diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c16ab6b..6984fae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ A PHP library with a variety of string manipulation functions with multibyte sup
     * [endsWith](#endswith)
     * [toSpaces](#tospaces)
     * [toTabs](#totabs)
+    * [slugify](#slugify)
+    * [contains](#contains)
 * [Tests](#tests)
 * [License](#license)
 
@@ -303,12 +305,22 @@ dashes. The string is also converted to lowercase.
 S::slugify('Using strings like fòô bàř') // 'using-strings-like-foo-bar'
 ```
 
+##### contains
+
+S::contains(string $haystack, string $needle [, string $encoding ])
+
+Returns true if $haystack contains $needle, false otherwise.
+
+```php
+S::contains('Ο συγγραφέας είπε', 'συγγραφέας', 'UTF-8') // true
+```
+
 ## TODO
 
-**contains**
-
 **between**
 
+**surround**
+
 **replace** => substr_replace
 
 **insert**
@@ -337,6 +349,8 @@ S::slugify('Using strings like fòô bàř') // 'using-strings-like-foo-bar'
 
 **isJson**
 
+**isMultibyte**
+
 ## Tests
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/danielstjules/Stringy.png)](https://travis-ci.org/danielstjules/Stringy)
diff --git a/src/Stringy/Stringy.php b/src/Stringy/Stringy.php
index 2679346..19fc5a7 100644
--- a/src/Stringy/Stringy.php
+++ b/src/Stringy/Stringy.php
@@ -466,6 +466,23 @@ class Stringy {
         return self::dasherize(strtolower($str));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if $haystack contains $needle, false otherwise.
+     *
+     * @param   string  $haystack  String being checked
+     * @param   string  $needle    Substring to look for
+     * @param   string  $encoding  The character encoding
+     * @return  bool    Whether or not $haystack contains $needle
+     */
+    public static function contains($haystack, $needle, $encoding) {
+        $encoding = $encoding ?: mb_internal_encoding();
+
+        if (mb_strpos($haystack, $needle, 0, $encoding) !== false)
+            return true;
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/tests/Stringy/StringyTest.php b/tests/Stringy/StringyTest.php
index 86add32..c483f4a 100644
--- a/tests/Stringy/StringyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Stringy/StringyTest.php
@@ -506,6 +506,32 @@ class StringyTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         return $testData;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider stringsForContains
+     */
+    public function testContains($expected, $haystack, $needle, $encoding = null) {
+        $result = S::contains($haystack, $needle, $encoding);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+    }
+
+    public function stringsForContains() {
+        $testData = array(
+            array(true, 'This string contains foo bar', 'foo bar'),
+            array(true, '12398!@(*%!@# @!%#*&^%',  ' @!%#*&^%'),
+            array(true, 'Ο συγγραφέας είπε', 'συγγραφέας', 'UTF-8'),
+            array(true, 'å´¥©¨ˆßå˚ ∆∂˙©å∑¥øœ¬', 'å´¥©', 'UTF-8'),
+            array(true, 'å´¥©¨ˆßå˚ ∆∂˙©å∑¥øœ¬', 'å˚ ∆', 'UTF-8'),
+            array(true, 'å´¥©¨ˆßå˚ ∆∂˙©å∑¥øœ¬', 'øœ¬', 'UTF-8'),
+            array(false, 'This string contains foo bar', 'Foo bar'),
+            array(false, 'This string contains foo bar', 'foobar'),
+            array(false, 'This string contains foo bar', 'foo bar '),
+            array(false, 'Ο συγγραφέας είπε', '  συγγραφέας ', 'UTF-8'),
+            array(false, 'å´¥©¨ˆßå˚ ∆∂˙©å∑¥øœ¬', ' ßå˚', 'UTF-8')
+        );
+
+        return $testData;
+    }
+
 }
 
 ?>