diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index dfa6b9f233..9217880595 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Laura Gallo
 Tim Murison
 Manmeet Singh
 Simon Fell
+Sean Cohan
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49df2b4eff..449f3fb21a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ You can find its changes [documented below](#070---2021-01-01).
 
 ### Added
 
+- OptionFormatter TextBox Formatter ([#2193] by [@meettitan])
 - Strikethrough rich text attribute ([#1953] by [@jenra-uwu])
 - System fonts loaded so that SVG images render text ([#1850] by [@DrGabble])
 - Add `scroll()` method in WidgetExt ([#1600] by [@totsteps])
diff --git a/druid/src/text/format.rs b/druid/src/text/format.rs
index 5c1affc29d..47c7a5def8 100644
--- a/druid/src/text/format.rs
+++ b/druid/src/text/format.rs
@@ -225,3 +225,57 @@ impl<T: std::fmt::Display> Default for ParseFormatter<T> {
         ParseFormatter::new()
     }
 }
+
+/// A naive [`Formatter`] for optional types that implement [`FromStr`].
+///
+/// Maps empty strings to None
+/// Some types that impl [`FromStr`], such as integer values, do not allow empty strings as valid values.
+/// In these cases, a user cannot remove all text from the text box.
+/// To allow users to remove all text, an option can be used to account for empty strings.
+///
+/// [`Formatter`]: Formatter
+/// [`FromStr`]: std::str::FromStr
+/// ```
+/// use druid::text::OptionFormatter;
+/// use druid::{Data, Lens, Widget, WidgetExt};
+/// use druid::widget::TextBox;
+/// #[derive(Data, Clone, Lens)]
+/// struct State {
+///     float: Option<f64>
+/// }
+///
+/// fn optional_float_text_box() -> impl Widget<State> {
+///     TextBox::new().with_formatter(OptionFormatter).lens(State::float)
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub struct OptionFormatter;
+
+impl<T> Formatter<Option<T>> for OptionFormatter
+where
+    T: std::fmt::Display + FromStr,
+    <T as FromStr>::Err: std::error::Error + 'static,
+{
+    fn format(&self, value: &Option<T>) -> String {
+        match value {
+            None => String::new(),
+            Some(value) => value.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn validate_partial_input(&self, input: &str, _sel: &Selection) -> Validation {
+        if input.is_empty() {
+            return Validation::success();
+        }
+        match input.parse::<T>() {
+            Ok(_) => Validation::success(),
+            Err(e) => Validation::failure(e),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn value(&self, input: &str) -> Result<Option<T>, ValidationError> {
+        if input.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        Some(input.parse::<T>().map_err(ValidationError::new)).transpose()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/druid/src/text/mod.rs b/druid/src/text/mod.rs
index 6e82322fb8..8dfe9952ed 100644
--- a/druid/src/text/mod.rs
+++ b/druid/src/text/mod.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ pub use self::attribute::{Attribute, AttributeSpans, Link};
 pub use self::backspace::offset_for_delete_backwards;
 pub use self::editable_text::{EditableText, EditableTextCursor, StringCursor};
 pub use self::font_descriptor::FontDescriptor;
-pub use self::format_priv::{Formatter, ParseFormatter, Validation, ValidationError};
+pub use self::format_priv::{
+    Formatter, OptionFormatter, ParseFormatter, Validation, ValidationError,
+};
 pub use self::layout::{LayoutMetrics, TextLayout};
 pub use self::movement::movement;
 pub use input_component::{EditSession, TextComponent};