPECT_EQ(TigerStringCharCount, expected.size());
+		const std::string got = mchlib::tiger_to_string(t);
+		EXPECT_EQ(expected, got);
+
+		auto hash2 = mchlib::string_to_tiger(got);
+		EXPECT_EQ(t, hash2);
+	}
+}