diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
index 94f98ebb9..f742c2f5d 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ const luaL_Reg CLuaInstance::methods[] =
 	{ "GetLanguage", CLuaInstance::GetLanguage },
 	{ "runScript", CLuaInstance::runScriptExt },
 	{ "PlayFile", CLuaInstance::PlayFile },
+	{ "strFind", CLuaInstance::strFind },
+	{ "strSub", CLuaInstance::strSub },
 	{ NULL, NULL }
 };
 
@@ -632,6 +634,62 @@ int CLuaInstance::PlayFile(lua_State *L)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int CLuaInstance::strFind(lua_State *L)
+{
+	int numargs = lua_gettop(L);
+	if (numargs < 3) {
+		printf("CLuaInstance::%s: not enough arguments (%d, expected 2 (or 3 or 4))\n", __func__, numargs);
+		lua_pushnil(L);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	const char *s1;
+	const char *s2;
+	int pos=0, n=0, ret=0;
+	s1 = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+	s2 = luaL_checkstring(L, 3);
+	if (numargs > 3)
+		pos = luaL_checkint(L, 4);
+	if (numargs > 4)
+		n = luaL_checkint(L, 5);
+
+	std::string str(s1);
+	if (numargs > 4)
+		ret = str.find(s2, pos, n);
+	else
+		ret = str.find(s2, pos);
+
+//	printf("####[%s:%d] str_len: %d, s2: %s, pos: %d, n: %d, ret: %d\n", __func__, __LINE__, str.length(), s2, pos, n, ret);
+	if (ret == (int)std::string::npos)
+		lua_pushnil(L);
+	else
+		lua_pushinteger(L, ret);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int CLuaInstance::strSub(lua_State *L)
+{
+	int numargs = lua_gettop(L);
+	if (numargs < 3) {
+		printf("CLuaInstance::%s: not enough arguments (%d, expected 2 (or 3))\n", __func__, numargs);
+		lua_pushstring(L, "");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	const char *s1;
+	int pos=0, len=std::string::npos;
+	std::string ret="";
+	s1 = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+	pos = luaL_checkint(L, 3);
+	if (numargs > 3)
+		len = luaL_checkint(L, 4);
+
+	std::string str(s1);
+	ret = str.substr(pos, len);
+
+//	printf("####[%s:%d] str_len: %d, pos: %d, len: %d, ret_len: %d\n", __func__, __LINE__, str.length(), pos, len, ret.length());
+	lua_pushstring(L, ret.c_str());
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int CLuaInstance::GetSize(lua_State *L)
 {
 	DBG("CLuaInstance::%s %d\n", __func__, lua_gettop(L));
diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.h b/src/gui/luainstance.h
index d15541e25..1104f729e 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.h
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.h
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ private:
 	static int DisplayImage(lua_State *L);
 	static int PlayFile(lua_State *L);
 
+	static int strFind(lua_State *L);
+	static int strSub(lua_State *L);
+
 	void MenuRegister(lua_State *L);
 	static int MenuNew(lua_State *L);
 	static int MenuDelete(lua_State *L);