diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c997856..a3bc8fec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - `#[command(rename = "...")]` now always renames to `"..."`, to rename multiple commands using the same pattern, use `#[command(rename_rule = "snake_case")]` and the like.
+- `#[command(parse_with = ...)]` now requires a path, instead of a string, when specifying custom parsers
 
 ## 0.6.3 - 2022-07-19
 
diff --git a/src/attr.rs b/src/attr.rs
index dd4b9493..04a070ed 100644
--- a/src/attr.rs
+++ b/src/attr.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl AttrValue {
     //     })
     // }
 
-    fn expect<T>(
+    pub fn expect<T>(
         self,
         expected: &str,
         f: impl FnOnce(Self) -> Result<T, Self>,
diff --git a/src/command_attr.rs b/src/command_attr.rs
index 3aeb8e63..e735b7bb 100644
--- a/src/command_attr.rs
+++ b/src/command_attr.rs
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ impl CommandAttr {
                     .and_then(|r| self::RenameRule::parse(&r))?,
             ),
             "rename" => Rename(value.expect_string()?),
-            "parse_with" => {
-                ParseWith(value.expect_string().map(|p| ParserType::parse(&p))?)
-            }
+            "parse_with" => ParseWith(ParserType::parse(value)?),
             "separator" => Separator(value.expect_string()?),
             _ => {
                 return Err(compile_error_at(
diff --git a/src/fields_parse.rs b/src/fields_parse.rs
index 6dc2baeb..1845812a 100644
--- a/src/fields_parse.rs
+++ b/src/fields_parse.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,26 @@
 use quote::quote;
 use syn::{Fields, FieldsNamed, FieldsUnnamed, Type};
 
+use crate::{attr::AttrValue, error::Result};
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) enum ParserType {
     Default,
     Split { separator: Option<String> },
-    Custom(String),
+    Custom(syn::Path),
 }
 
 impl ParserType {
-    // FIXME: use path for custom
-    pub fn parse(data: &str) -> Self {
-        match data {
-            "default" => ParserType::Default,
-            "split" => ParserType::Split { separator: None },
-            s => ParserType::Custom(s.to_owned()),
-        }
+    pub fn parse(value: AttrValue) -> Result<Self> {
+        value.expect(r#""default", "split" or a path"#, |v| match v {
+            AttrValue::Path(p) => Ok(ParserType::Custom(p)),
+            AttrValue::Lit(syn::Lit::Str(ref l)) => match &*l.value() {
+                "default" => Ok(ParserType::Default),
+                "split" => Ok(ParserType::Split { separator: None }),
+                _ => Err(v),
+            },
+            _ => Err(v),
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -101,12 +106,7 @@ fn create_parser<'a>(
             &separator.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| " ".to_owned()),
             types,
         ),
-        ParserType::Custom(s) => {
-            let path = syn::parse_str::<syn::Path>(s).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-                panic!("Failed to parse a custom command parser, {}", s)
-            });
-            quote! { #path }
-        }
+        ParserType::Custom(path) => quote! { #path },
     };
 
     quote! {
diff --git a/tests/command.rs b/tests/command.rs
index f7297c8d..65aea651 100644
--- a/tests/command.rs
+++ b/tests/command.rs
@@ -180,11 +180,11 @@ fn parse_custom_parser() {
     #[derive(BotCommands, Debug, PartialEq)]
     #[command(rename_rule = "lowercase")]
     enum DefaultCommands {
-        #[command(parse_with = "custom_parse_function")]
+        #[command(parse_with = custom_parse_function)]
         Start(u8, String),
 
         // Test <https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide/issues/668>.
-        #[command(parse_with = "parser::custom_parse_function")]
+        #[command(parse_with = parser::custom_parse_function)]
         TestPath(u8, String),
 
         Help,