diff --git a/vlib/builtin/string.v b/vlib/builtin/string.v
index ce137f1665..4724a444f0 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/string.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/string.v
@@ -1009,3 +1009,17 @@ pub fn (s string) bytes() []byte {
 	C.memcpy(buf.data, s.str, s.len)
 	return buf
 }
+
+// Returns a new string with a specified number of copies of the string it was called on.
+pub fn (s string) repeat(count int) string {
+	if count <= 1 {
+		return s
+	}
+	ret := malloc(s.len * count + count)
+	C.strcpy(ret, s.str)
+	for count > 1 {
+		C.strcat(ret, s.str)
+		count--
+	}
+	return string(ret)
+}
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/string_test.v b/vlib/builtin/string_test.v
index 22bb9ff221..fe55c43713 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/string_test.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/string_test.v
@@ -459,3 +459,8 @@ fn test_ustring_count() {
 	assert (a.count('ﷰ'.ustring())) == 2
 	assert (a.count('a'.ustring())) == 0
 }
+
+fn test_repeat() {
+	s := 'V! '
+	assert s.repeat(5) == 'V! V! V! V! V! '
+}