diff --git a/src/dnum.ts b/src/dnum.ts
index 94d7729..ccec518 100644
--- a/src/dnum.ts
+++ b/src/dnum.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ export function isDnum(value: unknown): value is Dnum {
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Locale-aware number parser that can handle strings with thousands separator.
+ *
+ * @param strNum formatted string with thousands separator to parse
+ * @returns parsed number
+ * @example parseLocaleNumber("1,234.56") === "1234.56"
+ * @link https://stackoverflow.com/a/51157574
+ */
+function parseLocaleNumber(strNum: string): string {
+  const decSep = (1.1).toLocaleString().substring(1, 2);
+  const formatted = strNum
+    .replace(new RegExp(`([${decSep}])(?=.*\\1)`, "g"), "")
+    .replace(new RegExp(`[^-0-9${decSep}]`, "g"), "");
+  return formatted.replace(decSep, ".");
+}
+
 // Matches:
 //  - whole numbers (123)
 //  - decimal numbers (1.23, .23)
@@ -49,6 +65,10 @@ export function from(
     value = fromExponential(value);
   }
 
+  if (value.includes(",")) {
+    value = parseLocaleNumber(value);
+  }
+
   if (!value.match(NUM_RE)) {
     throw new Error(`dnum: incorrect number (${value})`);
   }
diff --git a/test/all.test.ts b/test/all.test.ts
index 58c576c..f877663 100644
--- a/test/all.test.ts
+++ b/test/all.test.ts
@@ -998,6 +998,30 @@ describe("from()", () => {
     expect(from(".29387", 18)).toEqual([293870000000000000n, 18]);
     expect(from("-.29387", 18)).toEqual([-293870000000000000n, 18]);
   });
+  it("accepts formatted strings with thousands separator", () => {
+    expect(from("12,345.29387", 18)).toEqual([12345_293870000000000000n, 18]);
+    expect(from("12,345.29387", 2)).toEqual([12345_29n, 2]);
+    expect(from("12,345.29387", 0)).toEqual([12345n, 0]);
+    expect(from("-12,345.29387", 0)).toEqual([-12345n, 0]);
+    expect(from(".29,387", 18)).toEqual([293870000000000000n, 18]);
+    expect(from("-.29,387", 18)).toEqual([-293870000000000000n, 18]);
+    // TODO: figure out how to programmatically run the tests in different locales
+    // I have only found a way to do that by setting the `LC_ALL='de-DE.UTF-8'` env var
+  });
+  it("accepts formatted strings with thousands separator in scientific notation", () => {
+    expect(from(12345.29387 * 10 ** 21, 5)).toEqual([
+      12345293870000000000000000_00000n,
+      5,
+    ]);
+    expect(from(-12345.29387 * 10 ** 21, 5)).toEqual([
+      -12345293870000000000000000_00000n,
+      5,
+    ]);
+    // NOTE: these cases currently fail because of floating point precision issues
+    // > .29387 * 10 ** 21 === 293870000000000030000
+    // expect(from(.29387 * 10 ** 21, 5)).toEqual([293870000000000000000_00000n, 5]);
+    // expect(from(-.29387 * 10 ** 21, 5)).toEqual([-293870000000000000000_00000n, 5]);
+  });
   it("works with Dnums", () => {
     expect(from([12345n, 2], 2)).toEqual([12345n, 2]);
     expect(from([12345n, 2], 4)).toEqual([1234500n, 4]);
@@ -1020,6 +1044,7 @@ describe("from()", () => {
   });
   it("throws with incorrect values", () => {
     expect(from(10 ** 21)).toEqual([10n ** 21n, 0]);
+    // expected because it is not a valid number in any locale
     expect(() => from("3298.987.32", 18))
       .toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot(JSON.stringify(["3298.987.32", 18]));
   });