diff --git a/py/objstr.c b/py/objstr.c
index ea4f5ead24..be1f00e686 100644
--- a/py/objstr.c
+++ b/py/objstr.c
@@ -156,6 +156,43 @@ static bool chr_in_str(const char* const str, const size_t str_len, const char c
     return false;
 }
 
+static mp_obj_t str_find(int n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
+    assert(2 <= n_args && n_args <= 4);
+    assert(MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(args[0], &str_type));
+    if (!MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(args[1], &str_type)) {
+        nlr_jump(mp_obj_new_exception_msg_1_arg(
+                     MP_QSTR_TypeError,
+                     "Can't convert '%s' object to str implicitly",
+                     mp_obj_get_type_str(args[1])));
+    }
+
+    const char* haystack = qstr_str(((mp_obj_str_t*)args[0])->qstr);
+    const char* needle = qstr_str(((mp_obj_str_t*)args[1])->qstr);
+
+    ssize_t haystack_len = strlen(haystack);
+    ssize_t needle_len = strlen(needle);
+
+    size_t start = 0;
+    size_t end = haystack_len;
+    /* TODO use a non-exception-throwing mp_get_index */
+    if (n_args >= 3 && args[2] != mp_const_none) {
+        start = mp_get_index(&str_type, haystack_len, args[2]);
+    }
+    if (n_args >= 4 && args[3] != mp_const_none) {
+        end = mp_get_index(&str_type, haystack_len, args[3]);
+    }
+
+    char *p = strstr(haystack + start, needle);
+    ssize_t pos = -1;
+    if (p) {
+        pos = p - haystack;
+        if (pos + needle_len > end) {
+            pos = -1;
+        }
+    }
+    return MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(pos);
+}
+
 mp_obj_t str_strip(int n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     assert(1 <= n_args && n_args <= 2);
     assert(MP_OBJ_IS_TYPE(args[0], &str_type));
@@ -239,11 +276,13 @@ mp_obj_t str_format(int n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     return mp_obj_new_str(qstr_from_str_take(vstr->buf, vstr->alloc));
 }
 
+static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(str_find_obj, 2, 4, str_find);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(str_join_obj, str_join);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(str_strip_obj, 1, 2, str_strip);
 static MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR(str_format_obj, 1, str_format);
 
 static const mp_method_t str_type_methods[] = {
+    { "find", &str_find_obj },
     { "join", &str_join_obj },
     { "strip", &str_strip_obj },
     { "format", &str_format_obj },
diff --git a/tests/basics/tests/string_find.py b/tests/basics/tests/string_find.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90063228f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/tests/string_find.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+print("hello world".find("ll"))
+print("hello world".find("ll", None))
+print("hello world".find("ll", 1))
+print("hello world".find("ll", 1, None))
+print("hello world".find("ll", None, None))
+print("hello world".find("ll", 1, -1))
+print("hello world".find("ll", 1, 1))
+print("hello world".find("ll", 1, 2))
+print("hello world".find("ll", 1, 3))
+print("hello world".find("ll", 1, 4))
+print("hello world".find("ll", 1, 5))