diff --git a/protobuf-codegen/Cargo.toml b/protobuf-codegen/Cargo.toml
index ff6332b57..cf1d01e34 100644
--- a/protobuf-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protobuf-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ once_cell = "1.10.0"
 tempfile  = "3"
 
 protobuf = { path = "../protobuf", version = "=4.0.0-alpha.0" }
-protobuf-parse = { path = "../protobuf-parse", version = "=4.0.0-alpha.0" }
+protobuf-parse = { path = "../protobuf-parse", version = "=4.0.0-alpha.1" }
 
 [[bin]]
 
diff --git a/protobuf-parse/Cargo.toml b/protobuf-parse/Cargo.toml
index e79976bd9..bf02b5b62 100644
--- a/protobuf-parse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protobuf-parse/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "protobuf-parse"
-version = "4.0.0-alpha.0"
+version = "4.0.0-alpha.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Stepan Koltsov <stepan.koltsov@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/protobuf-parse/src/parser.rs b/protobuf-parse/src/parser.rs
index e642ab4c8..34e82a92f 100644
--- a/protobuf-parse/src/parser.rs
+++ b/protobuf-parse/src/parser.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ pub struct Parser {
     pub(crate) protoc: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub(crate) protoc_extra_args: Vec<OsString>,
     pub(crate) capture_stderr: bool,
+    pub(crate) custom_embedded: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
 
 impl Parser {
@@ -97,6 +99,19 @@ impl Parser {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Adds an embedded `.proto` file to the parser.
+    ///
+    /// This allows the parser to use `.proto` files provided as in-memory
+    /// strings rather than reading them from disk.
+    pub fn add_custom_embedded(
+        &mut self,
+        name: impl Into<String>,
+        content: impl Into<String>,
+    ) -> &mut Self {
+        self.custom_embedded.insert(name.into(), content.into());
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Parse `.proto` files and typecheck them using pure Rust parser of `protoc` command.
     pub fn parse_and_typecheck(&self) -> anyhow::Result<ParsedAndTypechecked> {
         match &self.which_parser {
diff --git a/protobuf-parse/src/pure/parse_and_typecheck.rs b/protobuf-parse/src/pure/parse_and_typecheck.rs
index 4101c4be7..0da400945 100644
--- a/protobuf-parse/src/pure/parse_and_typecheck.rs
+++ b/protobuf-parse/src/pure/parse_and_typecheck.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ where
 {
     parsed_files: IndexMap<ProtoPathBuf, FileDescriptorPair>,
     resolver: R,
+    custom_embedded: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
 
 impl<R> Run<R>
@@ -144,7 +146,19 @@ where
             return self.add_file_content(protobuf_path, &resolved);
         }
 
-        let embedded = match protobuf_path.to_str() {
+        let protobuf_path_str = protobuf_path.to_str();
+
+        if let Some(content) = self.custom_embedded.get(protobuf_path_str) {
+            return self.add_file_content(
+                protobuf_path,
+                &ResolvedProtoFile {
+                    path: protobuf_path_str.to_string(),
+                    content: content.as_bytes().to_vec(),
+                },
+            );
+        }
+
+        let embedded = match protobuf_path_str {
             "rustproto.proto" => Some(proto::RUSTPROTO_PROTO),
             "google/protobuf/any.proto" => Some(proto::ANY_PROTO),
             "google/protobuf/api.proto" => Some(proto::API_PROTO),
@@ -253,6 +267,7 @@ pub fn parse_and_typecheck(parser: &Parser) -> anyhow::Result<ParsedAndTypecheck
     let mut run = Run {
         parsed_files: IndexMap::new(),
         resolver: fs_resolver(&parser.includes),
+        custom_embedded: parser.custom_embedded.clone(),
     };
 
     let relative_paths = parser
@@ -294,6 +309,7 @@ pub fn parse_and_typecheck_custom(
     let mut run = Run {
         parsed_files: IndexMap::new(),
         resolver,
+        custom_embedded: HashMap::new(),
     };
 
     for proto_path in input {
diff --git a/protobuf/src/well_known_types/any.rs b/protobuf/src/well_known_types/any.rs
index 4b4b21979..34fe737d7 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/well_known_types/any.rs
+++ b/protobuf/src/well_known_types/any.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub struct Any {
     ///  server that maps type URLs to message definitions as follows:
     ///
     ///  * If no scheme is provided, `https` is assumed.
-    ///  * An HTTP GET on the URL must yield a [google.protobuf.Type][]
+    ///  * An HTTP GET on the URL must yield a \[google.protobuf.Type\][]
     ///    value in binary format, or produce an error.
     ///  * Applications are allowed to cache lookup results based on the
     ///    URL, or have them precompiled into a binary to avoid any