1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/uri_parser.rb b/lib/rubygems/uri_parser.rb
index f350edec8c..f51d77a4af 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/uri_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/uri_parser.rb
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@
 #
 
 class Gem::UriParser
+  def self.parse_uri(source_uri)
+    return source_uri unless source_uri.is_a?(String)
+
+    new.parse(source_uri)
+  end
+
   ##
   # Parses the #uri, raising if it's invalid
 
   def parse!(uri)
+    require "uri"
+
     raise URI::InvalidURIError unless uri
 
     # Always escape URI's to deal with potential spaces and such