diff --git a/vlib/os/filepath.v b/vlib/os/filepath.v
index abb4205293..d617354486 100644
--- a/vlib/os/filepath.v
+++ b/vlib/os/filepath.v
@@ -220,6 +220,24 @@ fn clean_path(path string) string {
 	return res
 }
 
+// to_slash returns the result of replacing each separator character
+// in path with a slash (`/`).
+pub fn to_slash(path string) string {
+	if path_separator == '/' {
+		return path
+	}
+	return path.replace(path_separator, '/')
+}
+
+// from_slash returns the result of replacing each slash (`/`) character
+// is path with a separator character.
+pub fn from_slash(path string) string {
+	if path_separator == '/' {
+		return path
+	}
+	return path.replace('/', path_separator)
+}
+
 // win_volume_len returns the length of the
 // Windows volume/drive from the given `path`.
 fn win_volume_len(path string) int {
diff --git a/vlib/os/filepath_test.v b/vlib/os/filepath_test.v
index 8ef370a31a..52b031a337 100644
--- a/vlib/os/filepath_test.v
+++ b/vlib/os/filepath_test.v
@@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ fn test_clean_path() {
 	assert clean_path('//////////') == '/'
 }
 
+fn test_to_slash() {
+	sep := path_separator
+	assert to_slash('') == ''
+	assert to_slash(sep) == ('/')
+	assert to_slash([sep, 'a', sep, 'b'].join('')) == '/a/b'
+	assert to_slash(['a', sep, sep, 'b'].join('')) == 'a//b'
+}
+
+fn test_from_slash() {
+	sep := path_separator
+	assert from_slash('') == ''
+	assert from_slash('/') == sep
+	assert from_slash('/a/b') == [sep, 'a', sep, 'b'].join('')
+	assert from_slash('a//b') == ['a', sep, sep, 'b'].join('')
+}
+
 fn test_norm_path() {
 	$if windows {
 		assert norm_path(r'C:/path/to//file.v\\') == r'C:\path\to\file.v'