diff --git a/system/Config/View.php b/system/Config/View.php
index 539338cdf230..6741f0a7369e 100644
--- a/system/Config/View.php
+++ b/system/Config/View.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class View extends BaseConfig
 		'highlight_code' => '\CodeIgniter\View\Filters::highlight_code',
 		'limit_words'    => '\CodeIgniter\View\Filters::limit_words',
 		'limit_chars'    => '\CodeIgniter\View\Filters::limit_chars',
+		'local_currency' => '\CodeIgniter\View\Filters::local_currency',
 		'local_number'   => '\CodeIgniter\View\Filters::local_number',
 		'lower'          => '\strtolower',
 		'nl2br'          => '\CodeIgniter\View\Filters::nl2br',
diff --git a/system/View/Filters.php b/system/View/Filters.php
index d096280b754e..c0078525d0d3 100644
--- a/system/View/Filters.php
+++ b/system/View/Filters.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public static function limit_words($value, int $limit = 100): string
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the $value displayed in the current
+	 * Returns the $value displayed in a localized manner.
 	 *
 	 * @param             $value
 	 * @param int         $precision
@@ -241,6 +241,27 @@ public static function local_number($value, string $type='decimal', $precision=4
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the $value displayed as a currency string.
+	 *
+	 * @param             $value
+	 * @param string      $currency
+	 * @param string|null $locale
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function local_currency($value, string $currency, string $locale = null): string
+	{
+		helper('number');
+
+		$options = [
+			'type' => \NumberFormatter::CURRENCY,
+			'currency' => $currency
+		];
+
+		return format_number($value, 2, $locale, $options);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns a string with all instances of newline character (\n)
 	 * converted to an HTML <br/> tag.
diff --git a/tests/system/View/ParserFilterTest.php b/tests/system/View/ParserFilterTest.php
index 0526b78725aa..7f1878fc5c2f 100644
--- a/tests/system/View/ParserFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/View/ParserFilterTest.php
@@ -359,4 +359,19 @@ public function testLocalNumberLocale()
 		$parser->setData($data);
 		$this->assertEquals('1.234.567,8912', $parser->renderString($template));
 	}
+
+	public function testLocalCurrency()
+	{
+		$parser = new Parser($this->config, $this->viewsDir, $this->loader);
+
+		$data = [
+			'mynum' => 	1234567.891234567890000
+		];
+
+		$template = '{ mynum|local_currency(EUR,de_DE) }';
+
+		$parser->setData($data);
+		$this->assertEquals('1.234.567,89 €', $parser->renderString($template));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/view_parser.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/view_parser.rst
index d8ec101a6f37..1581b35559de 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/view_parser.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/view_parser.rst
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ highlight            phrase                     Highlights a given phrase within
 highlight_code                                  Highlights code samples with HTML/CSS.                               { v|highlight_code }
 limit_chars          limit                      Limits the number of chracters to $limit.                            { v|limit_chars(100) }
 limit_words          limit                      Limits the number of words to $limit.                                { v|limit_words(20) }
+local_currency       currency, locale           Displays a localized version of a currency. "currency" value is any  { v|local_currency(EUR,en_US) }
+                                                3-letter ISO 4217 currency code.
 local_number         type, precision, locale    Displays a localized version of a number. "type" can be one of:      { v|local_number(decimal,2,en_US) }
                                                 decimal, currency, percent, scientific, spellout, ordinal, duration.
                                                 See `PHP's NumberFormatter <http://php.net/manual/en/numberformatter.create.php>`_ for details.