diff --git a/Cytoplasm/src/Str.c b/Cytoplasm/src/Str.c
index 8bd8c73..f81f023 100644
--- a/Cytoplasm/src/Str.c
+++ b/Cytoplasm/src/Str.c
@@ -277,6 +277,32 @@ StrInt(long i)
     return str;
 }
 
+char *
+StrLower(char *str)
+{
+    char *ret;
+
+    size_t len;
+    size_t i;
+
+    if (!str)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    len = strlen(str);
+    ret = Malloc(len + 1);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+    {
+        ret[i] = tolower(str[i]);
+    }
+
+    ret[len] = '\0';
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int
 StrEquals(const char *str1, const char *str2)
 {
diff --git a/Cytoplasm/src/include/Str.h b/Cytoplasm/src/include/Str.h
index 21fdeb0..1bc63cc 100644
--- a/Cytoplasm/src/include/Str.h
+++ b/Cytoplasm/src/include/Str.h
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ extern char * StrRandom(size_t);
  */
 extern char * StrInt(long);
 
+/**
+ * Converts a string into a lowercase version of it using
+ * .Xr tolower 3 ,
+ * returning the lowercase version on the heap, or NULL if there was
+ * a memory allocation error. The returned string should be freed by
+ * the caller after it is no longer needed.
+ */
+extern char * StrLower(char *);
+
 /**
  * Compare two strings and determine whether or not they are equal.
  * This is the most common use case of strcmp() in Cytoplasm, but