diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/text_format.cc b/src/google/protobuf/text_format.cc
index de994f458290..e4ec3f106af9 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/text_format.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/text_format.cc
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 #include "absl/container/btree_set.h"
 #include "absl/strings/ascii.h"
+#include "absl/strings/cord.h"
 #include "absl/strings/escaping.h"
 #include "absl/strings/numbers.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
 #include "google/protobuf/io/tokenizer.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream_impl.h"
+#include "google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream_impl_lite.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/map_field.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/message.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/reflection_mode.h"
@@ -1670,8 +1672,8 @@ TextFormat::Parser::~Parser() {}
 
 namespace {
 
-bool CheckParseInputSize(absl::string_view input,
-                         io::ErrorCollector* error_collector) {
+template <typename T>
+bool CheckParseInputSize(T& input, io::ErrorCollector* error_collector) {
   if (input.size() > INT_MAX) {
     error_collector->RecordError(
         -1, 0,
@@ -1709,6 +1711,13 @@ bool TextFormat::Parser::ParseFromString(absl::string_view input,
   return Parse(&input_stream, output);
 }
 
+bool TextFormat::Parser::ParseFromCord(const absl::Cord& input,
+                                       Message* output) {
+  DO(CheckParseInputSize(input, error_collector_));
+  io::CordInputStream input_stream(&input);
+  return Parse(&input_stream, output);
+}
+
 bool TextFormat::Parser::Merge(io::ZeroCopyInputStream* input,
                                Message* output) {
   ParserImpl parser(output->GetDescriptor(), input, error_collector_, finder_,
@@ -1770,6 +1779,11 @@ bool TextFormat::Parser::ParseFieldValueFromString(const std::string& input,
   return Parser().ParseFromString(input, output);
 }
 
+/* static */ bool TextFormat::ParseFromCord(const absl::Cord& input,
+                                            Message* output) {
+  return Parser().ParseFromCord(input, output);
+}
+
 /* static */ bool TextFormat::MergeFromString(absl::string_view input,
                                               Message* output) {
   return Parser().MergeFromString(input, output);
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/text_format.h b/src/google/protobuf/text_format.h
index 74f954b7cb21..6596a2c5fb56 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/text_format.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/text_format.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include "google/protobuf/port.h"
 #include "absl/container/flat_hash_map.h"
+#include "absl/strings/cord.h"
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/descriptor.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/message.h"
@@ -535,6 +536,8 @@ class PROTOBUF_EXPORT TextFormat {
   static bool Parse(io::ZeroCopyInputStream* input, Message* output);
   // Like Parse(), but reads directly from a string.
   static bool ParseFromString(absl::string_view input, Message* output);
+  // Like Parse(), but reads directly from a Cord.
+  static bool ParseFromCord(const absl::Cord& input, Message* output);
 
   // Like Parse(), but the data is merged into the given message, as if
   // using Message::MergeFrom().
@@ -626,6 +629,8 @@ class PROTOBUF_EXPORT TextFormat {
     bool Parse(io::ZeroCopyInputStream* input, Message* output);
     // Like TextFormat::ParseFromString().
     bool ParseFromString(absl::string_view input, Message* output);
+    // Like TextFormat::ParseFromCord().
+    bool ParseFromCord(const absl::Cord& input, Message* output);
     // Like TextFormat::Merge().
     bool Merge(io::ZeroCopyInputStream* input, Message* output);
     // Like TextFormat::MergeFromString().
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/text_format_unittest.cc b/src/google/protobuf/text_format_unittest.cc
index 7920accad6bc..1306b71370bc 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/text_format_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/text_format_unittest.cc
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "absl/log/absl_check.h"
 #include "absl/log/die_if_null.h"
 #include "absl/log/scoped_mock_log.h"
+#include "absl/strings/cord.h"
 #include "absl/strings/escaping.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
 #include "absl/strings/str_format.h"
@@ -836,6 +837,12 @@ TEST_F(TextFormatTest, ParseBasic) {
   TestUtil::ExpectAllFieldsSet(proto_);
 }
 
+TEST_F(TextFormatTest, ParseCordBasic) {
+  absl::Cord cord(proto_text_format_);
+  TextFormat::ParseFromCord(cord, &proto_);
+  TestUtil::ExpectAllFieldsSet(proto_);
+}
+
 TEST_F(TextFormatExtensionsTest, ParseExtensions) {
   io::ArrayInputStream input_stream(proto_text_format_.data(),
                                     proto_text_format_.size());