diff --git a/dulwich/reflog.py b/dulwich/reflog.py
index 3c15a4c3..750697f3 100644
--- a/dulwich/reflog.py
+++ b/dulwich/reflog.py
@@ -1,42 +1,57 @@
 # reflog.py -- Parsing and writing reflog files
 # Copyright (C) 2015 Jelmer Vernooij and others.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 # as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
 # of the License or (at your option) a later version of the License.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 # MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 """Utilities for reading and generating reflogs.
 """
 
 from dulwich.objects import (
     format_timezone,
+    parse_timezone,
     ZERO_SHA,
     )
 
 
 def format_reflog_line(old_sha, new_sha, committer, timestamp, timezone, message):
     """Generate a single reflog line.
 
     :param old_sha: Old Commit SHA
     :param new_sha: New Commit SHA
     :param committer: Committer name and e-mail
     :param timestamp: Timestamp
     :param timezone: Timezone
     :param message: Message
     """
     if old_sha is None:
         old_sha = ZERO_SHA
     return (old_sha + b' ' + new_sha + b' ' + committer + b' ' +
             str(timestamp).encode('ascii') + b' ' +
             format_timezone(timezone).encode('ascii') + b'\t' + message)
+
+
+def parse_reflog_line(line):
+    """Parse a reflog line.
+
+    :param line: Line to parse
+    :return: Tuple of (old_sha, new_sha, committer, timestamp, timezone,
+        message)
+    """
+    (begin, message) = line.split('\t', 1)
+    (old_sha, new_sha, rest) = begin.split(' ', 2)
+    (committer, timestamp_str, timezone_str) = rest.rsplit(' ', 2)
+    return (old_sha, new_sha, committer, int(timestamp_str),
+            parse_timezone(timezone_str)[0], message)
diff --git a/dulwich/tests/test_reflog.py b/dulwich/tests/test_reflog.py
index 4747499c..25348e1c 100644
--- a/dulwich/tests/test_reflog.py
+++ b/dulwich/tests/test_reflog.py
@@ -1,55 +1,69 @@
 # test_reflog.py -- tests for reflog.py
 # encoding: utf-8
 # Copyright (C) 2015 Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 # as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
 # of the License or (at your option) any later version of
 # the License.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 # MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 """Tests for dulwich.reflog."""
 
 
-from dulwich.reflog import format_reflog_line
+from dulwich.reflog import (
+    format_reflog_line,
+    parse_reflog_line,
+    )
 
 from dulwich.tests import (
     TestCase,
     )
 
 
-class FormatReflogLineTests(TestCase):
+class ReflogLineTests(TestCase):
 
-    def test_valid(self):
+    def test_format(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             b'0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 '
             b'49030649db3dfec5a9bc03e5dde4255a14499f16 Jelmer Vernooij '
             b'<jelmer@jelmer.uk> 1446552482 +0000	'
             b'clone: from git://jelmer.uk/samba',
             format_reflog_line(
                 b'0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
                 b'49030649db3dfec5a9bc03e5dde4255a14499f16',
                 b'Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk>',
                 1446552482, 0, b'clone: from git://jelmer.uk/samba'))
 
         self.assertEqual(
             b'0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 '
             b'49030649db3dfec5a9bc03e5dde4255a14499f16 Jelmer Vernooij '
             b'<jelmer@jelmer.uk> 1446552482 +0000	'
             b'clone: from git://jelmer.uk/samba',
             format_reflog_line(
                 None,
                 b'49030649db3dfec5a9bc03e5dde4255a14499f16',
                 b'Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk>',
                 1446552482, 0, b'clone: from git://jelmer.uk/samba'))
 
+    def test_parse(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+                (b'0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+                 b'49030649db3dfec5a9bc03e5dde4255a14499f16',
+                 b'Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk>',
+                 1446552482, 0, b'clone: from git://jelmer.uk/samba'),
+                 parse_reflog_line(
+                     b'0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 '
+                     b'49030649db3dfec5a9bc03e5dde4255a14499f16 Jelmer Vernooij '
+                     b'<jelmer@jelmer.uk> 1446552482 +0000	'
+                     b'clone: from git://jelmer.uk/samba'))