diff --git a/src/libstd/net/ip.rs b/src/libstd/net/ip.rs
index 633e7326bb1..827a3eb9bf6 100644
--- a/src/libstd/net/ip.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/net/ip.rs
@@ -594,10 +594,18 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_from_str_socket_addr() {
         assert_eq!(Ok(sa4(Ipv4Addr::new(77, 88, 21, 11), 80)),
                    "77.88.21.11:80".parse());
+        assert_eq!(Ok(SocketAddrV4::new(Ipv4Addr::new(77, 88, 21, 11), 80)),
+                   "77.88.21.11:80".parse());
         assert_eq!(Ok(sa6(Ipv6Addr::new(0x2a02, 0x6b8, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1), 53)),
                    "[2a02:6b8:0:1::1]:53".parse());
+        assert_eq!(Ok(SocketAddrV6::new(Ipv6Addr::new(0x2a02, 0x6b8, 0, 1,
+                                                      0, 0, 0, 1), 53, 0, 0)),
+                   "[2a02:6b8:0:1::1]:53".parse());
         assert_eq!(Ok(sa6(Ipv6Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0x7F00, 1), 22)),
                    "[::127.0.0.1]:22".parse());
+        assert_eq!(Ok(SocketAddrV6::new(Ipv6Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                                      0x7F00, 1), 22, 0, 0)),
+                   "[::127.0.0.1]:22".parse());
 
         // without port
         let none: Option<SocketAddr> = "127.0.0.1".parse().ok();
diff --git a/src/libstd/net/parser.rs b/src/libstd/net/parser.rs
index f0b35bbc388..1619dac78ca 100644
--- a/src/libstd/net/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/net/parser.rs
@@ -267,30 +267,42 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         self.read_or(&mut [Box::new(ipv4_addr), Box::new(ipv6_addr)])
     }
 
-    fn read_socket_addr(&mut self) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
+    fn read_socket_addr_v4(&mut self) -> Option<SocketAddrV4> {
+        let ip_addr = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_ipv4_addr();
+        let colon = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_given_char(':');
+        let port = |p: &mut Parser| {
+            p.read_number(10, 5, 0x10000).map(|n| n as u16)
+        };
+
+        self.read_seq_3(ip_addr, colon, port).map(|t| {
+            let (ip, _, port): (Ipv4Addr, char, u16) = t;
+            SocketAddrV4::new(ip, port)
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn read_socket_addr_v6(&mut self) -> Option<SocketAddrV6> {
         let ip_addr = |p: &mut Parser| {
-            let ipv4_p = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_ip_addr();
-            let ipv6_p = |p: &mut Parser| {
-                let open_br = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_given_char('[');
-                let ip_addr = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_ipv6_addr();
-                let clos_br = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_given_char(']');
-                p.read_seq_3::<char, Ipv6Addr, char, _, _, _>(open_br, ip_addr, clos_br)
-                        .map(|t| match t { (_, ip, _) => IpAddr::V6(ip) })
-            };
-            p.read_or(&mut [Box::new(ipv4_p), Box::new(ipv6_p)])
+            let open_br = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_given_char('[');
+            let ip_addr = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_ipv6_addr();
+            let clos_br = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_given_char(']');
+            p.read_seq_3(open_br, ip_addr, clos_br).map(|t| t.1)
         };
         let colon = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_given_char(':');
-        let port  = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_number(10, 5, 0x10000).map(|n| n as u16);
+        let port = |p: &mut Parser| {
+            p.read_number(10, 5, 0x10000).map(|n| n as u16)
+        };
 
-        // host, colon, port
         self.read_seq_3(ip_addr, colon, port).map(|t| {
-            let (ip, _, port): (IpAddr, char, u16) = t;
-            match ip {
-                IpAddr::V4(ip) => SocketAddr::V4(SocketAddrV4::new(ip, port)),
-                IpAddr::V6(ip) => SocketAddr::V6(SocketAddrV6::new(ip, port, 0, 0)),
-            }
+            let (ip, _, port): (Ipv6Addr, char, u16) = t;
+            SocketAddrV6::new(ip, port, 0, 0)
         })
     }
+
+    fn read_socket_addr(&mut self) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
+        let v4 = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_socket_addr_v4().map(SocketAddr::V4);
+        let v6 = |p: &mut Parser| p.read_socket_addr_v6().map(SocketAddr::V6);
+        self.read_or(&mut [Box::new(v4), Box::new(v6)])
+    }
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -326,6 +338,28 @@ impl FromStr for Ipv6Addr {
     }
 }
 
+#[stable(feature = "socket_addr_from_str", since = "1.5.0")]
+impl FromStr for SocketAddrV4 {
+    type Err = AddrParseError;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<SocketAddrV4, AddrParseError> {
+        match Parser::new(s).read_till_eof(|p| p.read_socket_addr_v4()) {
+            Some(s) => Ok(s),
+            None => Err(AddrParseError(())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "socket_addr_from_str", since = "1.5.0")]
+impl FromStr for SocketAddrV6 {
+    type Err = AddrParseError;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<SocketAddrV6, AddrParseError> {
+        match Parser::new(s).read_till_eof(|p| p.read_socket_addr_v6()) {
+            Some(s) => Ok(s),
+            None => Err(AddrParseError(())),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl FromStr for SocketAddr {
     type Err = AddrParseError;