diff --git a/minijinja-contrib/src/pycompat.rs b/minijinja-contrib/src/pycompat.rs
index bb39f59d..3b485765 100644
--- a/minijinja-contrib/src/pycompat.rs
+++ b/minijinja-contrib/src/pycompat.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use minijinja::{Error, ErrorKind, State, Value};
 /// * `str.replace`
 /// * `str.rstrip`
 /// * `str.split`
+/// * `str.splitlines`
 /// * `str.strip`
 /// * `str.title`
 /// * `str.upper`
@@ -123,6 +124,23 @@ fn string_methods(value: &Value, method: &str, args: &[Value]) -> Result<Value,
                 .try_iter()?
                 .collect::<Value>())
         }
+        "splitlines" => {
+            let (keepends,): (Option<bool>,) = from_args(args)?;
+            if !keepends.unwrap_or(false) {
+                Ok(s.lines().map(Value::from).collect())
+            } else {
+                let mut rv = Vec::new();
+                let mut rest = s;
+                while let Some(offset) = rest.find('\n') {
+                    rv.push(Value::from(&rest[..offset + 1]));
+                    rest = &rest[offset + 1..];
+                }
+                if !rest.is_empty() {
+                    rv.push(Value::from(rest));
+                }
+                Ok(Value::from(rv))
+            }
+        }
         "capitalize" => {
             from_args(args)?;
             // one shall not call into these filters.  However we consider ourselves
diff --git a/minijinja-contrib/tests/pycompat.rs b/minijinja-contrib/tests/pycompat.rs
index 42890392..e4403b49 100644
--- a/minijinja-contrib/tests/pycompat.rs
+++ b/minijinja-contrib/tests/pycompat.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ fn test_string_methods() {
     assert!(eval_expr("'a  b  c'.split() == ['a', 'b', 'c']").is_true());
     assert!(eval_expr("'a  b  c'.split(none, 1) == ['a', 'b  c']").is_true());
     assert!(eval_expr("'abcbd'.split('b', 1) == ['a', 'cbd']").is_true());
+    assert!(eval_expr("'a\\nb\\r\\nc'.splitlines() == ['a', 'b', 'c']").is_true());
+    assert!(eval_expr("'a\\nb\\r\\nc'.splitlines(true) == ['a\\n', 'b\\r\\n', 'c']").is_true());
 }
 
 #[test]