diff --git a/mapstructure.go b/mapstructure.go
index 62fe1be..381ba5d 100644
--- a/mapstructure.go
+++ b/mapstructure.go
@@ -104,6 +104,23 @@
 	return decoder.Decode(m)
 }
 
+// WeakDecode is the same as Decode but is shorthand to enable
+// WeaklyTypedInput. See DecoderConfig for more info.
+func WeakDecode(input, output interface{}) error {
+	config := &DecoderConfig{
+		Metadata:         nil,
+		Result:           output,
+		WeaklyTypedInput: true,
+	}
+
+	decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return decoder.Decode(input)
+}
+
 // NewDecoder returns a new decoder for the given configuration. Once
 // a decoder has been returned, the same configuration must not be used
 // again.
diff --git a/mapstructure_test.go b/mapstructure_test.go
index 3147f55..23029c7 100644
--- a/mapstructure_test.go
+++ b/mapstructure_test.go
@@ -775,6 +775,30 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func TestWeakDecode(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	input := map[string]interface{}{
+		"foo": "4",
+		"bar": "value",
+	}
+
+	var result struct {
+		Foo int
+		Bar string
+	}
+
+	if err := WeakDecode(input, &result); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if result.Foo != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", result)
+	}
+	if result.Bar != "value" {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", result)
+	}
+}
+
 func testSliceInput(t *testing.T, input map[string]interface{}, expected *Slice) {
 	var result Slice
 	err := Decode(input, &result)