diff --git a/library/core/benches/str.rs b/library/core/benches/str.rs
index 7d36eff3d6c8b..0f14809444bc5 100644
--- a/library/core/benches/str.rs
+++ b/library/core/benches/str.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use test::{black_box, Bencher};
 
 mod char_count;
 mod corpora;
+mod debug;
 mod iter;
 
 #[bench]
diff --git a/library/core/benches/str/debug.rs b/library/core/benches/str/debug.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb91169eed8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/core/benches/str/debug.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+//! This primarily benchmarks `impl Debug for str`,
+//! and it also explicitly tests that we minimizes calls to the underlying `Write`r.
+//! While that is an implementation detail and there are no guarantees about it,
+//! we should still try to minimize those calls over time rather than regress them.
+
+use std::fmt::{self, Write};
+use test::{black_box, Bencher};
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct CountingWriter {
+    buf: String,
+    write_calls: usize,
+}
+
+impl Write for CountingWriter {
+    fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.buf.push_str(s);
+        self.write_calls += 1;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_fmt(s: &str, expected: &str, expected_write_calls: usize) {
+    let mut w = CountingWriter::default();
+
+    write!(&mut w, "{s:?}").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.len(), 64);
+    assert_eq!(w.buf, expected);
+    assert_eq!(w.write_calls, expected_write_calls);
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn ascii_only(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let s = "just a bit of ascii text that has no escapes. 64 bytes exactly!!";
+    assert_fmt(s, r#""just a bit of ascii text that has no escapes. 64 bytes exactly!!""#, 3);
+    b.iter(|| {
+        black_box(format!("{:?}", black_box(s)));
+    });
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn ascii_escapes(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let s = "some\tmore\tascii\ttext\nthis time with some \"escapes\", also 64 byte";
+    assert_fmt(
+        s,
+        r#""some\tmore\tascii\ttext\nthis time with some \"escapes\", also 64 byte""#,
+        15,
+    );
+    b.iter(|| {
+        black_box(format!("{:?}", black_box(s)));
+    });
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn some_unicode(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let s = "egy kis szöveg néhány unicode betűvel. legyen ez is 64 byte.";
+    assert_fmt(s, r#""egy kis szöveg néhány unicode betűvel. legyen ez is 64 byte.""#, 3);
+    b.iter(|| {
+        black_box(format!("{:?}", black_box(s)));
+    });
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn mostly_unicode(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let s = "предложение из кириллических букв.";
+    assert_fmt(s, r#""предложение из кириллических букв.""#, 3);
+    b.iter(|| {
+        black_box(format!("{:?}", black_box(s)));
+    });
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn mixed(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let s = "\"❤️\"\n\"hűha ez betű\"\n\"кириллических букв\".";
+    assert_fmt(s, r#""\"❤\u{fe0f}\"\n\"hűha ez betű\"\n\"кириллических букв\".""#, 21);
+    b.iter(|| {
+        black_box(format!("{:?}", black_box(s)));
+    });
+}
diff --git a/library/core/src/fmt/mod.rs b/library/core/src/fmt/mod.rs
index ce0643a3f5ef5..1d75b9f44f38f 100644
--- a/library/core/src/fmt/mod.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/fmt/mod.rs
@@ -2397,9 +2397,7 @@ impl Debug for str {
             // If char needs escaping, flush backlog so far and write, else skip
             if esc.len() != 1 {
                 f.write_str(&self[from..i])?;
-                for c in esc {
-                    f.write_char(c)?;
-                }
+                Display::fmt(&esc, f)?;
                 from = i + c.len_utf8();
             }
         }
@@ -2419,13 +2417,12 @@ impl Display for str {
 impl Debug for char {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result {
         f.write_char('\'')?;
-        for c in self.escape_debug_ext(EscapeDebugExtArgs {
+        let esc = self.escape_debug_ext(EscapeDebugExtArgs {
             escape_grapheme_extended: true,
             escape_single_quote: true,
             escape_double_quote: false,
-        }) {
-            f.write_char(c)?
-        }
+        });
+        Display::fmt(&esc, f)?;
         f.write_char('\'')
     }
 }