3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
index 1a6155a82352..872033648aff 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ fn pure_builtins() -> Vec<Builtin> {
                 .collect::<Vec<Value>>();
             Ok(Value::List(NixList::construct(parts.len(), parts)))
         }),
+        Builtin::new("stringLength", &[false], |args, vm| {
+            // also forces the value
+            let s = args[0].coerce_to_string(CoercionKind::Weak, vm)?;
+            Ok(Value::Integer(s.as_str().len() as i64))
+        }),
         Builtin::new(
             "sub",
             &[false, false],
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-string-length.exp b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-string-length.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b019be4bfd7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-string-length.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[ 3 "hello" 9 4 ]
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-string-length.nix b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-string-length.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7d51db3c578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-string-length.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[
+  (builtins.stringLength "foo")
+  (let s = "hello"; in (builtins.substring 0 (builtins.stringLength s) s))
+  (builtins.stringLength ("foo" + "${"bar" + "baz"}"))
+
+  # feel free to delete this test case at any time, it's just to show: This is a
+  # thing at the moment. We may want to break compatibility with this aspect of
+  # the C++ Nix implementation at any time.
+  (builtins.stringLength "😀")
+]