diff --git a/src/decoding.rs b/src/decoding.rs
index 8d87f03..af836fb 100644
--- a/src/decoding.rs
+++ b/src/decoding.rs
@@ -286,3 +286,43 @@ pub fn decode_header(token: &str) -> Result<Header> {
     let (_, header) = expect_two!(message.rsplitn(2, '.'));
     Header::from_encoded(header)
 }
+
+/// Decode a JWT without any signature verification and return its claims.
+/// This means that the token is not verified so use with caution.
+/// This is useful when you want to extract the claims without verifying the signature.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// * `token` - A string slice that holds the JWT token
+/// * `validation` - A [Validation](struct.Validation.html) object that holds the validation options
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// use jsonwebtoken::{insecure_decode_without_signature_validation, Validation, Algorithm};
+/// use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+///
+/// #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+/// struct Claims {
+///    sub: u32,
+///    name: String,
+///    iat: u64,
+///    exp: u64
+/// }
+///
+/// // Example token from jwt.io
+/// let token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOjEyMzQ1Njc4OTAsIm5hbWUiOiJKb2huIERvZSIsImlhdCI6MTUxNjIzOTAyMiwiZXhwIjoyNTE2MjM5MDYwfQ.Yf3kCk-BdkW3DZNao3lwMoU41ujnt86OgewBA-Q2uBw".to_string();
+/// let validation = Validation::new(Algorithm::HS256);
+/// let claims = insecure_decode_without_signature_validation::<Claims>(&token, &validation).unwrap();
+/// ```
+pub fn insecure_decode_without_signature_validation<T: DeserializeOwned>(
+    token: &str,
+    validation: &Validation,
+) -> Result<T> {
+    let (_, rest) = expect_two!(token.rsplitn(2, '.'));
+    let (claims, _) = expect_two!(rest.rsplitn(2, '.'));
+    let decoded_claims = DecodedJwtPartClaims::from_jwt_part_claims(claims)?;
+    let claims = decoded_claims.deserialize()?;
+    validate(decoded_claims.deserialize()?, validation)?;
+    Ok(claims)
+}
diff --git a/src/jwk.rs b/src/jwk.rs
index 49c5800..3533a28 100644
--- a/src/jwk.rs
+++ b/src/jwk.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
 //! This crate contains types only for working JWK and JWK Sets
 //! This is only meant to be used to deal with public JWK, not generate ones.
-//! Most of the code in this file is taken from https://github.com/lawliet89/biscuit but
+//! Most of the code in this file is taken from <https://github.com/lawliet89/biscuit> but
 //! tweaked to remove the private bits as it's not the goal for this crate currently.
 
 use crate::{
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0c8664b..b5b8beb 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ mod serialization;
 mod validation;
 
 pub use algorithms::Algorithm;
-pub use decoding::{decode, decode_header, DecodingKey, TokenData};
+pub use decoding::{
+    decode, decode_header, insecure_decode_without_signature_validation, DecodingKey, TokenData,
+};
 pub use encoding::{encode, EncodingKey};
 pub use header::Header;
 pub use validation::{get_current_timestamp, Validation};