diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7653071b..ceefd7a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - MSRV is now `1.87.0`.
 
 ### Added
+- Added `pub` `Deserializer::bytes_consumed()` to allow easier partial parsing.
 - Implement `defmt::Format` for `EscapedStr`, `EscapedStringFragment` and `StringUnescapeError`.
 - Implement `Default` for `EscapedStr` (returning an empty string).
 
diff --git a/src/de/mod.rs b/src/de/mod.rs
index 64d4eeda..f5405914 100644
--- a/src/de/mod.rs
+++ b/src/de/mod.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ impl<'a, 's> Deserializer<'a, 's> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns the amount of data consumed so far.
+    pub fn bytes_consumed(&self) -> usize {
+        self.index
+    }
+
     fn eat_char(&mut self) {
         self.index += 1;
     }
@@ -133,7 +138,7 @@ impl<'a, 's> Deserializer<'a, 's> {
     pub fn end(&mut self) -> Result<usize> {
         match self.parse_whitespace() {
             Some(_) => Err(Error::TrailingCharacters),
-            None => Ok(self.index),
+            None => Ok(self.bytes_consumed()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -1486,4 +1491,27 @@ mod tests {
             ))
         )
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn partial_parsing() {
+        #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+        struct Temperature {
+            temperature: i8,
+        }
+
+        use serde::de::Deserialize;
+
+        let mut de = crate::de::Deserializer::new(br#"{"temperature":20}{"temperature":25}"#, None);
+        assert_eq!(
+            Temperature::deserialize(&mut de),
+            Ok(Temperature { temperature: 20 })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(de.bytes_consumed(), 18);
+        assert_eq!(
+            Temperature::deserialize(&mut de),
+            Ok(Temperature { temperature: 25 })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(de.bytes_consumed(), 36);
+        assert_eq!(de.end(), Ok(36));
+    }
 }