diff --git a/tket2-py/src/circuit/tk2circuit.rs b/tket2-py/src/circuit/tk2circuit.rs
index 65cfe7e1..9305d269 100644
--- a/tket2-py/src/circuit/tk2circuit.rs
+++ b/tket2-py/src/circuit/tk2circuit.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ impl Tk2Circuit {
         Ok(Tk2Circuit { circ: hugr.into() })
     }
 
+    /// Load a function from a compiled guppy module, encoded as a json string.
+    #[staticmethod]
+    pub fn from_guppy_json(json: &str, function: &str) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let circ = tket2::serialize::load_guppy_json_str(json, function).map_err(|e| {
+            PyErr::new::<PyAttributeError, _>(format!("Invalid encoded circuit: {e}"))
+        })?;
+        Ok(Tk2Circuit { circ })
+    }
+
     /// Encode the circuit as a tket1 json string.
     pub fn to_tket1_json(&self) -> PyResult<String> {
         Ok(serde_json::to_string(&SerialCircuit::encode(&self.circ).convert_pyerrs()?).unwrap())
@@ -106,11 +115,10 @@ impl Tk2Circuit {
     /// Decode a tket1 json string to a circuit.
     #[staticmethod]
     pub fn from_tket1_json(json: &str) -> PyResult<Self> {
-        let tk1: SerialCircuit = serde_json::from_str(json)
-            .map_err(|e| PyErr::new::<PyAttributeError, _>(format!("Invalid encoded HUGR: {e}")))?;
-        Ok(Tk2Circuit {
-            circ: tk1.decode().convert_pyerrs()?,
-        })
+        let circ = tket2::serialize::load_tk1_json_str(json).map_err(|e| {
+            PyErr::new::<PyAttributeError, _>(format!("Could not load pytket circuit: {e}"))
+        })?;
+        Ok(Tk2Circuit { circ })
     }
 
     /// Compute the cost of the circuit based on a per-operation cost function.
diff --git a/tket2-py/tket2/_tket2/circuit.pyi b/tket2-py/tket2/_tket2/circuit.pyi
index 42667fd1..9fb5982a 100644
--- a/tket2-py/tket2/_tket2/circuit.pyi
+++ b/tket2-py/tket2/_tket2/circuit.pyi
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ class Tk2Circuit:
     def to_tket1_json(self) -> str:
         """Encode the circuit as a pytket json string."""
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_guppy_json(json: str, function: str) -> Tk2Circuit:
+        """Load a function from a compiled guppy module, encoded as a json string."""
+
     @staticmethod
     def from_tket1_json(json: str) -> Tk2Circuit:
         """Decode a pytket json string to a Tk2Circuit."""