diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a638c04..5a35867 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ S::create('string')->toTitleCase()->ensureRight('y') == 'Stringy'
     * [containsAny](#containsanyarray-needles--boolean-casesensitive--true-)
     * [countSubstr](#countsubstrstring-substring--boolean-casesensitive--true-)
     * [dasherize](#dasherize)
-    * [delimit](#delimitdelimiter)
+    * [delimit](#delimitint-delimiter)
     * [endsWith](#endswithstring-substring--boolean-casesensitive--true-)
     * [ensureLeft](#ensureleftstring-substring)
     * [ensureRight](#ensurerightstring-substring)
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ S::create('string')->toTitleCase()->ensureRight('y') == 'Stringy'
     * [regexReplace](#regexreplacestring-pattern-string-replacement--string-options--msr)
     * [removeLeft](#removeleftstring-substring)
     * [removeRight](#removerightstring-substring)
+    * [repeat](#repeatmultiplier)
     * [replace](#replacestring-search-string-replacement)
     * [reverse](#reverse)
     * [safeTruncate](#safetruncateint-length--string-substring---)
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ character of the string), and in place of spaces as well as underscores.
 S::create('TestDCase')->dasherize(); // 'test-d-case'
 ```
 
-##### delimit($delimiter)
+##### delimit(int $delimiter)
 
 Returns a lowercase and trimmed string separated by the given delimiter.
 Delimiters are inserted before uppercase characters (with the exception
@@ -617,6 +618,14 @@ Returns a new string with the suffix $substring removed, if present.
 S::create('fòô bàř')->removeRight(' bàř'); // 'fòô'
 ```
 
+##### repeat(int $multiplier)
+
+Returns a repeated string given a multiplier. An alias for str_repeat.
+
+```php
+S::create('à')->repeat(3); // 'ààà'
+```
+
 ##### replace(string $search, string $replacement)
 
 Replaces all occurrences of $search in $str by $replacement.
diff --git a/src/Stringy.php b/src/Stringy.php
index b36d650..8dcb623 100644
--- a/src/Stringy.php
+++ b/src/Stringy.php
@@ -1094,6 +1094,19 @@ class Stringy implements \Countable, \IteratorAggregate, \ArrayAccess
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns a repeated string given a multiplier. An alias for str_repeat.
+     *
+     * @param  int     $multiplier The number of times to repeat the string
+     * @return Stringy Object with a repeated str
+     */
+    public function repeat($multiplier)
+    {
+        $repeated = str_repeat($this->str, $multiplier);
+
+        return static::create($repeated, $this->encoding);
+    }
+
+    /*
      * A multibyte str_shuffle() function. It returns a string with its
      * characters in random order.
      *
diff --git a/tests/StringyTest.php b/tests/StringyTest.php
index d51d73a..f40e371 100644
--- a/tests/StringyTest.php
+++ b/tests/StringyTest.php
@@ -1298,6 +1298,31 @@ class StringyTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider repeatProvider()
+     */
+    public function testRepeat($expected, $str, $multiplier, $encoding = null)
+    {
+        $stringy = S::create($str, $encoding);
+        $result = $stringy->repeat($multiplier);
+        $this->assertStringy($result);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+        $this->assertEquals($str, $stringy);
+    }
+
+    public function repeatProvider()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('', 'foo', 0),
+            array('foo', 'foo', 1),
+            array('foofoo', 'foo', 2),
+            array('foofoofoo', 'foo', 3),
+            array('fòô', 'fòô', 1, 'UTF-8'),
+            array('fòôfòô', 'fòô', 2, 'UTF-8'),
+            array('fòôfòôfòô', 'fòô', 3, 'UTF-8')
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider shuffleProvider()
      */