diff --git a/Lib/test/string_tests.py b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
index 4b82d51b4508ac..a729b25cb680cd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/string_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
@@ -1085,6 +1085,12 @@ def test_title(self):
         self.checkequal('Getint', "getInt", 'title')
         self.checkraises(TypeError, 'hello', 'title', 42)
 
+    def test_reverse(self):
+        self.checkequal('', '', 'reverse')
+        self.checkequal('Hello', 'olleH', 'reverse')
+        self.checkequal('Reversed this string', "gnirts siht desreveR", 'reverse')
+        self.checkraises(TypeError, 'hello', 'reverse', 42)
+
     def test_splitlines(self):
         self.checkequal(['abc', 'def', '', 'ghi'], "abc\ndef\n\rghi", 'splitlines')
         self.checkequal(['abc', 'def', '', 'ghi'], "abc\ndef\n\r\nghi", 'splitlines')
diff --git a/Objects/clinic/unicodeobject.c.h b/Objects/clinic/unicodeobject.c.h
index 99651f3c64bc5a..424ec5fe6c4e22 100644
--- a/Objects/clinic/unicodeobject.c.h
+++ b/Objects/clinic/unicodeobject.c.h
@@ -996,6 +996,26 @@ unicode_replace(PyObject *self, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObjec
     return return_value;
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(unicode_reverse__doc__,
+"reverse($self, /)\n"
+"--\n"
+"\n"
+"Return the reverse string.\n"
+"\n"
+"A string is reversed if all characters in the string are in reverse order.");
+
+#define UNICODE_REVERSE_METHODDEF    \
+    {"reverse", (PyCFunction)unicode_reverse, METH_NOARGS, unicode_reverse__doc__},
+
+static PyObject *
+unicode_reverse_impl(PyObject *self);
+
+static PyObject *
+unicode_reverse(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
+{
+    return unicode_reverse_impl(self);
+}
+
 PyDoc_STRVAR(unicode_removeprefix__doc__,
 "removeprefix($self, prefix, /)\n"
 "--\n"
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 03f15b37598363..9d79840a7f1044 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -11060,6 +11060,34 @@ replace(PyObject *self, PyObject *str1,
     return NULL;
 }
 
+// asdf
+static PyObject *
+reverse(PyObject *string) 
+{
+    if (ensure_unicode(string) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+    
+    Py_ssize_t length = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(string);
+    PyObject* reversed = PyUnicode_New(length, PyUnicode_MAX_CHAR_VALUE(string));
+
+    if (reversed == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        Py_UCS4 ch = PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(string, length - 1 - i);
+        PyUnicode_WriteChar(reversed, i, ch);
+    }
+
+    return reversed;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+unicode_reverse_impl(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return reverse(self);
+}
+
 /* --- Unicode Object Methods --------------------------------------------- */
 
 /*[clinic input]