diff --git a/src/env.c b/src/env.c
index 7851eed..05c950a 100644
--- a/src/env.c
+++ b/src/env.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ struct Environment defaultEnv()
         {"ap", &append}, {"pre", &prepend},
         {"at", &at}, {"rest", &rest}, {"rev", &reverse},
         {"isnum", &isNum}, {"isstr", &isString},
-        {"prn", &print}, {"penv", &printEnvO},
+        {"prn", &print}, {"penv", &printEnvO}, {"eval", &parseEvalO},
     };
 
     for(unsigned i = 0; i < sizeof(symFuncs)/sizeof(symFuncs[0]); i++) {
diff --git a/src/object.c b/src/object.c
index 0704ec1..4a2ecab 100644
--- a/src/object.c
+++ b/src/object.c
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ static const char *errorText[] = {
     "ONLY_ONE_ARGUMENT",
     "NOT_A_LIST",
     "SCRIPT_NOT_FOUND",
-    "NO_CLONE_SPECIFIED"
+    "NO_CLONE_SPECIFIED",
+    "CAN_ONLY_EVAL_STRINGS"
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/object.h b/src/object.h
index 2d178f0..68bbe55 100644
--- a/src/object.h
+++ b/src/object.h
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ enum errorCode {
     ONLY_ONE_ARGUMENT,
     NOT_A_LIST,
     SCRIPT_NOT_FOUND,
-    NO_CLONE_SPECIFIED
+    NO_CLONE_SPECIFIED,
+    CAN_ONLY_EVAL_STRINGS
 };
 
 #define MALLOC_FLAG 64
diff --git a/src/pebblisp.c b/src/pebblisp.c
index ff53fe3..94643f8 100644
--- a/src/pebblisp.c
+++ b/src/pebblisp.c
@@ -415,6 +415,14 @@ Object printEnvO(Object i1, Object i2, struct Environment *env) {
     return numberObject(0);
 }
 
+Object parseEvalO(Object text, Object ignore, struct Environment *env)
+{
+    if(text.type != TYPE_STRING) {
+        return errorObject(CAN_ONLY_EVAL_STRINGS);
+    }
+    return parseEval(text.string, env);
+}
+
 void copySlice(char * dest, struct Slice *src)
 {
     if(!dest || !src)
diff --git a/src/pebblisp.h b/src/pebblisp.h
index 4d93924..539a8e7 100644
--- a/src/pebblisp.h
+++ b/src/pebblisp.h
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ Object isString(Object test, Object ignore, struct Environment *ignore2);
 
 Object print(Object p, Object ignore, struct Environment *ignore2);
 Object printEnvO(Object i1, Object i2, struct Environment *env);
+Object parseEvalO(Object text, Object ignore, struct Environment *env);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/tests.sh b/src/tests.sh
index da22e14..d05cbca 100755
--- a/src/tests.sh
+++ b/src/tests.sh
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ check "BadParens4" ")))hey" "MISMATCHED_PARENS"
 check "BadParens5" "hey))(" "MISMATCHED_PARENS"
 endBlock
 
+title "Eval"
+check "BasicNumberEval" "(eval \"5\")" "5"
+check "BasicOpEval" "(eval \"(+ 5 10)\")" "15"
+check "MapFilter" "(eval \"(fil (< 50) (map sq (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12)))\")" "( 64 81 100 121 144 )"
+endBlock
+
 # title "Environment"
 # check "EnvStressTestEarly" "(def a 1)(def b 20)(def c 'yee')(def d 'yeehunnid')(def e 3) (a)" "1"
 # check "EnvStressTestLate" "(def a 1)(def b 2)(def c 3)(def d 4)(def e 5)(def f 6)(def n 40) (n)" "40"