diff --git a/Rome.cabal b/Rome.cabal
index 9faf80a..c23d20d 100644
--- a/Rome.cabal
+++ b/Rome.cabal
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ library
                        , Data.Carthage.TargetPlatform
                        , Data.Carthage.Common
                        , Data.Carthage.VersionFile
+                       , Data.PodBuilder.PodfileRestore
                        , Data.Romefile
                        , Data.S3Config
                        , Text.Parsec.Utils
diff --git a/src/Data/PodBuilder/PodfileRestore.hs b/src/Data/PodBuilder/PodfileRestore.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7371e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/PodBuilder/PodfileRestore.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
+
+module Data.Carthage.Cartfile
+  ( parsePodfileRestore
+  , podfileRestore
+  , PodfileEntry(..)
+  )
+where
+
+import           Control.Applicative            ( (<|>) )
+import           Control.Monad.Trans            ( MonadIO
+                                                , liftIO
+                                                )
+import           Data.Maybe
+import qualified Text.Parsec                   as Parsec
+import qualified Text.Parsec.String            as Parsec
+import qualified Text.Parsec.Utils             as Parsec
+
+data PodVersion = PodVersion { version :: String } deriving (Eq, Show)
+data PodName = PodName { podNameMain :: String, podNameSub :: Maybe String } deriving (Eq, Show)
+data PodfileEntry = PodfileEntry { podName :: PodName, podVersion :: PodVersion } deriving (Show, Eq)
+
+podfileRestore :: String
+podfileRestore = "Podfile.restore"
+
+-- Podfile.restore parsing
+
+eatAttributeSeparator :: Parsec.Parsec String () ()
+eatAttributeSeparator = Parsec.spaces >> Parsec.char ',' >> Parsec.spaces
+
+eatNonCommitOrTagAttribute :: Parsec.Parsec String () ()
+eatNonCommitOrTagAttribute = Parsec.try
+  (   Parsec.char ':'
+  >>  Parsec.notFollowedBy (Parsec.string "commit")
+  >>  Parsec.notFollowedBy (Parsec.string "tag")
+  >>  Parsec.many (Parsec.noneOf [',', '#', '\n'])
+  >>  Parsec.try (Parsec.char ',')
+  <|> Parsec.lookAhead (Parsec.char '#')
+  >>  Parsec.spaces
+  )
+
+parseNonExactVersion :: Parsec.Parsec String () String
+parseNonExactVersion = do
+  _ <- Parsec.spaces
+  _ <- Parsec.skipMany eatNonCommitOrTagAttribute
+  _ <- Parsec.try (Parsec.string ":commit")
+    <|> Parsec.try (Parsec.string ":tag")
+  _       <- Parsec.spaces
+  _       <- Parsec.string "=>"
+  _       <- Parsec.spaces
+  _       <- Parsec.char '\''
+  version <- Parsec.many (Parsec.noneOf ['\'', '\n'])
+  _       <- Parsec.char '\''
+  _       <- Parsec.spaces
+  _       <- Parsec.optional (Parsec.char ',')
+  _       <- Parsec.spaces
+  _       <- Parsec.skipMany eatNonCommitOrTagAttribute
+  _       <- Parsec.spaces
+  return version
+
+parseExactVersion :: Parsec.Parsec String () String
+parseExactVersion = do
+  _       <- Parsec.spaces
+  version <-
+    Parsec.char '\'' *> Parsec.many (Parsec.noneOf ['\'', '\n']) <* Parsec.char
+      '\''
+  _ <- Parsec.spaces
+  return version
+
+parseAttributesIncludingVersion :: Parsec.Parsec String () PodVersion
+parseAttributesIncludingVersion = do
+  version <- Parsec.try parseExactVersion <|> Parsec.try parseNonExactVersion
+  return PodVersion {..}
+
+parsePodName :: Parsec.Parsec String () PodName
+parsePodName = do
+  _           <- Parsec.char '\''
+  podNameMain <- Parsec.many1 (Parsec.noneOf ['\'', '/', '\n'])
+  podNameSub  <- Parsec.optionMaybe
+    (Parsec.char '/' >> Parsec.many (Parsec.noneOf ['\'', '\n']))
+  _ <- Parsec.char '\''
+  return PodName {..}
+
+parsePodfileRestorePodLine :: Parsec.Parsec String () PodfileEntry
+parsePodfileRestorePodLine = do
+  _          <- Parsec.spaces >> Parsec.string "pod" >> Parsec.spaces
+  podName    <- parsePodName
+  _          <- eatAttributeSeparator
+  podVersion <- parseAttributesIncludingVersion
+  _          <- Parsec.spaces >> Parsec.char '#' -- INFO only lines that end with "# pb<PODNAME>" are relevant for Rome, others are already precompiled pods
+  _          <- Parsec.many (Parsec.noneOf ['\n'])
+  return PodfileEntry {..}
+
+parseMaybePodfileEntry :: Parsec.Parsec String () (Maybe PodfileEntry)
+parseMaybePodfileEntry =
+  Parsec.optional Parsec.spaces
+    *> (parsePodfileRestorePodLine `Parsec.onceAndConsumeTill` Parsec.endOfLine)
+
+parsePodfileRestore
+  :: MonadIO m => String -> m (Either Parsec.ParseError [PodfileEntry])
+parsePodfileRestore = liftIO . Parsec.parseFromFile
+  (catMaybes <$> Parsec.many (Parsec.try parseMaybePodfileEntry))
+
+
+-- print on separate lines for testing like this in GHCi:
+-- parsePodfileRestore podfileRestore >>= pure . fromRight [] >>= mapM_ print