diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab1b80bd4..2bc26fcb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- NewStringFromBytes to support the creation of [binary strings](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMString/Binary) from Go byte array.
+
 ### Fixed
 - Use string length to ensure null character-containing strings in Go/JS are not terminated early.
 - Object.Set with an empty key string is now supported
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0bacfa294..4f34d027e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module rogchap.com/v8go
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.16
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/v8go.cc b/v8go.cc
index 97390883e..4b24f0a64 100644
--- a/v8go.cc
+++ b/v8go.cc
@@ -808,6 +808,23 @@ ValuePtr NewValueIntegerFromUnsigned(IsolatePtr iso, uint32_t v) {
   return tracked_value(ctx, val);
 }
 
+RtnValue NewStringFromBytes(IsolatePtr iso, const uint8_t* v, int len){
+  ISOLATE_SCOPE_INTERNAL_CONTEXT(iso);
+  TryCatch try_catch(iso);
+  RtnValue rtn = {};
+  Local<String> str;
+  if (!String::NewFromOneByte(iso, v, NewStringType::kNormal, len).ToLocal(&str)) {
+    rtn.error = ExceptionError(try_catch, iso, ctx->ptr.Get(iso));
+    return rtn;
+  }
+  m_value* val = new m_value;
+  val->iso = iso;
+  val->ctx = ctx;
+  val->ptr = Persistent<Value, CopyablePersistentTraits<Value>>(iso, str);
+  rtn.value = tracked_value(ctx, val);
+  return rtn; 
+}
+
 RtnValue NewValueString(IsolatePtr iso, const char* v, int v_length) {
   ISOLATE_SCOPE_INTERNAL_CONTEXT(iso);
   TryCatch try_catch(iso);
@@ -962,6 +979,7 @@ RtnString ValueToString(ValuePtr ptr) {
   // TODO: Consider propagating the JS error. A fallback value could be returned
   // in Value.String()
   String::Utf8Value src(iso, value);
+  printf("___ valuetostring %d \n", src.length());
   char* data = static_cast<char*>(malloc(src.length()));
   memcpy(data, *src, src.length());
   rtn.data = data;
diff --git a/v8go.h b/v8go.h
index 7acaf0425..fb500f7fb 100644
--- a/v8go.h
+++ b/v8go.h
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ extern ValuePtr NewValueUndefined(IsolatePtr iso_ptr);
 extern ValuePtr NewValueInteger(IsolatePtr iso_ptr, int32_t v);
 extern ValuePtr NewValueIntegerFromUnsigned(IsolatePtr iso_ptr, uint32_t v);
 extern RtnValue NewValueString(IsolatePtr iso_ptr, const char* v, int v_length);
+extern RtnValue NewStringFromBytes(IsolatePtr iso, const uint8_t* v, int len);
 extern ValuePtr NewValueBoolean(IsolatePtr iso_ptr, int v);
 extern ValuePtr NewValueNumber(IsolatePtr iso_ptr, double v);
 extern ValuePtr NewValueBigInt(IsolatePtr iso_ptr, int64_t v);
diff --git a/value.go b/value.go
index c4ba9acf0..bcd07595b 100644
--- a/value.go
+++ b/value.go
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ func Null(iso *Isolate) *Value {
 	return iso.null
 }
 
+// NewStringFromBytes returns V8::string from byte array. Creates binary string from bytes.
+func NewStringFromBytes(iso *Isolate, bytes []byte) (*Value, error) {
+	if iso == nil {
+		panic(errors.New("v8go: failed to create new Value: Isolate cannot be <nil>"))
+	}
+	cUint := (*C.uchar)(unsafe.Pointer(&bytes[0]))
+	rtnVal := C.NewStringFromBytes(iso.ptr, cUint, C.int(len(bytes)))
+	return valueResult(nil, rtnVal)
+}
+
 // NewValue will create a primitive value. Supported values types to create are:
 //   string -> V8::String
 //   int32 -> V8::Integer
diff --git a/value_test.go b/value_test.go
index d386a5893..9ed222aab 100644
--- a/value_test.go
+++ b/value_test.go
@@ -519,6 +519,63 @@ func TestValueFunction(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestNewStringFromBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	iso := v8.NewIsolate()
+	defer iso.Dispose()
+	global := v8.NewObjectTemplate(iso)
+
+	if recoverPanic(func() { v8.NewStringFromBytes(nil, []byte{}) }) == nil {
+		t.Error("expected panic")
+	}
+
+	testFn := v8.NewFunctionTemplate(iso, func(info *v8.FunctionCallbackInfo) *v8.Value {
+		args := info.Args()
+		input := args[0].String()
+		if len(input) == 0 {
+			//String() terminates input at null character. hence hardcoding for 3rd input
+			input = "a\x00\xffe"
+		}
+		val, _ := v8.NewStringFromBytes(iso, []byte(input))
+		return val
+	})
+	global.Set("foo", testFn, v8.ReadOnly)
+
+	ctx := v8.NewContext(iso, global)
+	defer ctx.Close()
+	tests := [...]struct {
+		name   string
+		script string
+	}{
+		{"normal string",
+			` 	let res = foo("str"); 
+				if(res.length != 3){
+					throw Error("expected length 3")
+				}
+			`},
+		{"multi-byte sequence",
+			` 	res = foo("Ò"); 
+				if(res.length != 2 ){
+					throw Error("expected length 2")
+				}
+			`},
+		{"null terminated sequence",
+			` 	res = foo("");
+				if(res.length != 4){
+					throw Error("expected length 4")
+				}
+			`},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if _, err := ctx.RunScript(tt.script, ""); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("expected <nil> error, but got error: %v", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestValueSameValue(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	iso := v8.NewIsolate()