diff --git a/envx_uint8.go b/envx_uint8.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..793295c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/envx_uint8.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package envx
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// GetUint8 returns the uint8 value of the environment variable or an error if not set or invalid.
+func GetUint8(key string) (uint8, error) {
+	aux := os.Getenv(key)
+	if aux == "" {
+		return 0, NewMissingEnvVarError(key)
+	}
+	res, err := strconv.ParseUint(aux, 10, 8)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid uint8 value for %s: %s", key, aux)
+	}
+	return uint8(res), nil
+}
+
+// GetUint8Or returns the uint8 value of the environment variable or the default if not set.
+// If the variable is set but cannot be parsed as an uint8, it returns an error.
+func GetUint8Or(key string, defaultValue uint8) (uint8, error) {
+	aux := os.Getenv(key)
+	if aux == "" {
+		return defaultValue, nil
+	}
+	res, err := strconv.ParseUint(aux, 10, 8)
+	if err != nil {
+		return defaultValue, fmt.Errorf("invalid uint8 value for %s: %s", key, aux)
+	}
+	return uint8(res), nil
+}
+
+// MustGetUint8 returns the uint8 value of an environment variable, panicking if it's missing.
+func MustGetUint8(key string) uint8 {
+	aux := os.Getenv(key)
+	if aux == "" {
+		panic(NewMissingEnvVarError(key))
+	}
+	res, err := strconv.ParseUint(aux, 10, 8)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid uint8 value for %s: %s", key, aux))
+	}
+	return uint8(res)
+}
+
+// MustGetUint8Or returns the uint8 value of an environment variable or a default if it's missing.
+// It panics if the variable is set but has an invalid uint8 format.
+func MustGetUint8Or(key string, defaultValue uint8) uint8 {
+	aux := os.Getenv(key)
+	if aux == "" {
+		return defaultValue
+	}
+	res, err := strconv.ParseUint(aux, 10, 8)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid uint8 value for %s: %s", key, aux))
+	}
+	return uint8(res)
+}
diff --git a/envx_uint8_test.go b/envx_uint8_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31e2fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/envx_uint8_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package envx
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestGetUint8(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		key      string
+		value    string
+		expected uint8
+		setEnv   bool
+		hasError bool
+	}{
+		{"EXISTING_UINT8", "123", 123, true, false},
+		{"MAX_UINT8", "255", 255, true, false},       // Maximum uint8 value
+		{"MIN_UINT8", "0", 0, true, false},           // Minimum uint8 value
+		{"OVERFLOW_UINT8", "256", 0, true, true},     // Overflow case for uint8
+		{"INVALID_UINT8", "notanint", 0, true, true}, // Non-integer string
+		{"MISSING_UINT8", "", 0, false, true},        // Missing variable case
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.key, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tc.setEnv {
+				os.Setenv(tc.key, tc.value)
+			}
+
+			result, err := GetUint8(tc.key)
+			if tc.hasError {
+				assert.Error(t, err, "Expected an error for key: %s", tc.key)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err, "Did not expect an error for key: %s", tc.key)
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, result, "GetInt16(%s) = %v; expected %v", tc.key, result, tc.expected)
+			}
+
+			os.Unsetenv(tc.key)
+		})
+	}
+}