diff --git a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy_c.h b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy_c.h
index c0f5f605..7ec9cfe9 100644
--- a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy_c.h
+++ b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy_c.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ PK_EXPORT bool pkpy_eval(pkpy_vm*, const char* source);
 PK_EXPORT bool pkpy_unpack_sequence(pkpy_vm*, int size);
 PK_EXPORT bool pkpy_get_unbound_method(pkpy_vm*, pkpy_CName name);
 PK_EXPORT bool pkpy_py_repr(pkpy_vm*);
+PK_EXPORT bool pkpy_py_str(pkpy_vm*);
 
 /* Error Handling */
 PK_EXPORT bool pkpy_error(pkpy_vm*, const char* name, pkpy_CString msg);
diff --git a/src/pocketpy_c.cpp b/src/pocketpy_c.cpp
index 3ee2d40d..194dc8c6 100644
--- a/src/pocketpy_c.cpp
+++ b/src/pocketpy_c.cpp
@@ -483,6 +483,18 @@ bool pkpy_py_repr(pkpy_vm* vm_handle) {
     return true;
 }
 
+bool pkpy_py_str(pkpy_vm* vm_handle) {
+    VM* vm = (VM*) vm_handle;
+    PK_ASSERT_NO_ERROR()
+    PK_ASSERT_N_EXTRA_ELEMENTS(1)
+    PyObject* item = vm->s_data.top();
+    PK_PROTECTED(
+        item = vm->py_str(item);
+    )
+    vm->s_data.top() = item;
+    return true;
+}
+
 /* Error Handling */
 bool pkpy_error(pkpy_vm* vm_handle, const char* name, pkpy_CString message) {
     VM* vm = (VM*) vm_handle;
diff --git a/src2/pocketpy_c.c b/src2/pocketpy_c.c
index 136aa206..5892fe42 100644
--- a/src2/pocketpy_c.c
+++ b/src2/pocketpy_c.c
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ bool pkpy_py_repr(pkpy_vm* vm) {
     return returnValue;
 }
 
+bool pkpy_py_str(pkpy_vm* vm) {
+    bool returnValue;
+    return returnValue;
+}
+
 bool pkpy_error(pkpy_vm* vm, const char* name, pkpy_CString msg) {
     bool returnValue;
     return returnValue;