diff --git a/src/PHPMailer.php b/src/PHPMailer.php
index bdadba3d..fa23ee97 100644
--- a/src/PHPMailer.php
+++ b/src/PHPMailer.php
@@ -5123,4 +5123,19 @@ class PHPMailer
     {
         $this->oauth = $oauth;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Create new instance configured by DSN.
+     *
+     * @param string $dsn        DSN
+     * @param bool   $exceptions Should we throw external exceptions?
+     *
+     * @return PHPMailer
+     */
+    public static function fromDSN($dsn, $exceptions = null)
+    {
+        static $configurator = new DSNConfigurator();
+
+        return $configurator->configure(new PHPMailer($exceptions), $dsn);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/PHPMailer/DSNConfiguratorTest.php b/test/PHPMailer/DSNConfiguratorTest.php
index ba253357..dc77980e 100644
--- a/test/PHPMailer/DSNConfiguratorTest.php
+++ b/test/PHPMailer/DSNConfiguratorTest.php
@@ -194,4 +194,27 @@ final class DSNConfiguratorTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($this->Mail->AllowEmpty, true);
         $this->assertEquals($this->Mail->WordWrap, 78);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test shortcut.
+     *
+     * @covers \PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer::fromDSN
+     */
+    public function testShorcut()
+    {
+        $mailer = PHPMailer::fromDSN('smtps://user@gmail.com:secret@smtp.gmail.com?SMTPDebug=3&Timeout=1000');
+
+        $this->assertEquals($mailer->Mailer, 'smtp');
+        $this->assertEquals($mailer->SMTPSecure, PHPMailer::ENCRYPTION_STARTTLS);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($mailer->Host, 'smtp.gmail.com');
+        $this->assertEquals($mailer->Port, SMTP::DEFAULT_SECURE_PORT);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($mailer->SMTPAuth);
+        $this->assertEquals($mailer->Username, 'user@gmail.com');
+        $this->assertEquals($mailer->Password, 'secret');
+
+        $this->assertEquals($mailer->SMTPDebug, 3);
+        $this->assertEquals($mailer->Timeout, 1000);
+    }
 }