diff --git a/pgutils/connector.go b/pgutils/connector.go
index 21dce91..9bdf605 100644
--- a/pgutils/connector.go
+++ b/pgutils/connector.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/url"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"database/sql"
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
+const defaultPostgresPort = "5432"
+
 type baseConnectionStringProvider interface {
 	getBaseConnectionString(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
 }
@@ -212,3 +216,76 @@ func MustConnectDB(conn *PostgresqlConnector) *sqlx.DB {
 	return db
 }
 
+// NewPostgresqlConnectorFromDSN constructs a PostgresqlConnector from either a normal
+// Postgres DSN/connection string or the custom postgres+rds-iam DSN used for RDS IAM auth.
+//
+// IAM example 1: postgres+rds-iam://<user>@<host>[:<port>]/<dbname>
+//
+// Optional query params (for cross-account IAM):
+//   - assume_role_arn: role ARN to assume.
+//   - assume_role_session_name: only used when assume_role_arn is set; defaults to "pgutils-rds-iam" if omitted.
+//
+// IAM example 2: postgres+rds-iam://<user>@<host>[:<port>]/<dbname>?assume_role_arn=...&assume_role_session_name=...
+func NewPostgresqlConnectorFromDSN(ctx context.Context, dsn string) (*PostgresqlConnector, error) {
+	if dsn == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("DSN cannot be empty")
+	}
+
+	u, err := url.Parse(dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse DSN: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if u.Scheme != "postgres+rds-iam" { // Not our custom scheme: hand off to existing DSN handling.
+		return NewPostgresqlConnectorFromConnectionString(dsn), nil
+	}
+
+	user := ""
+	if u.User != nil {
+		user = u.User.Username()
+		if _, hasPw := u.User.Password(); hasPw {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("postgres+rds-iam DSN must not include a password")
+		}
+	}
+	if user == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("postgres+rds-iam DSN missing username")
+	}
+
+	host := u.Hostname()
+	if host == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("postgres+rds-iam DSN missing host")
+	}
+
+	port := u.Port()
+	if port == "" {
+		port = defaultPostgresPort
+	}
+
+	// Match libpq/psql defaulting: if dbname isn't specified, dbname defaults to username.
+	dbName := strings.TrimPrefix(u.Path, "/")
+	if dbName == "" {
+		dbName = user
+	}
+
+	q := u.Query()
+	supportedParams := []string{"assume_role_arn", "assume_role_session_name"}
+	for k := range q {
+		if !slices.Contains(supportedParams, k) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("postgres+rds-iam DSN has unsupported query parameter: %s", k)
+		}
+	}
+
+	cfg := &IAMAuthConfig{
+		RDSEndpoint: host + ":" + port,
+		User:        user,
+		Database:    dbName,
+	}
+
+	assumeRoleARN := q.Get("assume_role_arn")
+	if assumeRoleARN != "" {
+		cfg.AssumeRoleARN = assumeRoleARN
+		cfg.AssumeRoleSessionName = q.Get("assume_role_session_name")
+	}
+
+	return NewPostgresqlConnectorWithIAMAuth(ctx, cfg)
+}