diff --git a/doc_src/string.txt b/doc_src/string.txt
index 92b0cb75e..0aa108035 100644
--- a/doc_src/string.txt
+++ b/doc_src/string.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ string match [(-a | --all)] [(-i | --ignore-case)] [(-r | --regex)]
              [(-n | --index)] [(-q | --quiet)] [(-v | --invert)] PATTERN [STRING...]
 string replace [(-a | --all)] [(-i | --ignore-case)] [(-r | --regex)]
                [(-q | --quiet)] PATTERN REPLACEMENT [STRING...]
+string repeat [(-n | --count)] [(-m | --max)] [(-N | --no-newline)] 
+              [(-q | --quiet)] [STRING...]
 \endfish
 
 
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ The following subcommands are available:
 
 - `replace` is similar to `match` but replaces non-overlapping matching substrings with a replacement string and prints the result. By default, PATTERN is treated as a literal substring to be matched. If `-r` or `--regex` is given, PATTERN is interpreted as a Perl-compatible regular expression, and REPLACEMENT can contain C-style escape sequences like `\t` as well as references to capturing groups by number or name as `$n` or `${n}`. Exit status: 0 if at least one replacement was performed, or 1 otherwise.
 
+- `repeat` repeats the STRING `-n` or `--count` times. The `-m` or `--max` option will limit the number of outputed char (excluding the newline). This option can be used by itself or in conjuction with `--count`. If both `--count` and `--max` are present, max char will be outputed unless the final repeated string size is less than max, in that case, the string will repeat until count has been reached. Both `--count` and `--max` will accept a number greater than or equal to zero, in the case of zero, nothing will be outputed. If `-N` or `--no-newline` is given, the output won't contain a newline character at the end. Exit status: 0 if yielded string is not empty, 1 otherwise.
+
 \subsection regular-expressions Regular Expressions
 
 Both the `match` and `replace` subcommand support regular expressions when used with the `-r` or `--regex` option. The dialect is that of PCRE2.
@@ -190,3 +194,19 @@ In general, special characters are special by default, so `a+` matches one or mo
 <outp>put a</outp>
 <outp>here</outp>
 \endfish
+
+\subsection string-example-repeat Repeat Examples
+
+\fish{cli-dark}
+>_ string repeat -n 2 'foo '
+<outp>foo foo</outp>
+
+>_ echo foo | string repeat -n 2
+<outp>foofoo</outp>
+
+>_ string repeat -n 2 -m 5 'foo'
+<outp>foofo</outp>
+
+>_ string repeat -m 5 'foo'
+<outp>foofo</outp>
+\endfish
diff --git a/share/completions/string.fish b/share/completions/string.fish
index f207817d8..9d43d20af 100644
--- a/share/completions/string.fish
+++ b/share/completions/string.fish
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ complete -f -c string -n "test (count (commandline -opc)) -lt 2" -a "replace"
 complete -f -c string -n "test (count (commandline -opc)) -ge 2; and contains -- (commandline -opc)[2] match replace" -s a -l all -d "Report all matches per line/string"
 complete -f -c string -n "test (count (commandline -opc)) -ge 2; and contains -- (commandline -opc)[2] match replace" -s i -l ignore-case -d "Case insensitive"
 complete -f -c string -n "test (count (commandline -opc)) -ge 2; and contains -- (commandline -opc)[2] match replace" -s r -l regex -d "Use regex instead of globs"
+complete -f -c string -n "test (count (commandline -opc)) -lt 2" -a "repeat"
+complete -f -c string -n "test (count (commandline -opc)) -ge 2; and contains -- (commandline -opc)[2] repeat" -s n -l count -a "(seq 1 10)" -d "Repetition count"
+complete -f -c string -n "test (count (commandline -opc)) -ge 2; and contains -- (commandline -opc)[2] repeat" -s m -l max -a "(seq 1 10)" -d "Maximum number of printed char"
+complete -f -c string -n "test (count (commandline -opc)) -ge 2; and contains -- (commandline -opc)[2] repeat" -s N -l no-newline -d "Remove newline"
diff --git a/src/builtin_string.cpp b/src/builtin_string.cpp
index f2b565fda..1b899d34d 100644
--- a/src/builtin_string.cpp
+++ b/src/builtin_string.cpp
@@ -949,6 +949,118 @@ static int string_split(parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams, int argc, wchar
     return splits.size() > arg_count ? BUILTIN_STRING_OK : BUILTIN_STRING_NONE;
 }
 
+// Helper function to abstract the repeat logic from string_repeat
+// returns the to_repeat string, repeated count times.
+static wcstring wcsrepeat(const wcstring &to_repeat, size_t count) {
+    wcstring repeated;
+    repeated.reserve(to_repeat.length() * count);
+
+    for (size_t j = 0; j < count; j++) {
+        repeated += to_repeat;
+    }
+
+    return repeated;
+}
+
+// Helper function to abstract the repeat until logic from string_repeat
+// returns the to_repeat string, repeated until max char has been reached.
+static wcstring wcsrepeat_until(const wcstring &to_repeat, size_t max) {
+    size_t count = max / to_repeat.length();
+    size_t mod = max % to_repeat.length();
+
+    return wcsrepeat(to_repeat, count) + to_repeat.substr(0, mod);
+}
+
+static int string_repeat(parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams, int argc, wchar_t **argv) {
+    const wchar_t *short_options = L":n:m:Nq";
+    const struct woption long_options[] = {{L"count", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                                           {L"max", required_argument, 0, 'm'},
+                                           {L"no-newline", no_argument, 0, 'N'},
+                                           {L"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
+                                           {0, 0, 0, 0}};
+
+    size_t count = 0;
+    size_t max = 0;
+    bool newline = true;
+    bool quiet = false;
+    int opt;
+    wgetopter_t w;
+
+    while ((opt = w.wgetopt_long(argc, argv, short_options, long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
+        switch (opt) {
+            case 'n': {
+                long lcount = fish_wcstol(w.woptarg);
+                if (lcount < 0 || errno == ERANGE) {
+                    string_error(streams, _(L"%ls: Invalid count value '%ls'\n"), argv[0], w.woptarg);
+                    return BUILTIN_STRING_ERROR;
+                } else if (errno) {
+                    string_error(streams, BUILTIN_ERR_NOT_NUMBER, argv[0], w.woptarg);
+                    return BUILTIN_STRING_ERROR;
+                }
+                count = static_cast<size_t>(lcount);
+                break;
+            }
+            case 'm': {
+                long lmax = fish_wcstol(w.woptarg);
+                if (lmax < 0 || errno == ERANGE) {
+                    string_error(streams, _(L"%ls: Invalid max value '%ls'\n"), argv[0], w.woptarg);
+                    return BUILTIN_STRING_ERROR;
+                } else if (errno) {
+                    string_error(streams, BUILTIN_ERR_NOT_NUMBER, argv[0], w.woptarg);
+                    return BUILTIN_STRING_ERROR;
+                }
+                max = static_cast<size_t>(lmax);
+                break;
+            }
+            case 'N': {
+                newline = false;
+                break;
+            }
+            case 'q': {
+                quiet = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            case ':': {
+                string_error(streams, STRING_ERR_MISSING, argv[0]);
+			    return BUILTIN_STRING_ERROR;
+            }
+            case '?': {
+                string_unknown_option(parser, streams, argv[0], argv[w.woptind - 1]);
+			    return BUILTIN_STRING_ERROR;
+            }
+            default: {
+                DIE("unexpected opt");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    int i = w.woptind;
+
+    if (string_args_from_stdin(streams) && argc > i) {
+        string_error(streams, BUILTIN_ERR_TOO_MANY_ARGUMENTS, argv[0]);
+		return BUILTIN_STRING_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    const wchar_t *to_repeat;
+    wcstring storage;
+    bool is_empty = true;
+
+    if ((to_repeat = string_get_arg(&i, argv, &storage, streams)) != NULL) {
+        const wcstring word(to_repeat);
+        const bool rep_until = (0 < max && word.length()*count > max) || !count;
+        const wcstring repeated = rep_until ? wcsrepeat_until(word, max) : wcsrepeat(word, count);
+        is_empty = repeated.empty();
+
+        if (!quiet && !is_empty) {
+            streams.out.append(repeated);
+            if (newline) streams.out.append(L"\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return !is_empty ? BUILTIN_STRING_OK : BUILTIN_STRING_NONE;
+}
+
 static int string_sub(parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams, int argc, wchar_t **argv) {
     const wchar_t *short_options = L":l:qs:";
     const struct woption long_options[] = {{L"length", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
@@ -1157,7 +1269,8 @@ static const struct string_subcommand {
 string_subcommands[] = {
     {L"escape", &string_escape}, {L"join", &string_join},       {L"length", &string_length},
     {L"match", &string_match},   {L"replace", &string_replace}, {L"split", &string_split},
-    {L"sub", &string_sub},       {L"trim", &string_trim},       {0, 0}};
+    {L"sub", &string_sub},       {L"trim", &string_trim},       {L"repeat", &string_repeat},
+    {0, 0}};
 
 /// The string builtin, for manipulating strings.
 int builtin_string(parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams, wchar_t **argv) {
diff --git a/tests/string.err b/tests/string.err
index e69de29bb..429761793 100644
--- a/tests/string.err
+++ b/tests/string.err
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+string repeat: Invalid count value '-1'
+string repeat: Invalid max value '-1'
+string repeat: Argument 'notanumber' is not a number
+string repeat: Argument 'notanumber' is not a number
+string repeat: Too many arguments
+string repeat: Expected argument
+string repeat: Unknown option '-l'
diff --git a/tests/string.in b/tests/string.in
index 15feb4f55..ed07b9318 100644
--- a/tests/string.in
+++ b/tests/string.in
@@ -90,3 +90,46 @@ string match -r -v "[dcantg].*" dog can cat diz; or echo "no regexp invert match
 string match -v "???" dog can cat diz; or echo "no glob invert match"
 
 string match -rvn a bbb
+
+# test repeat subcommand
+string repeat -n 2 'foo'
+
+string repeat --count 2 'foo'
+
+echo foo | string repeat -n 2
+
+string repeat -n2 -q 'foo'; and echo "exit 0"
+
+string repeat -n2 --quiet 'foo'; and echo "exit 0"
+
+string repeat -n0 'foo'; or echo "exit 1"
+
+string repeat -n0; or echo "exit 1"
+
+string repeat -m0; or echo "exit 1"
+
+string repeat -n1 -N 'there is '; echo "no newline"
+
+string repeat -n1 --no-newline 'there is '; echo "no newline"
+
+string repeat -n10 -m4 'foo'
+
+string repeat -n10 --max 5 'foo'
+
+string repeat -n3 -m20 'foo'
+
+string repeat -m4 'foo'
+
+string repeat -n-1 'foo'; or echo "exit 2"
+
+string repeat -m-1 'foo'; or echo "exit 2"
+
+string repeat -n notanumber 'foo'; or echo "exit 2"
+
+string repeat -m notanumber 'foo'; or echo "exit 2"
+
+echo 'stdin' | string repeat -n1 'and arg'; or echo "exit 2"
+
+string repeat -n; or echo "exit 2"
+
+string repeat -l fakearg 2>&1 | head -n1 1>&2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/string.out b/tests/string.out
index 7afc267ff..ca37ff360 100644
--- a/tests/string.out
+++ b/tests/string.out
@@ -63,3 +63,23 @@ missing argument returns 0
 no regexp invert match
 no glob invert match
 1 3
+foofoo
+foofoo
+foofoo
+exit 0
+exit 0
+exit 1
+exit 1
+exit 1
+there is no newline
+there is no newline
+foof
+foofo
+foofoofoo
+foof
+exit 2
+exit 2
+exit 2
+exit 2
+exit 2
+exit 2