diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd89e3c..85b8399 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ Curl::setConnectTimeout($seconds)
 Curl::setCookie($key, $value)
 Curl::setCookieFile($cookie_file)
 Curl::setCookieJar($cookie_jar)
+Curl::setCookieString($string)
 Curl::setDefaultJsonDecoder()
 Curl::setDefaultTimeout()
 Curl::setDefaultUserAgent()
diff --git a/src/Curl/Curl.php b/src/Curl/Curl.php
index 95dab62..aae4472 100644
--- a/src/Curl/Curl.php
+++ b/src/Curl/Curl.php
@@ -721,15 +721,7 @@ class Curl
      */
     public function setCookieString($string)
     {
-        if(preg_match_all('/\s*([^;=]+)=([^;]+)/i',$string,$matches) > 0){
-            if(isset($matches[1]) && isset($matches[2])){
-                if(count($matches[1]) === count($matches[2])){
-                    foreach ($matches[1] as $handle => $key) {
-                        $this->setCookie($key, $matches[2][$handle]);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        return $this->setOpt(CURLOPT_COOKIE, $string);
     }
 
     /**