diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index 9bf209a..b246576 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -36,12 +36,17 @@ module Liquid
     def escape(input)
       CGI.escapeHTML(input) rescue input
     end
+    alias_method :h, :escape
 
     def escape_once(input)
       input.to_s.gsub(HTML_ESCAPE_ONCE_REGEXP, HTML_ESCAPE)
     end
 
-    alias_method :h, :escape
+    def slice(input, offset, length=nil)
+      offset = Integer(offset)
+      length = length ? Integer(length) : 1
+      input.to_s.slice(offset, length) || ''
+    end
 
     # Truncate a string down to x characters
     def truncate(input, length = 50, truncate_string = "...".freeze)
diff --git a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
index 56ef72a..5d658e9 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal '', @filters.upcase(nil)
   end
 
+  def test_slice
+    assert_equal 'oob', @filters.slice('foobar', 1, 3)
+    assert_equal 'oobar', @filters.slice('foobar', 1, 1000)
+    assert_equal '', @filters.slice('foobar', 1, 0)
+    assert_equal 'o', @filters.slice('foobar', 1, 1)
+    assert_equal 'bar', @filters.slice('foobar', 3, 3)
+    assert_equal 'ar', @filters.slice('foobar', -2, 2)
+    assert_equal 'ar', @filters.slice('foobar', -2, 1000)
+    assert_equal 'r', @filters.slice('foobar', -1)
+    assert_equal '', @filters.slice(nil, 0)
+    assert_equal '', @filters.slice('foobar', 100, 10)
+    assert_equal '', @filters.slice('foobar', -100, 10)
+  end
+
   def test_truncate
     assert_equal '1234...', @filters.truncate('1234567890', 7)
     assert_equal '1234567890', @filters.truncate('1234567890', 20)