diff --git a/Data/ByteString/Internal.hs b/Data/ByteString/Internal.hs
index b70829078..ab0bb31f6 100644
--- a/Data/ByteString/Internal.hs
+++ b/Data/ByteString/Internal.hs
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ import Foreign.C.Types          (CInt, CSize)
 import Foreign.C.String         (CString)
 
 #if MIN_VERSION_base(4,13,0)
-import Data.Semigroup           (Semigroup (sconcat))
+import Data.Semigroup           (Semigroup (sconcat, stimes))
 import Data.List.NonEmpty       (NonEmpty ((:|)))
 #elif MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
-import Data.Semigroup           (Semigroup ((<>), sconcat))
+import Data.Semigroup           (Semigroup ((<>), sconcat, stimes))
 import Data.List.NonEmpty       (NonEmpty ((:|)))
 #endif
 
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ instance Ord ByteString where
 instance Semigroup ByteString where
     (<>)    = append
     sconcat (b:|bs) = concat (b:bs)
+    stimes = times
 #endif
 
 instance Monoid ByteString where
@@ -648,6 +649,31 @@ concat = \bss0 -> goLen0 bss0 bss0
    concat [x] = x
  #-}
 
+-- | /O(log n)/ Repeats the given ByteString n times.
+times :: Integral a => a -> ByteString -> ByteString
+times n (BS fp len)
+  | n < 0 = error "stimes: non-negative multiplier expected"
+  | n == 0 = mempty
+  | n == 1 = BS fp len
+  | len == 0 = mempty
+  | len == 1 = unsafeCreate size $ \destptr ->
+    withForeignPtr fp $ \p -> do
+      byte <- peek p
+      memset destptr byte (fromIntegral size) >> return ()
+  | otherwise = unsafeCreate size $ \destptr ->
+    withForeignPtr fp $ \p -> do
+      memcpy destptr p len
+      fillFrom destptr len
+  where
+    size = len * (fromIntegral n)
+
+    fillFrom :: Ptr Word8 -> Int -> IO ()
+    fillFrom destptr copied
+      | 2 * copied < size = do
+        memcpy (destptr `plusPtr` copied) destptr copied
+        fillFrom destptr (copied * 2)
+      | otherwise = memcpy (destptr `plusPtr` copied) destptr (size - copied)
+
 -- | Add two non-negative numbers. Errors out on overflow.
 checkedAdd :: String -> Int -> Int -> Int
 checkedAdd fun x y
diff --git a/Data/ByteString/Lazy/Internal.hs b/Data/ByteString/Lazy/Internal.hs
index 45e5c9c4f..e1b13649c 100644
--- a/Data/ByteString/Lazy/Internal.hs
+++ b/Data/ByteString/Lazy/Internal.hs
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ import Foreign.Ptr (plusPtr)
 import Foreign.Storable (Storable(sizeOf))
 
 #if MIN_VERSION_base(4,13,0)
-import Data.Semigroup   (Semigroup (sconcat))
+import Data.Semigroup   (Semigroup (sconcat, stimes))
 import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty ((:|)))
 #elif MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
-import Data.Semigroup   (Semigroup ((<>), sconcat))
+import Data.Semigroup   (Semigroup ((<>), sconcat, stimes))
 import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty ((:|)))
 #endif
 #if !(MIN_VERSION_base(4,8,0))
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ instance Ord ByteString where
 instance Semigroup ByteString where
     (<>)    = append
     sconcat (b:|bs) = concat (b:bs)
+    stimes = times
 #endif
 
 instance Monoid ByteString where
@@ -275,6 +276,18 @@ concat css0 = to css0
     to []               = Empty
     to (cs:css)         = go cs css
 
+-- | Repeats the given ByteString n times.
+times :: Integral a => a -> ByteString -> ByteString
+times 0 _ = Empty
+times n lbs0
+  | n < 0 = error "stimes: non-negative multiplier expected"
+  | otherwise = case lbs0 of
+    Empty -> Empty
+    Chunk bs lbs -> Chunk bs (go lbs)
+  where
+    go Empty = times (n-1) lbs0
+    go (Chunk c cs) = Chunk c (go cs)
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Conversions
 
diff --git a/tests/Properties.hs b/tests/Properties.hs
index 751bfb7b6..29993a917 100644
--- a/tests/Properties.hs
+++ b/tests/Properties.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP, BangPatterns #-}
 --
 -- Must have rules off, otherwise the rewrite rules will replace the rhs
 -- with the lhs, and we only end up testing lhs == lhs
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import Data.Word
 import Data.Maybe
 import Data.Int (Int64)
 import Data.Monoid
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
+import Data.Semigroup
+#endif
 
 import Text.Printf
 import Data.String
@@ -1376,6 +1379,13 @@ prop_packZipWithLC f xs ys = LC.pack (LC.zipWith f xs ys) == LC.packZipWith f xs
 
 prop_unzipBB x = let (xs,ys) = unzip x in (P.pack xs, P.pack ys) == P.unzip x
 
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
+prop_stimesBB :: NonNegative Int -> P.ByteString -> Bool
+prop_stimesBB (NonNegative i) bs = stimes i bs == mtimesDefault i bs
+
+prop_stimesLL :: NonNegative Int -> L.ByteString -> Bool
+prop_stimesLL (NonNegative i) bs = stimes i bs == mtimesDefault i bs
+#endif
 
 -- prop_zipwith_spec f p q =
 --   P.pack (P.zipWith f p q) == P.zipWith' f p q
@@ -2368,6 +2378,10 @@ bb_tests =
     , testProperty "unzip"          prop_unzipBB
     , testProperty "concatMap"      prop_concatMapBB
 --  , testProperty "join/joinByte"  prop_join_spec
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
+    , testProperty "stimes strict"  prop_stimesBB
+    , testProperty "stimes lazy"    prop_stimesLL
+#endif
     ]