diff --git a/mypyc/doc/str_operations.rst b/mypyc/doc/str_operations.rst
index 11828a4d128a..4a7aff00f2ad 100644
--- a/mypyc/doc/str_operations.rst
+++ b/mypyc/doc/str_operations.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Construction
 * String literal
 * ``str(x: int)``
 * ``str(x: object)``
+* ``repr(x: int)``
+* ``repr(x: object)``
 
 Operators
 ---------
diff --git a/mypyc/primitives/int_ops.py b/mypyc/primitives/int_ops.py
index 657578d20046..9b8b48da602d 100644
--- a/mypyc/primitives/int_ops.py
+++ b/mypyc/primitives/int_ops.py
@@ -77,25 +77,25 @@
         error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
     )
 
-# str(int)
-int_to_str_op = function_op(
-    name="builtins.str",
-    arg_types=[int_rprimitive],
-    return_type=str_rprimitive,
-    c_function_name="CPyTagged_Str",
-    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
-    priority=2,
-)
-
-# We need a specialization for str on bools also since the int one is wrong...
-function_op(
-    name="builtins.str",
-    arg_types=[bool_rprimitive],
-    return_type=str_rprimitive,
-    c_function_name="CPyBool_Str",
-    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
-    priority=3,
-)
+for name in ("builtins.str", "builtins.repr"):
+    # str(int) and repr(int)
+    int_to_str_op = function_op(
+        name=name,
+        arg_types=[int_rprimitive],
+        return_type=str_rprimitive,
+        c_function_name="CPyTagged_Str",
+        error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+        priority=2,
+    )
+    # We need a specialization for str on bools also since the int one is wrong...
+    function_op(
+        name=name,
+        arg_types=[bool_rprimitive],
+        return_type=str_rprimitive,
+        c_function_name="CPyBool_Str",
+        error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+        priority=3,
+    )
 
 
 def int_binary_primitive(
diff --git a/mypyc/primitives/str_ops.py b/mypyc/primitives/str_ops.py
index 75d47b0f0e7a..ded339b9672c 100644
--- a/mypyc/primitives/str_ops.py
+++ b/mypyc/primitives/str_ops.py
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@
     error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
 )
 
+# repr(obj)
+function_op(
+    name="builtins.repr",
+    arg_types=[object_rprimitive],
+    return_type=str_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="PyObject_Repr",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+)
+
 # str1 + str2
 binary_op(
     name="+",
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/run-strings.test b/mypyc/test-data/run-strings.test
index 07122c2707ac..9183b45b036a 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/run-strings.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/run-strings.test
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 [case testStrBasics]
 from typing import Tuple
+class A:
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return "A-str"
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return "A-repr"
 def f() -> str:
     return 'some string'
 def g() -> str:
@@ -10,6 +15,14 @@ def tostr(x: int) -> str:
     return str(x)
 def booltostr(x: bool) -> str:
     return str(x)
+def clstostr(x: A) -> str:
+    return str(x)
+def torepr(x: int) -> str:
+    return repr(x)
+def booltorepr(x: bool) -> str:
+    return repr(x)
+def clstorepr(x: A) -> str:
+    return repr(x)
 def concat(x: str, y: str) -> str:
     return x + y
 def eq(x: str) -> int:
@@ -29,8 +42,9 @@ def remove_prefix_suffix(x: str, y: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
 
 [file driver.py]
 from native import (
-    f, g, tostr, booltostr, concat, eq, match, match_tuple,
-    match_tuple_literal_args, remove_prefix_suffix
+    f, g, A, tostr, booltostr, clstostr, concat, eq, match, match_tuple,
+    match_tuple_literal_args, remove_prefix_suffix,
+    torepr, booltorepr, clstorepr
 )
 import sys
 from testutil import assertRaises
@@ -42,12 +56,20 @@ assert tostr(57) == '57'
 assert concat('foo', 'bar') == 'foobar'
 assert booltostr(True) == 'True'
 assert booltostr(False) == 'False'
+assert clstostr(A()) == "A-str"
 assert eq('foo') == 0
 assert eq('zar') == 1
 assert eq('bar') == 2
 
+assert torepr(57) == '57'
+assert booltorepr(True) == 'True'
+assert booltorepr(False) == 'False'
+assert clstorepr(A()) == "A-repr"
+
 assert int(tostr(0)) == 0
 assert int(tostr(20)) == 20
+assert int(torepr(0)) == 0
+assert int(torepr(20)) == 20
 assert match('', '') == (True, True)
 assert match('abc', '') == (True, True)
 assert match('abc', 'a') == (True, False)