diff --git a/NativeScript/runtime/Interop.h b/NativeScript/runtime/Interop.h
index 3963fc28..a2582374 100644
--- a/NativeScript/runtime/Interop.h
+++ b/NativeScript/runtime/Interop.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class Interop {
     static void InitializeStruct(v8::Local<v8::Context> context, void* destBuffer, std::vector<StructField> fields, v8::Local<v8::Value> inititalizer, ptrdiff_t& position);
     static void RegisterInteropType(v8::Local<v8::Context> context, v8::Local<v8::Object> types, std::string name, PrimitiveDataWrapper* wrapper, bool autoDelete = true);
     static void RegisterBufferFromDataFunction(v8::Local<v8::Context> context, v8::Local<v8::Object> interop);
+    static void RegisterStringFromCString(v8::Local<v8::Context> context, v8::Local<v8::Object> interop);
     static void RegisterHandleOfFunction(v8::Local<v8::Context> context, v8::Local<v8::Object> interop);
     static void RegisterAllocFunction(v8::Local<v8::Context> context, v8::Local<v8::Object> interop);
     static void RegisterFreeFunction(v8::Local<v8::Context> context, v8::Local<v8::Object> interop);
diff --git a/NativeScript/runtime/InteropTypes.mm b/NativeScript/runtime/InteropTypes.mm
index bca1e2a8..27c7579d 100644
--- a/NativeScript/runtime/InteropTypes.mm
+++ b/NativeScript/runtime/InteropTypes.mm
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     Pointer::Register(context, interop);
     FunctionReference::Register(context, interop);
     RegisterBufferFromDataFunction(context, interop);
+    RegisterStringFromCString(context, interop);
     RegisterHandleOfFunction(context, interop);
     RegisterAllocFunction(context, interop);
     RegisterFreeFunction(context, interop);
@@ -140,6 +141,60 @@
     tns::Assert(success, isolate);
 }
 
+void Interop::RegisterStringFromCString(Local<Context> context, Local<Object> interop) {
+    Local<v8::Function> func;
+    bool success = v8::Function::New(context, [](const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& info) {
+        Isolate* isolate = info.GetIsolate();
+        tns::Assert(info.Length() >= 1 && info[0]->IsObject(), isolate);
+        Local<Object> arg = info[0].As<Object>();
+        int stringLength = -1;
+        if(info.Length() >= 2 && !info[1].IsEmpty() && !info[1]->IsNullOrUndefined()) {
+            auto desiredLength = ToNumber(isolate, info[1]);
+            if (desiredLength != NAN) {
+                stringLength = desiredLength;
+            }
+        }
+        tns::Assert(arg->InternalFieldCount() > 0 && arg->GetInternalField(0)->IsExternal(), isolate);
+
+        Local<External> ext = arg->GetInternalField(0).As<External>();
+        BaseDataWrapper* wrapper = static_cast<BaseDataWrapper*>(ext->Value());
+        tns::Assert(wrapper != nullptr);
+        char* data = nullptr;
+        switch (wrapper->Type()) {
+            case WrapperType::Pointer:
+                {
+                    PointerWrapper* pointerWrapper = static_cast<PointerWrapper*>(wrapper);
+                    data = static_cast<char*>(pointerWrapper->Data());
+                }
+                break;
+            case WrapperType::Reference:
+            {
+                ReferenceWrapper* referenceWrapper = static_cast<ReferenceWrapper*>(wrapper);
+                if (referenceWrapper->Data() != nullptr) {
+                    data = static_cast<char*>(referenceWrapper->Data());
+                    break;
+                }
+                auto wrappedValue = referenceWrapper->Value()->Get(isolate);
+                auto wrappedWrapper = tns::GetValue(isolate, wrappedValue);
+                tns::Assert(wrappedWrapper->Type() == WrapperType::Pointer);
+                data = static_cast<char*>((static_cast<PointerWrapper*>(wrappedWrapper))->Data());
+            }
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+        tns::Assert(data != nullptr);
+
+        auto result = v8::String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, data, v8::NewStringType::kNormal, stringLength).ToLocalChecked();
+        info.GetReturnValue().Set(result);
+    }).ToLocal(&func);
+
+    Isolate* isolate = context->GetIsolate();
+    tns::Assert(success, isolate);
+
+    success = interop->Set(context, tns::ToV8String(isolate, "stringFromCString"), func).FromMaybe(false);
+    tns::Assert(success, isolate);
+}
+
 void Interop::RegisterHandleOfFunction(Local<Context> context, Local<Object> interop) {
     Local<v8::Function> func;
     bool success = v8::Function::New(context, [](const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& info) {
diff --git a/TestRunner/app/tests/Marshalling/ReferenceTests.js b/TestRunner/app/tests/Marshalling/ReferenceTests.js
index bb899947..fe0f9316 100644
--- a/TestRunner/app/tests/Marshalling/ReferenceTests.js
+++ b/TestRunner/app/tests/Marshalling/ReferenceTests.js
@@ -329,6 +329,38 @@ describe(module.id, function () {
         expect(TNSGetOutput()).toBe(str);
         expect(interop.handleof(result).toNumber() == interop.handleof(ptr).toNumber());
         expect(NSString.stringWithUTF8String(result).toString()).toBe(str);
+        interop.free(ptr);
+    });
+
+    it("interops string from CString", function () {
+        const str = "test";
+        const ptr = interop.alloc((str.length + 1) * interop.sizeof(interop.types.uint8));
+        var reference = new interop.Reference(interop.types.uint8, ptr);
+        for (ii in str) {
+            const i = parseInt(ii);
+            reference[i] = str.charCodeAt(i);
+        }
+        reference[str.length] = 0;
+        expect(interop.stringFromCString(ptr)).toBe(str);
+        expect(interop.stringFromCString(reference)).toBe(str);
+        interop.free(ptr);
+    });
+
+    it("interops string from CString with fixed length", function () {
+        const str = "te\0st";
+        const ptr = interop.alloc((str.length + 1) * interop.sizeof(interop.types.uint8));
+        var reference = new interop.Reference(interop.types.uint8, ptr);
+        for (ii in str) {
+            const i = parseInt(ii);
+            reference[i] = str.charCodeAt(i);
+        }
+        reference[str.length] = 0;
+        // no length means it will go until it finds \0
+        expect(interop.stringFromCString(ptr)).toBe('te');
+        expect(interop.stringFromCString(ptr, 1)).toBe('t');
+        expect(interop.stringFromCString(ptr, str.length)).toBe(str);
+        expect(interop.stringFromCString(reference, str.length)).toBe(str);
+        interop.free(ptr);
     });
 
     it("CString should be passed as its UTF8 encoding and returned as a reference to unsigned characters", function () {