diff --git a/doc/en/scripting/builtins/libutf8.md b/doc/en/scripting/builtins/libutf8.md
index 55851f88..e7801f97 100644
--- a/doc/en/scripting/builtins/libutf8.md
+++ b/doc/en/scripting/builtins/libutf8.md
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ utf8.length(text: str) -> int
 
 -- Returns the code of the first character of the string
 utf8.codepoint(chars: str) -> int
+
+-- Returns a substring from position startchar to endchar inclusive
+utf8.sub(text: str, startchar: int, [optional] endchar: int) -> str
 ```
diff --git a/doc/ru/scripting/builtins/libutf8.md b/doc/ru/scripting/builtins/libutf8.md
index 41805b38..b29bb403 100644
--- a/doc/ru/scripting/builtins/libutf8.md
+++ b/doc/ru/scripting/builtins/libutf8.md
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ utf8.length(text: str) -> int
 
 -- Возвращает код первого символа строки
 utf8.codepoint(chars: str) -> int
+
+-- Возвращает подстроку от позиции startchar до endchar включительно
+utf8.sub(text: str, startchar: int, [опционально] endchar: int) -> str
 ```
diff --git a/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libutf8.cpp b/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libutf8.cpp
index f273284c..182f6295 100644
--- a/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libutf8.cpp
+++ b/src/logic/scripting/lua/libs/libutf8.cpp
@@ -53,10 +53,21 @@ static int l_codepoint(lua::State* L) {
     return lua::pushinteger(L, util::decode_utf8(size, string.data()));
 }
 
+static int l_sub(lua::State* L) {
+    auto string = util::str2u32str_utf8(lua::require_string(L, 1));
+    int start = std::max(0, static_cast<int>(lua::tointeger(L, 2) - 1));
+    int end = string.length();
+    if (lua::gettop(L) >= 3) {
+        end = std::max(0, static_cast<int>(lua::tointeger(L, 3) - 1));
+    }
+    return lua::pushstring(L, util::u32str2str_utf8(string.substr(start, end)));
+}
+
 const luaL_Reg utf8lib[] = {
     {"tobytes", lua::wrap<l_encode>},
     {"tostring", lua::wrap<l_decode>},
     {"length", lua::wrap<l_length>},
     {"codepoint", lua::wrap<l_codepoint>},
+    {"sub", lua::wrap<l_sub>},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };