diff --git a/tests/Factories/DataBlueprintFactory.php b/tests/Factories/DataBlueprintFactory.php
index 3b582245e..9b90207f8 100644
--- a/tests/Factories/DataBlueprintFactory.php
+++ b/tests/Factories/DataBlueprintFactory.php
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ class DataBlueprintFactory
     /** @var \Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Factories\DataPropertyBlueprintFactory[] */
     private array $properties = [];
 
+    /** @var \Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Factories\DataMagicMethodFactory[] */
+    private array $methods = [];
+
     public function __construct(?string $name = null)
     {
         $this->name = $name ?? 'Data' . uniqid();
@@ -33,6 +36,15 @@ public function withProperty(DataPropertyBlueprintFactory ...$properties): self
         return $clone;
     }
 
+    public function withMethod(DataMagicMethodFactory ...$methods): self
+    {
+        $clone = clone $this;
+
+        $clone->methods = $methods;
+
+        return $clone;
+    }
+
     public function create(): string
     {
         eval($this->toString());
@@ -46,6 +58,14 @@ public function toString(): string
 
         $class->setExtends(Data::class);
 
+        $methods = array_map(
+            fn(DataMagicMethodFactory $factory) => $factory->create(),
+            $this->methods
+        );
+
+        $class->setMethods($methods);
+
+
         /** @var \Illuminate\Support\Collection $properties */
         /** @var \Illuminate\Support\Collection $promotedProperties */
         [$promotedProperties, $properties] = collect($this->properties)
diff --git a/tests/Factories/DataMagicMethodFactory.php b/tests/Factories/DataMagicMethodFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c04f6570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Factories/DataMagicMethodFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Factories;
+
+use Nette\PhpGenerator\Method;
+use Nette\PhpGenerator\Parameter;
+use Nette\PhpGenerator\PromotedParameter;
+use Nette\PhpGenerator\Property;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\DataCollection;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\Lazy;
+
+class DataMagicMethodFactory
+{
+    private string $body;
+
+    private string $inputType;
+
+    private string $inputName;
+
+    public function __construct(private string $name)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public static function new(string $name): static
+    {
+        return new self($name);
+    }
+
+    public function withInputType(string $inputType, string $inputName = 'payload'): self
+    {
+        $clone = clone $this;
+
+        $clone->inputType = $inputType;
+        $clone->inputName = $inputName;
+
+        return $clone;
+    }
+
+    public function withBody(string $body): self
+    {
+        $clone = clone $this;
+
+        $clone->body = $body;
+
+        return $clone;
+    }
+
+    public function create(): Method
+    {
+        $method = new Method($this->name);
+
+        $method->addBody($this->body);
+        $method->setStatic(true);
+        $method->setReturnType('static');
+        $method->setParameters([(new Parameter($this->inputName))->setType($this->inputType)]);
+
+        return $method;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/RequestDataTest.php b/tests/RequestDataTest.php
index ba27a7187..5db20588f 100644
--- a/tests/RequestDataTest.php
+++ b/tests/RequestDataTest.php
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 namespace Spatie\LaravelData\Tests;
 
 use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Illuminate\Testing\TestResponse;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\Data;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Factories\DataBlueprintFactory;
+use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Factories\DataMagicMethodFactory;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Factories\DataPropertyBlueprintFactory;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Fakes\RequestData;
 use Spatie\LaravelData\Tests\Fakes\SimpleData;
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ public function it_can_overwrite_validation_attributes()
     /** @test */
     public function it_can_change_the_validator()
     {
-        RequestData::$validatorClosure = fn (Validator $validator) => $validator->setRules([]);
+        RequestData::$validatorClosure = fn(Validator $validator) => $validator->setRules([]);
 
         $this->invalidRequest()
             ->assertOk()
@@ -174,6 +177,31 @@ public function it_can_check_for_authorisation()
         $this->validRequest()->assertStatus(401);
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_manually_override_how_the_data_object_will_be_constructed()
+    {
+        DataBlueprintFactory::new('OverrideableDataFromRequest')
+            ->withProperty(DataPropertyBlueprintFactory::new('name')->withType('string'))
+            ->withMethod(
+                DataMagicMethodFactory::new('fromRequest')
+                    ->withInputType(Request::class, 'request')
+                    ->withBody('return new self("{$request->input(\'first_name\')} {$request->input(\'last_name\')}");')
+            )
+            ->create();
+
+        Route::post('/other-route', function (\OverrideableDataFromRequest $data) {
+            return ['name' => $data->name];
+        });
+
+        $this->postJson('/other-route', [
+            'name' => 'ignore',  // TODO, how can we remove this rule?
+            'first_name' => 'Rick',
+            'last_name' => 'Astley',
+        ])
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertJson(['name' => 'Rick Astley']);
+    }
+
     private function validRequest(): TestResponse
     {
         return $this->postJson('/example-route', [