diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b895f29..23a7b08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,37 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
+Includes a helper function for using a `string` as key instead of an `uint64`. This requires a hasher that computes the string into a format accepted by `Hash()`. Such a hasher that uses [CRC-64 (ECMA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check) is also included for convenience.
+
+```go
+h := jump.HashString("127.0.0.1", 8, jump.CRC64)  // h = 7
+```
+
+If you want to use your own algorithm, you must implement the `Hasher` interface, which is a subset of the `hash.Hash64` interface available in the standard library.
+
+Here's an example of a custom `Hasher` that uses Google's [FarmHash](https://github.com/google/farmhash) algorithm (the successor of CityHash) to compute the final key.
+
+```go
+type FarmHash struct {
+    buf bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+func (f *FarmHash) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+    return f.buf.Write(p)
+}
+
+func (f *FarmHash) Reset() {
+    f.buf.Reset()
+}
+
+func (f *FarmHash) Sum64() uint64 {
+    // https://github.com/dgryski/go-farm
+    return farm.Hash64(f.buf.Bytes())
+}
+
+h := jump.HashString("127.0.0.1", 8, &FarmHash{})  // h = 5
+```
+
 ## License
 
 MIT
diff --git a/jump.go b/jump.go
index c379c4c..e63b579 100644
--- a/jump.go
+++ b/jump.go
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package jump
 
+import (
+	"hash"
+	"hash/crc64"
+	"hash/fnv"
+	"io"
+)
+
 // Hash takes a 64 bit key and the number of buckets. It outputs a bucket
 // number in the range [0, buckets).
 func Hash(key uint64, buckets int32) int32 {
@@ -17,3 +24,40 @@ func Hash(key uint64, buckets int32) int32 {
 
 	return int32(b)
 }
+
+// Hasher is a subset of hash.Hash64 in the standard library.
+type Hasher interface {
+	// Write (via the embedded io.Writer interface) adds more data to the
+	// running hash.
+	// It never returns an error.
+	io.Writer
+
+	// Reset resets the Hasher to its initial state.
+	Reset()
+
+	// Return the result of the added bytes (via io.Writer).
+	Sum64() uint64
+}
+
+// HashString takes string as key instead of an int and uses a Hasher to
+// generate a key compatible with Hash().
+func HashString(key string, buckets int32, h Hasher) int32 {
+	h.Reset()
+	_, err := io.WriteString(h, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return Hash(h.Sum64(), buckets)
+}
+
+// Create some Hashers available in the standard library for use with
+// HashString().
+var (
+	// CRC64 uses the 64-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC-64) with ECMA
+	// polynomial.
+	CRC64 hash.Hash64 = crc64.New(crc64.MakeTable(crc64.ECMA))
+	// FNV1 uses the non-cryptographic hash function FNV-1
+	FNV1 hash.Hash64 = fnv.New64()
+	// FNV1a uses the non-cryptographic hash function FNV-1a
+	FNV1a hash.Hash64 = fnv.New64a()
+)
diff --git a/jump_test.go b/jump_test.go
index 34460fc..5cd989e 100644
--- a/jump_test.go
+++ b/jump_test.go
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ package jump
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"hash"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 )
 
-type testVector struct {
-	key     uint64
-	buckets int32
-	output  int32
-}
-
-var jumpTestVectors = []testVector{
+var jumpTestVectors = []struct {
+	key      uint64
+	buckets  int32
+	expected int32
+}{
 	{1, 1, 0},
 	{42, 57, 43},
 	{0xDEAD10CC, 1, 0},
@@ -25,8 +25,32 @@ var jumpTestVectors = []testVector{
 func TestJumpHash(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, v := range jumpTestVectors {
 		h := Hash(v.key, v.buckets)
-		if h != v.output {
-			t.Errorf("expected bucket to be %d, got %d", v.output, h)
+		if h != v.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected bucket for key=%d to be %d, got %d",
+				v.key, v.expected, h)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+var jumpStringTestVectors = []struct {
+	key      string
+	buckets  int32
+	hasher   hash.Hash64
+	expected int32
+}{
+	{"localhost", 10, CRC64, 6},
+	{"ёлка", 10, CRC64, 6},
+	{"ветер", 10, FNV1, 3},
+	{"中国", 10, FNV1a, 5},
+	{"日本", 10, CRC64, 6},
+}
+
+func TestJumpHashString(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, v := range jumpStringTestVectors {
+		h := HashString(v.key, v.buckets, v.hasher)
+		if h != v.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected bucket for key=%s to be %d, got %d",
+				strconv.Quote(v.key), v.expected, h)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -36,8 +60,34 @@ func ExampleHash() {
 	// Output: 520
 }
 
+func ExampleHashString() {
+	fmt.Print(HashString("127.0.0.1", 8, CRC64))
+	// Output: 7
+}
+
 func BenchmarkHash(b *testing.B) {
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		Hash(uint64(i), int32(i))
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkHashStringCRC64(b *testing.B) {
+	s := "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat."
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		HashString(s, int32(i), CRC64)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkHashStringFNV1(b *testing.B) {
+	s := "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat."
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		HashString(s, int32(i), FNV1)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkHashStringFNV1a(b *testing.B) {
+	s := "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat."
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		HashString(s, int32(i), FNV1a)
+	}
+}