diff --git a/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/HeadingTests.cs b/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/HeadingTests.cs
index 3ba6b0ad5..55d3775c2 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/HeadingTests.cs
+++ b/src/Humanizer.Tests.Shared/HeadingTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using Xunit;
+using System.Globalization;
+
+using Xunit;
 
 namespace Humanizer.Tests
 {
@@ -189,5 +191,14 @@ public void FromHeadingArrow_Also_Works_With_Strings(string heading, double expe
         {
             Assert.Equal(expected, heading.FromHeadingArrow());
         }
+
+        [InlineData("NNW", "en-US", 337.5)]
+        [InlineData("ØNØ", "da", 67.5)]
+        [InlineData("O", "de-DE", 90.0)]
+        [Theory]
+        public void FromShortHeading_CanSpecifyCultureExplicitly(string heading, string culture, double expected)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(expected, heading.FromAbbreviatedHeading(new CultureInfo(culture)));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Humanizer.Tests/ApiApprover/PublicApiApprovalTest.approve_public_api.approved.txt b/src/Humanizer.Tests/ApiApprover/PublicApiApprovalTest.approve_public_api.approved.txt
index 91e266757..7b7e1d0a8 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer.Tests/ApiApprover/PublicApiApprovalTest.approve_public_api.approved.txt
+++ b/src/Humanizer.Tests/ApiApprover/PublicApiApprovalTest.approve_public_api.approved.txt
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ namespace Humanizer
     }
     public class static HeadingExtensions
     {
+        public static double FromAbbreviatedHeading(this string heading) { }
         public static double FromAbbreviatedHeading(this string heading, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture = null) { }
         public static double FromHeadingArrow(this char heading) { }
         public static double FromHeadingArrow(this string heading) { }
diff --git a/src/Humanizer/HeadingExtensions.cs b/src/Humanizer/HeadingExtensions.cs
index 760a4bb52..5a1621b32 100644
--- a/src/Humanizer/HeadingExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Humanizer/HeadingExtensions.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ public static char ToHeadingArrow(this double heading)
             return headingArrows[val % 8];
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a heading based on the short textual representation of the heading.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>The heading. -1 if the heading could not be parsed.</returns>
+        public static double FromAbbreviatedHeading(this string heading)
+        {
+            return heading.FromAbbreviatedHeading(null);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a heading based on the short textual representation of the heading.
         /// </summary>