diff --git a/Gulpfile.ts b/Gulpfile.ts
index ebedfd43c23ac..d7e20a557fd78 100644
--- a/Gulpfile.ts
+++ b/Gulpfile.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ const es2016LibrarySourceMap = es2016LibrarySource.map(function(source) {
 
 const es2017LibrarySource = [
     "es2017.object.d.ts",
-    "es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts"
+    "es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts",
+    "es2017.string.d.ts",
 ];
 
 const es2017LibrarySourceMap = es2017LibrarySource.map(function(source) {
diff --git a/Jakefile.js b/Jakefile.js
index 0e778b44c3550..2e5d660c4f1d9 100644
--- a/Jakefile.js
+++ b/Jakefile.js
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ var es2016LibrarySourceMap = es2016LibrarySource.map(function (source) {
 
 var es2017LibrarySource = [
     "es2017.object.d.ts",
-    "es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts"
+    "es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts",
+    "es2017.string.d.ts",
 ];
 
 var es2017LibrarySourceMap = es2017LibrarySource.map(function (source) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
index d96035091c713..df9c3c4abddc5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ namespace ts {
                     "es2015.symbol.wellknown": "lib.es2015.symbol.wellknown.d.ts",
                     "es2016.array.include": "lib.es2016.array.include.d.ts",
                     "es2017.object": "lib.es2017.object.d.ts",
-                    "es2017.sharedmemory": "lib.es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts"
+                    "es2017.sharedmemory": "lib.es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts",
+                    "es2017.string": "lib.es2017.string.d.ts",
                 }),
             },
             description: Diagnostics.Specify_library_files_to_be_included_in_the_compilation_Colon
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/commandLineParsing.ts b/src/harness/unittests/commandLineParsing.ts
index 890f167e2dd2c..8c691992043db 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/commandLineParsing.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/commandLineParsing.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace ts {
             assertParseResult(["--lib", "es5,invalidOption", "0.ts"],
                 {
                     errors: [{
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory', 'es2017.string'",
                         category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                         code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace ts {
             assertParseResult(["--lib", "es5,", "es7", "0.ts"],
                 {
                     errors: [{
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory', 'es2017.string'",
                         category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                         code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ namespace ts {
             assertParseResult(["--lib", "es5, ", "es7", "0.ts"],
                 {
                     errors: [{
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory', 'es2017.string'",
                         category: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category,
                         code: ts.Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
 
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts b/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
index 23c372b531330..f44dc259710e5 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory', 'es2017.string'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory', 'es2017.string'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory', 'es2017.string'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         file: undefined,
                         start: 0,
                         length: 0,
-                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory'",
+                        messageText: "Argument for '--lib' option must be: 'es5', 'es6', 'es2015', 'es7', 'es2016', 'es2017', 'dom', 'dom.iterable', 'webworker', 'scripthost', 'es2015.core', 'es2015.collection', 'es2015.generator', 'es2015.iterable', 'es2015.promise', 'es2015.proxy', 'es2015.reflect', 'es2015.symbol', 'es2015.symbol.wellknown', 'es2016.array.include', 'es2017.object', 'es2017.sharedmemory', 'es2017.string'",
                         code: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.code,
                         category: Diagnostics.Argument_for_0_option_must_be_Colon_1.category
                     }]
diff --git a/src/lib/es2017.d.ts b/src/lib/es2017.d.ts
index 13f9d93f44457..c234a9edb249f 100644
--- a/src/lib/es2017.d.ts
+++ b/src/lib/es2017.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /// <reference path="lib.es2016.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="lib.es2017.object.d.ts" />
-/// <reference path="lib.es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts" />
\ No newline at end of file
+/// <reference path="lib.es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="lib.es2017.string.d.ts" />
diff --git a/src/lib/es2017.string.d.ts b/src/lib/es2017.string.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..51f8e410ecf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/es2017.string.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+interface String {
+    /**
+      * Pads the current string with a given string (possibly repeated) so that the resulting string reaches a given length.
+      * The padding is applied from the start (left) of the current string.
+      *
+      * @param maxLength The length of the resulting string once the current string has been padded.
+      *        If this parameter is smaller than the current string's length, the current string will be returned as it is.
+      *
+      * @param fillString The string to pad the current string with.
+      *        If this string is too long, it will be truncated and the left-most part will be applied.
+      *        The default value for this parameter is " " (U+0020).
+      */
+    padStart(maxLength: number, fillString?: string): string;
+
+    /**
+      * Pads the current string with a given string (possibly repeated) so that the resulting string reaches a given length.
+      * The padding is applied from the end (right) of the current string.
+      *
+      * @param maxLength The length of the resulting string once the current string has been padded.
+      *        If this parameter is smaller than the current string's length, the current string will be returned as it is.
+      *
+      * @param fillString The string to pad the current string with.
+      *        If this string is too long, it will be truncated and the left-most part will be applied.
+      *        The default value for this parameter is " " (U+0020).
+      */
+    padEnd(maxLength: number, fillString?: string): string;
+}