diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/core/stringsCode.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/core/stringsCode.kt
index 9975e9aeec5..91492a89143 100644
--- a/js/js.libraries/src/core/stringsCode.kt
+++ b/js/js.libraries/src/core/stringsCode.kt
@@ -87,3 +87,13 @@ public fun String.replace(oldValue: String, newValue: String, ignoreCase: Boolea
 
 public fun String.replace(oldChar: Char, newChar: Char, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String =
         nativeReplace(RegExp(Regex.escape(oldChar.toString()), if (ignoreCase) "gi" else "g"), newChar.toString())
+
+deprecated("Use replaceFirst(String, String) instead.")
+public fun String.replaceFirstLiteral(oldValue: String, newValue: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String =
+        nativeReplace(RegExp(Regex.escape(oldValue), if (ignoreCase) "i" else ""), Regex.escapeReplacement(newValue))
+
+public fun String.replaceFirst(oldValue: String, newValue: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String =
+        nativeReplace(RegExp(Regex.escape(oldValue), if (ignoreCase) "i" else ""), Regex.escapeReplacement(newValue))
+
+public fun String.replaceFirst(oldChar: Char, newChar: Char, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String =
+        nativeReplace(RegExp(Regex.escape(oldChar.toString()), if (ignoreCase) "i" else ""), newChar.toString())
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
index faeafbb81cd..21c6c7d2c87 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
@@ -515,6 +515,14 @@ public fun String.replace(regex: Regex, replacement: String): String = regex.rep
  */
 public fun String.replace(regex: Regex, transform: (MatchResult) -> String): String = regex.replace(this, transform)
 
+/**
+ * Replaces the first occurrence of the given regular expression [regex] in this string with specified [replacement] expression.
+ *
+ * @param replacement A replacement expression that can include substitutions. See [Regex.replaceFirst] for details.
+ */
+public fun String.replaceFirst(regex: Regex, replacement: String): String = regex.replaceFirst(this, replacement)
+
+
 /**
  * Returns `true` if this string matches the given regular expression.
  */
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 5d0f3aafb96..e0feec8b208 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public fun String.equals(anotherString: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): Bo
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns a copy of this string with all occurrences of [oldChar] replaced with [newChar].
+ * Returns a new string with all occurrences of [oldChar] replaced with [newChar].
  */
 public fun String.replace(oldChar: Char, newChar: Char, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String {
     if (!ignoreCase)
@@ -65,6 +65,25 @@ public fun String.replace(oldChar: Char, newChar: Char, ignoreCase: Boolean = fa
 public fun String.replace(oldValue: String, newValue: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String =
         splitToSequence(oldValue, ignoreCase = ignoreCase).joinToString(separator = newValue)
 
+
+/**
+ * Returns a new string with the first occurrence of [oldChar] replaced with [newChar].
+ */
+public fun String.replaceFirst(oldChar: Char, newChar: Char, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String {
+    val index = indexOf(oldChar, ignoreCase = ignoreCase)
+    return if (index < 0) this else this.replaceRange(index, index + 1, newChar.toString())
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a new string obtained by replacing the first occurrence of the [oldValue] substring in this string
+ * with the specified [newValue] string.
+ *
+ * Soon shall be renamed back to replaceFirst.
+ */
+public fun String.replaceFirstLiteral(oldValue: String, newValue: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false): String {
+    val index = indexOf(oldValue, ignoreCase = ignoreCase)
+    return if (index < 0) this else this.replaceRange(index, index + oldValue.length(), newValue)
+}
 /**
  * Returns a new string obtained by replacing each substring of this string that matches the given regular expression
  * with the given [replacement].
@@ -231,6 +250,7 @@ public fun String(stringBuilder: java.lang.StringBuilder): String = java.lang.St
 /**
  * Replaces the first substring of this string that matches the given regular expression with the given replacement.
  */
+deprecated("Use replaceFirst(Regex, String) or replaceFirstLiteral(String, String) instead.")
 public fun String.replaceFirst(regex: String, replacement: String): String = (this as java.lang.String).replaceFirst(regex, replacement)
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
index a0334e73eb8..9e9c9da078c 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
@@ -543,4 +543,19 @@ class StringTest {
 
         assertEquals("-a-b-b-A-b-", input.replace("", "-"))
     }
+
+    test fun replaceFirst() {
+        val input = "AbbabA"
+        assertEquals("Abb${'$'}bA", input.replaceFirst('a','$'))
+        assertEquals("${'$'}bbabA", input.replaceFirst('a','$', ignoreCase = true))
+        // doesn't pass in Rhino JS
+        // assertEquals("schrodinger", "schrÖdinger".replaceFirst('ö', 'o', ignoreCase = true))
+
+        assertEquals("Abba${'$'}", input.replaceFirstLiteral("bA", "$"))
+        assertEquals("Ab${'$'}bA", input.replaceFirstLiteral("bA", "$", ignoreCase = true))
+
+        assertEquals("-test", "test".replaceFirstLiteral("", "-"))
+    }
+
+
 }