diff --git a/COMPATIBILITY.md b/COMPATIBILITY.md
index ec684538..7bc7d3aa 100644
--- a/COMPATIBILITY.md
+++ b/COMPATIBILITY.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ likely not be implemented due to differences between piccolo and PUC-Lua.
 | ⚫️️   | `packsize(fmt)`                   |             |       |
 | ⚫️️   | `rep(s, n[, sep])`                |             |       |
 | ⚫️️   | `reverse(s)`                      |             |       |
-| ⚫️️   | `sub(s, i[, j])`                  |             |       |
+| 🔵   | `sub(s, i[, j])`                  |             |       |
 | ⚫️️   | `unpack(fmt, s[, pos])`           |             |       |
 | ⚫️️   | `upper(s)`                        |             |       |
 
diff --git a/src/stdlib/string.rs b/src/stdlib/string.rs
index 58b7e21e..0c2b8d53 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/string.rs
+++ b/src/stdlib/string.rs
@@ -24,5 +24,66 @@ pub fn load_string<'gc>(ctx: Context<'gc>) {
         )
         .unwrap();
 
+    string
+        .set(
+            ctx,
+            "sub",
+            Callback::from_fn(&ctx, |ctx, _, mut stack| {
+                fn operate_sub<'a>(
+                    string: &'a [u8],
+                    i: i64,
+                    j: Option<i64>,
+                ) -> Result<&'a [u8], std::num::TryFromIntError> {
+                    let i = if i > 0 {
+                        i.saturating_sub(1).try_into()?
+                    } else if i == 0 {
+                        0
+                    } else {
+                        string.len().saturating_sub(i.unsigned_abs().try_into()?)
+                    };
+                    let j = if let Some(j) = j {
+                        if j >= 0 {
+                            j.try_into()?
+                        } else {
+                            let j: usize = j.unsigned_abs().try_into()?;
+                            string.len().saturating_sub(j.saturating_sub(1))
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        string.len()
+                    }
+                    .clamp(0, string.len());
+
+                    return Ok(if i >= j || i >= string.len() {
+                        &[]
+                    } else {
+                        &string[i..j]
+                    });
+                }
+
+                let (string, i, j) = stack.consume::<(Value, i64, Option<i64>)>(ctx)?;
+                let string = match string {
+                    Value::Integer(int) => {
+                        ctx.intern(operate_sub(int.to_string().as_bytes(), i, j)?)
+                    }
+                    Value::Number(num) => {
+                        ctx.intern(operate_sub(num.to_string().as_bytes(), i, j)?)
+                    }
+                    Value::String(string) => ctx.intern(operate_sub(string.as_bytes(), i, j)?),
+                    v => {
+                        return Err(format!(
+                            "Bad argument to sub: expected string, got {}",
+                            v.type_name()
+                        )
+                        .into_value(ctx)
+                        .into())
+                    }
+                };
+
+                stack.replace(ctx, string);
+                Ok(CallbackReturn::Return)
+            }),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
     ctx.set_global("string", string).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/tests/scripts/string.lua b/tests/scripts/string.lua
index 277b82b4..450c6850 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/string.lua
+++ b/tests/scripts/string.lua
@@ -35,6 +35,25 @@ function test_len()
         string.len(-2147483648) == 11
 end
 
+do
+    assert(is_err(function() return string.sub(nil) end) and
+        is_err(function() return string.sub(true, 1) end) and
+        is_err(function() return string.sub(false) end) and
+        is_err(function() return string.sub({}) end) and
+        is_err(function() return string.sub(is_err) end) and
+        is_err(function() return string.sub(coroutine.create(test_coroutine_len)) end) and
+        string.sub(48, 1) == "48" and
+        string.sub(48, 2) == "8" and
+        string.sub(48, -1) == "8" and
+        string.sub("hilo", -1, -4) == "" and
+        string.sub("hilo", -4, 4) == "hilo" and
+        string.sub("hilo", -4, -3) == "hi" and
+        string.sub("hilo", -4, -6) == "" and
+        string.sub("hilo", 0, -4) == "h" and
+        string.sub(3.4, 1, 2) == "3."
+    )
+end
+
 assert(
     test_concat() and
     test_len()