diff --git a/compiler/test/stdlib/string.test.gr b/compiler/test/stdlib/string.test.gr
index d2ece19bd9..030921825b 100644
--- a/compiler/test/stdlib/string.test.gr
+++ b/compiler/test/stdlib/string.test.gr
@@ -258,3 +258,28 @@ assert String.decode(bytes, String.UTF16_LE) == "¢"
   }, emojis)
   assert Array.reverse(Array.fromList(tmp)) == Array.mapi((c,i) => (c,i), codes)
 }
+
+// String.trimStart
+assert String.trimStart("t   test") == "t   test"
+assert String.trimStart("   test") == "test"
+assert String.trimStart("   test   ") == "test   "
+assert String.trimStart("test   ") == "test   "
+assert String.trimStart("test") == "test"
+assert String.trimStart("") == ""
+assert String.trimStart("  ") == ""
+// Sting.trimEnd
+assert String.trimEnd("test   t") == "test   t"
+assert String.trimEnd("test   ") == "test"
+assert String.trimEnd("   test   ") == "   test"
+assert String.trimEnd("   test") == "   test"
+assert String.trimEnd("test") == "test"
+assert String.trimEnd("") == ""
+assert String.trimEnd("  ") == ""
+// String.trim
+assert String.trim("t   test   t") == "t   test   t"
+assert String.trim("test   ") == "test"
+assert String.trim("   test   ") == "test"
+assert String.trim("   test") == "test"
+assert String.trim("test") == "test"
+assert String.trim("") == ""
+assert String.trim("  ") == ""
diff --git a/stdlib/string.gr b/stdlib/string.gr
index 695d81ecc6..3290a46833 100644
--- a/stdlib/string.gr
+++ b/stdlib/string.gr
@@ -1609,3 +1609,56 @@ export let rec forEachCodePointi = (fn: (Number, Number) -> Void, str: String) =
   Memory.decRef(WasmI32.fromGrain(forEachCodePointi))
   void
 }
+let trimString = (str: String, end: Bool) => {
+  let chars = explode(str), charsLength = length(str)
+  let mut i = 0, offset = 1
+  if (end) {
+    i = charsLength-1
+    offset = -1
+  }
+  for (; i < charsLength && i > -1; i += offset) {
+    let currentChar = chars[i];
+    // TODO: Use unicode whitespace property and unicode line terminator once github issue #661 is completed
+    if (
+      // Spacing
+      currentChar != '\u{0009}'  && // Tab
+      currentChar != '\u{000B}'  && // LINE TABULATION
+      currentChar != '\u{000C}'  && // FORM FEED (FF)
+      currentChar != '\u{0020}'  && // Space
+      currentChar != '\u{00A0}'  && // No Break Space
+      currentChar != '\u{FEFF}'  && // ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE
+      // Line Terminators
+      currentChar != '\n' && // LF
+      currentChar != '\r' // CR
+    ) break
+  }
+  if (end) slice(0, i+1, str)
+  else slice(i, charsLength, str)
+}
+/**
+ * Trims the beginning of a string—removing any leading whitespace characters.
+ *
+ * @param string: The string to be trimmed
+ * @returns The trimmed string
+ * 
+ * @example String.trimStart("   Hello World") == "Hello World"
+ */
+export let trimStart = (string: String) => trimString(string, false)
+/**
+ * Trims the end of a string—removing any trailing whitespace characters.
+ *
+ * @param string: The string to be trimmed
+ * @returns The trimmed string
+ * 
+ * @example String.trimEnd("Hello World   ") == "Hello World"
+ */
+export let trimEnd = (string: String) => trimString(string, true)
+/**
+ * Trims a string—removing all leading and trailing whitespace characters.
+ *
+ * @param string: The string to be trimmed
+ * @returns The trimmed string
+ * 
+ * @example String.trim("   Hello World   ") == "Hello World"
+ */
+export let trim = (string: String) => trimEnd(trimStart(string))