diff --git a/core/String.carp b/core/String.carp
index e4e02eea..d82917b4 100644
--- a/core/String.carp
+++ b/core/String.carp
@@ -515,6 +515,11 @@
       (if (String.empty? s)
         '()
         (cons (String.head s) (String.to-list (String.tail s)))))
+
+    (doc to-array 
+      "Converts a string to an array of strings of each of its characters.")
+    (defndynamic to-array [s]
+      (cdr (String.split-on "" s)))
   )
 )
 
diff --git a/test/macros.carp b/test/macros.carp
index e4466ad6..8b09de41 100644
--- a/test/macros.carp
+++ b/test/macros.carp
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@
                         '("h" "e" "l" "l" "o")
                         (String.to-list "hello")
                         "Dynamic.String.to-list works as expected")
+  (assert-dynamic-equal test
+                        '["h" "e" "l" "l" "o"]
+                        (String.to-array "hello")
+                        "Dynamic.String.to-array works as expected")
   (assert-equal test
                 2
                 (let-do [src 1 dst 0]