diff --git a/config/level/php/php72.yml b/config/level/php/php72.yml
index 4edbae02fd5..580a42f4873 100644
--- a/config/level/php/php72.yml
+++ b/config/level/php/php72.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ services:
     Rector\Php\Rector\FunctionLike\ReturnScalarTypehintRector: ~
     Rector\Php\Rector\FuncCall\GetClassOnNullRector: ~
     Rector\Php\Rector\FuncCall\IsObjectOnIncompleteClassRector: ~
+    Rector\Php\Rector\FuncCall\ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector: ~
diff --git a/packages/Php/src/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector.php b/packages/Php/src/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ab3a6aece7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/Php/src/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector.php
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Php\Rector\FuncCall;
+
+use PhpParser\Node;
+use PhpParser\Node\Arg;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\FuncCall;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\Variable;
+use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Expression;
+use Rector\NodeTypeResolver\Node\Attribute;
+use Rector\PhpParser\NodeTraverser\CallableNodeTraverser;
+use Rector\Rector\AbstractRector;
+use Rector\RectorDefinition\CodeSample;
+use Rector\RectorDefinition\RectorDefinition;
+
+/**
+ * @see https://3v4l.org/u5pes
+ * @see https://github.com/gueff/blogimus/commit/04086a10320595470efe446c7ddd90e602aa7228
+ * @see https://github.com/pxgamer/youtube-dl-php/commit/83cb32b8b36844f2e39f82a862a5ab73da77b608
+ */
+final class ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector extends AbstractRector
+{
+    /**
+     * @var CallableNodeTraverser
+     */
+    private $callableNodeTraverser;
+
+    public function __construct(CallableNodeTraverser $callableNodeTraverser)
+    {
+        $this->callableNodeTraverser = $callableNodeTraverser;
+    }
+
+    public function getDefinition(): RectorDefinition
+    {
+        return new RectorDefinition('Use $result argument in parse_str() function', [
+            new CodeSample(
+                <<<'CODE_SAMPLE'
+parse_str($this->query);
+$data = get_defined_vars();
+CODE_SAMPLE
+                ,
+                <<<'CODE_SAMPLE'
+parse_str($this->query, $result);
+$data = $result;
+CODE_SAMPLE
+            ),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    public function getNodeTypes(): array
+    {
+        return [FuncCall::class];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param FuncCall $node
+     */
+    public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
+    {
+        if (! $this->isName($node, 'parse_str')) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        if (isset($node->args[1])) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $resultVariable = new Variable('result');
+        $node->args[1] = new Arg($resultVariable);
+
+        /** @var Expression $expression */
+        $expression = $node->getAttribute(Attribute::CURRENT_EXPRESSION);
+        // @todo maybe solve in generic way as attribute?
+        $nextExpression = $expression->getAttribute(Attribute::NEXT_NODE);
+
+        $this->callableNodeTraverser->traverseNodesWithCallable([$nextExpression], function (Node $node) use (
+            $resultVariable
+        ) {
+            if ($node instanceof FuncCall) {
+                if ($this->isName($node, 'get_defined_vars')) {
+                    return $resultVariable;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        });
+
+        return $node;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/Fixture/fixture.php.inc b/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/Fixture/fixture.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..123497e6ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/Fixture/fixture.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Php\Tests\Rector\FuncCall\ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector\Fixture;
+
+class ParsingClass
+{
+    public function run()
+    {
+        $query = 'bla';
+        parse_str($query);
+        $data = get_defined_vars();
+    }
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Php\Tests\Rector\FuncCall\ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector\Fixture;
+
+class ParsingClass
+{
+    public function run()
+    {
+        $query = 'bla';
+        parse_str($query, $result);
+        $data = $result;
+    }
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRectorTest.php b/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRectorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edebbb9eff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRectorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Php\Tests\Rector\FuncCall\ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector;
+
+use Rector\Php\Rector\FuncCall\ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector;
+use Rector\Testing\PHPUnit\AbstractRectorTestCase;
+
+final class ParseStrWithResultArgumentRectorTest extends AbstractRectorTestCase
+{
+    public function test(): void
+    {
+        $this->doTestFiles([__DIR__ . '/Fixture/fixture.php.inc']);
+    }
+
+    protected function getRectorClass(): string
+    {
+        return ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector::class;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/config.yml b/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d848b322e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/Php/tests/Rector/FuncCall/ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+services:
+    Rector\Php\Rector\FuncCall\ParseStrWithResultArgumentRector: ~