diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 824b5424298..56048ec262b 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ public fun String(bytes: ByteArray): String = java.lang.String(bytes, Charsets.U
  */
 public fun String(chars: CharArray): String = java.lang.String(chars) as String
 
+/**
+ * Converts the characters from a portion of the specified array to a string.
+ */
+public fun String(chars: CharArray, offset: Int, length: Int): String = java.lang.String(chars, offset, length) as String
+
+/**
+ * Converts the code points from a portion of the specified Unicode code point array to a string.
+ */
+public fun String(codePoints: IntArray, offset: Int, length: Int): String = java.lang.String(codePoints, offset, length) as String
+
 /**
  * Converts the contents of the specified StringBuffer to a string.
  */