diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 906dce4..42a578c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ can specify multiple hostnames in a set.
                     :default 8082}}}
 ```
 
-### long, double, keyword, boolean
+### int, long, double, keyword, boolean
 
-Use to parse a `String` value into a `Long`, `Double`, keyword or boolean.
+Use to parse a `String` value into a `Integer`, `Long`, `Double`, keyword or boolean.
 
 ``` clojure
 {:debug #boolean #or [#env DEBUG "true"]
diff --git a/src/aero/core.cljc b/src/aero/core.cljc
index b70b436..260313c 100644
--- a/src/aero/core.cljc
+++ b/src/aero/core.cljc
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
    #?(:clj (System/getProperty (str value))
       :cljs nil))
 
+(defmethod reader 'int
+  [opts tag value]
+  #?(:clj (Integer/parseInt (str value)))
+  #?(:cljs (js/parseInt (str value))))
+ 
 (defmethod reader 'long
   [opts tag value]
   #?(:clj (Long/parseLong (str value)))
diff --git a/test/aero/config.edn b/test/aero/config.edn
index 5017e88..80d0c24 100644
--- a/test/aero/config.edn
+++ b/test/aero/config.edn
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
  :false-boolean #boolean "false"
  :trivial-false-boolean #boolean "OTHER"
  :nil-false-boolean #boolean ""
+ :int-native #int 1234
+ :int #int "1234" 
+ :long-native #long 1234
  :long #long "1234"
+ :number 1234
  :double #double "4567.8"
  :keyword #keyword "foo/bar"
  :already-a-keyword #keyword :foo/bar