diff --git a/doc/specs/stdlib_strings.md b/doc/specs/stdlib_strings.md
index 087589bbc..9df9d3cfd 100644
--- a/doc/specs/stdlib_strings.md
+++ b/doc/specs/stdlib_strings.md
@@ -384,6 +384,114 @@ end program demo_replace_all
 ```
 
 
+<!-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -->
+### `padl`
+
+#### Description
+
+Returns a string of length `output_length` left padded with `pad_with` character if it is provided, otherwise with `" "` (1 whitespace).  
+If `output_length` is less than or equal to the length of `string`, padding is not performed.
+
+#### Syntax
+
+`string = [[stdlib_strings(module):padl(interface)]] (string, output_length [, pad_with])`
+
+#### Status
+
+Experimental
+
+#### Class
+
+Pure function
+
+#### Argument
+
+- `string`: Character scalar or [[stdlib_string_type(module):string_type(type)]].
+  This argument is intent(in).
+- `output_length`: integer.
+  This argument is intent(in).
+- `pad_with`: Character scalar of length 1.
+  This argument is intent(in) and optional.
+
+#### Result value
+
+The result is of the same type as `string`.
+
+#### Example
+
+```fortran
+program demo_padl
+  use stdlib_string_type, only: string_type, assignment(=)
+  use stdlib_strings, only : padl
+  implicit none
+  string_type :: string
+
+  string = "left pad this string"
+  ! string <-- "left pad this string"
+
+  print *, padl(string, 25, "$") ! "$$$$$left pad this string"
+
+  string = padl(string, 25)
+  ! string <-- "     left pad this string"
+
+end program demo_padl
+```
+
+
+<!-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -->
+### `padr`
+
+#### Description
+
+Returns a string of length `output_length` right padded with `pad_with` character if it is provided, otherwise with `" "` (1 whitespace).  
+If `output_length` is less than or equal to the length of `string`, padding is not performed.
+
+#### Syntax
+
+`string = [[stdlib_strings(module):padr(interface)]] (string, output_length [, pad_with])`
+
+#### Status
+
+Experimental
+
+#### Class
+
+Pure function
+
+#### Argument
+
+- `string`: Character scalar or [[stdlib_string_type(module):string_type(type)]].
+  This argument is intent(in).
+- `output_length`: integer.
+  This argument is intent(in).
+- `pad_with`: Character scalar of length 1.
+  This argument is intent(in) and optional.
+
+#### Result value
+
+The result is of the same type as `string`.
+
+#### Example
+
+```fortran
+program demo_padr
+  use stdlib_string_type, only: string_type, assignment(=)
+  use stdlib_strings, only : padr
+  implicit none
+  string_type :: string
+
+  string = "right pad this string"
+  ! string <-- "right pad this string"
+
+  print *, padr(string, 25, "$") ! "right pad this string$$$$"
+
+  string = padr(string, 25)
+  ! string <-- "right pad this string    "
+
+end program demo_padr
+```
+
+
 <!-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -->
 ### `count`
 
diff --git a/src/stdlib_strings.f90 b/src/stdlib_strings.f90
index 2554dbfb1..095ac93b9 100644
--- a/src/stdlib_strings.f90
+++ b/src/stdlib_strings.f90
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 !> The specification of this module is available [here](../page/specs/stdlib_strings.html).
 module stdlib_strings
     use stdlib_ascii, only: whitespace
-    use stdlib_string_type, only: string_type, char, verify
+    use stdlib_string_type, only: string_type, char, verify, repeat, len
     use stdlib_optval, only: optval
     implicit none
     private
 
     public :: strip, chomp
     public :: starts_with, ends_with
-    public :: slice, find, replace_all, count
+    public :: slice, find, replace_all, padl, padr, count
 
 
     !> Remove leading and trailing whitespace characters.
@@ -93,6 +93,28 @@ module stdlib_strings
         module procedure :: replace_all_char_char_char
     end interface replace_all
 
+    !> Version: experimental
+    !>
+    !> Left pad the input string
+    !> [Specifications](../page/specs/stdlib_strings.html#padl)
+    interface padl
+        module procedure :: padl_string_default
+        module procedure :: padl_string_pad_with
+        module procedure :: padl_char_default
+        module procedure :: padl_char_pad_with
+    end interface padl
+
+    !> Version: experimental
+    !>
+    !> Right pad the input string
+    !> [Specifications](../page/specs/stdlib_strings.html#padr)
+    interface padr
+        module procedure :: padr_string_default
+        module procedure :: padr_string_pad_with
+        module procedure :: padr_char_default
+        module procedure :: padr_char_pad_with
+    end interface padr
+
     !> Version: experimental
     !>
     !> Returns the number of times substring 'pattern' has appeared in the
@@ -659,6 +681,127 @@ pure function replace_all_char_char_char(string, pattern, replacement) result(re
 
     end function replace_all_char_char_char
 
+    !> Left pad the input string with " " (1 whitespace)
+    !>
+    !> Returns a new string
+    pure function padl_string_default(string, output_length) result(res)
+        type(string_type), intent(in) :: string
+        integer, intent(in) :: output_length
+        type(string_type) :: res
+
+        res = string_type(padl(char(string), output_length, " "))
+
+    end function padl_string_default
+
+    !> Left pad the input string with the 'pad_with' character
+    !>
+    !> Returns a new string
+    pure function padl_string_pad_with(string, output_length, pad_with) result(res)
+        type(string_type), intent(in) :: string
+        integer, intent(in) :: output_length
+        character(len=1), intent(in) :: pad_with
+        type(string_type) :: res
+
+        res = string_type(padl(char(string), output_length, pad_with))
+
+    end function padl_string_pad_with
+
+    !> Left pad the input string with " " (1 whitespace)
+    !>
+    !> Returns a new string
+    pure function padl_char_default(string, output_length) result(res)
+        character(len=*), intent(in) :: string
+        integer, intent(in) :: output_length
+        character(len=max(len(string), output_length)) :: res
+
+        res = padl(string, output_length, " ")
+
+    end function padl_char_default
+
+    !> Left pad the input string with the 'pad_with' character
+    !>
+    !> Returns a new string
+    pure function padl_char_pad_with(string, output_length, pad_with) result(res)
+        character(len=*), intent(in) :: string
+        integer, intent(in) :: output_length
+        character(len=1), intent(in) :: pad_with
+        character(len=max(len(string), output_length)) :: res
+        integer :: string_length
+
+        string_length = len(string)
+
+        if (string_length < output_length) then
+            res = repeat(pad_with, output_length - string_length)
+            res(output_length - string_length + 1 : output_length) = string
+        else
+            res = string
+        end if
+
+    end function padl_char_pad_with
+
+    !> Right pad the input string with " " (1 whitespace)
+    !>
+    !> Returns a new string
+    pure function padr_string_default(string, output_length) result(res)
+        type(string_type), intent(in) :: string
+        integer, intent(in) :: output_length
+        character(len=max(len(string), output_length)) :: char_output
+        type(string_type) :: res
+
+        ! We're taking advantage of `char_output` being longer than `string` and
+        ! initialized with whitespaces. By casting `string` to a `character`
+        ! type and back to `string_type`, we're effectively right-padding
+        ! `string` with spaces, so we don't need to pad explicitly.
+        char_output = char(string)
+        res = string_type(char_output)
+
+    end function padr_string_default
+
+    !> Right pad the input string with the 'pad_with' character
+    !>
+    !> Returns a new string
+    pure function padr_string_pad_with(string, output_length, pad_with) result(res)
+        type(string_type), intent(in) :: string
+        integer, intent(in) :: output_length
+        character(len=1), intent(in) :: pad_with
+        type(string_type) :: res
+
+        res = string_type(padr(char(string), output_length, pad_with))
+
+    end function padr_string_pad_with
+
+    !> Right pad the input string with " " (1 whitespace)
+    !>
+    !> Returns a new string
+    pure function padr_char_default(string, output_length) result(res)
+        character(len=*), intent(in) :: string
+        integer, intent(in) :: output_length
+        character(len=max(len(string), output_length)) :: res
+
+        res = string
+
+    end function padr_char_default
+
+    !> Right pad the input string with the 'pad_with' character
+    !>
+    !> Returns a new string
+    pure function padr_char_pad_with(string, output_length, pad_with) result(res)
+        character(len=*), intent(in) :: string
+        integer, intent(in) :: output_length
+        character(len=1), intent(in) :: pad_with
+        character(len=max(len(string), output_length)) :: res
+        integer :: string_length
+
+        string_length = len(string)
+
+        res = string
+        if (string_length < output_length) then
+            res(string_length + 1 : output_length) = &
+              repeat(pad_with, output_length - string_length)
+        end if
+
+    end function padr_char_pad_with
+
     !> Returns the number of times substring 'pattern' has appeared in the
     !> input string 'string'
     !> Returns an integer
diff --git a/src/tests/string/test_string_functions.f90 b/src/tests/string/test_string_functions.f90
index ca44d956d..4b5f78425 100644
--- a/src/tests/string/test_string_functions.f90
+++ b/src/tests/string/test_string_functions.f90
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module test_string_functions
     use stdlib_error, only : check
     use stdlib_string_type, only : string_type, assignment(=), operator(==), &
                                     to_lower, to_upper, to_title, to_sentence, reverse
-    use stdlib_strings, only: slice, find, replace_all, count
+    use stdlib_strings, only: slice, find, replace_all, padl, padr, count
     use stdlib_optval, only: optval
     use stdlib_ascii, only : to_string
     implicit none
@@ -378,6 +378,80 @@ subroutine test_replace_all
 
     end subroutine test_replace_all
 
+    subroutine test_padl
+        type(string_type) :: test_string
+        character(len=:), allocatable :: test_char
+
+        test_string = "left pad this string"
+        test_char = "  left pad this string  "
+
+      ! output_length > len(string)
+        call check(padl(test_string, 25, "#") == "#####left pad this string", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length > len(string), test_case 1')
+        call check(padl(test_string, 22, "$") == "$$left pad this string", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length > len(string), test_case 2')
+        call check(padl(test_string, 23) == "   left pad this string", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length > len(string), test_case 3')
+        call check(padl(test_char, 26) == "    left pad this string  ", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length > len(string), test_case 4')
+        call check(padl(test_char, 26, "&") == "&&  left pad this string  ", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length > len(string), test_case 5')
+        call check(padl("", 10, "!") == "!!!!!!!!!!", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length > len(string), test_case 6')
+
+      ! output_length <= len(string)
+        call check(padl(test_string, 18, "#") == "left pad this string", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length <= len(string), test_case 1')
+        call check(padl(test_string, -4, "@") == "left pad this string", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length <= len(string), test_case 2')
+        call check(padl(test_char, 20, "0") == "  left pad this string  ", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length <= len(string), test_case 3')
+        call check(padl(test_char, 17) == "  left pad this string  ", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length <= len(string), test_case 4')
+        call check(padl("", 0, "!") == "", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length <= len(string), test_case 5')
+        call check(padl("", -12, "!") == "", &
+                    & 'padl: output_length <= len(string), test_case 6')
+    
+    end subroutine test_padl
+
+    subroutine test_padr
+        type(string_type) :: test_string
+        character(len=:), allocatable :: test_char
+
+        test_string = "right pad this string"
+        test_char = "  right pad this string  "
+
+      ! output_length > len(string)
+        call check(padr(test_string, 25, "#") == "right pad this string####", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length > len(string), test_case 1')
+        call check(padr(test_string, 22, "$") == "right pad this string$", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length > len(string), test_case 2')
+        call check(padr(test_string, 24) == "right pad this string   ", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length > len(string), test_case 3')
+        call check(padr(test_char, 27) == "  right pad this string    ", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length > len(string), test_case 4')
+        call check(padr(test_char, 27, "&") == "  right pad this string  &&", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length > len(string), test_case 5')
+        call check(padr("", 10, "!") == "!!!!!!!!!!", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length > len(string), test_case 6')
+
+      ! output_length <= len(string)
+        call check(padr(test_string, 18, "#") == "right pad this string", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length <= len(string), test_case 1')
+        call check(padr(test_string, -4, "@") == "right pad this string", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length <= len(string), test_case 2')
+        call check(padr(test_char, 20, "0") == "  right pad this string  ", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length <= len(string), test_case 3')
+        call check(padr(test_char, 17) == "  right pad this string  ", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length <= len(string), test_case 4')
+        call check(padr("", 0, "!") == "", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length <= len(string), test_case 5')
+        call check(padr("", -12, "!") == "", &
+                    & 'padr: output_length <= len(string), test_case 6')
+    
+    end subroutine test_padr
+
     subroutine test_count
         type(string_type) :: test_string_1, test_string_2, test_pattern_1, test_pattern_2
         test_string_1 = "DNA sequence: AGAGAGAGTCCTGTCGAGA"
@@ -437,6 +511,8 @@ program tester
     call test_slice_gen
     call test_find
     call test_replace_all
+    call test_padl
+    call test_padr
     call test_count
 
 end program tester