diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
index cfe44983ace..398f227c831 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ public val String.indices: IntRange
 public val String.lastIndex: Int
     get() = this.length() - 1
 
+/**
+ * Returns a character at the given index in a [CharSequence]. Allows to use the
+ * index operator for working with character sequences:
+ * ```
+ * val c = charSequence[5]
+ * ```
+ */
+public operator fun CharSequence.get(index: Int): Char = this.get(index)
+
 /**
  * Returns `true` if this CharSequence has Unicode surrogate pair at the specified [index].
  */