diff --git a/include/ipfs/namesys/namesys.h b/include/ipfs/namesys/namesys.h
index 4d9581d..cea78de 100644
--- a/include/ipfs/namesys/namesys.h
+++ b/include/ipfs/namesys/namesys.h
@@ -56,4 +56,6 @@
     int resolveOnce (char **path, char *name);
     int Publish (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value);
     int PublishWithEOL (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value, time_t eol);
+
+    int ProquintResolveOnce (char **p, char *name);
 #endif //NAMESYS_H
diff --git a/namesys/proquint.c b/namesys/proquint.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a68f90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/namesys/proquint.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "ipfs/namesys/namesys.h"
+#include "ipfs/cid/cid.h"
+#include "ipfs/path/path.h"
+
+// resolveOnce implements resolver. Decodes the proquint string.
+int ProquintResolveOnce (char **p, char *name)
+{
+    int err = proquintIsProquint(name);
+
+    if (err) {
+        *p = NULL;
+        err = ErrInvalidProquint;
+    } else {
+        err = pathFromString(p, proquintDecode(name));
+    }
+    return err;
+}