diff --git a/hyperloglog.go b/hyperloglog.go
index 1c7e120..bbb85ea 100644
--- a/hyperloglog.go
+++ b/hyperloglog.go
@@ -114,3 +114,14 @@ func (h *HyperLogLog) GobDecode(b []byte) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func Load(precision uint8, data []byte) (*HyperLogLog, error) {
+	h, err := New(precision)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	h.reg = data
+	return h, nil
+}
diff --git a/hyperloglog_test.go b/hyperloglog_test.go
index 4936e17..55b8151 100644
--- a/hyperloglog_test.go
+++ b/hyperloglog_test.go
@@ -202,3 +202,18 @@ func TestHLLGob(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("unmarshaled structure differs")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHLLLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	precision := uint8(8)
+	data := []byte{3, 0, 2, 2, 5, 4, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 5, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 4, 2, 0, 2, 5, 2, 3, 2, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 4, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 2, 0, 1, 3, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 4, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0, 4, 3, 1, 0, 2, 4, 4, 1, 8, 2, 0, 0, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 0, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 3, 1, 0, 2, 5, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 5, 2, 0, 2, 2, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 1, 3, 3, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 5, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 3, 1, 0, 0, 3, 1, 1, 0, 0, 5, 2, 2, 0, 0, 3, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 1, 0, 3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 2, 0, 2, 0, 5, 0, 5, 2, 0, 1, 4, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 1, 0}
+
+	hll, err := Load(precision, data)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if hll.Count() != 211 {
+		t.Error("Loaded count should be 211")
+	}
+}