diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index e4c9871045..564e9d313f 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #4040: Added `$viewFile` and `$params` to the `EVENT_BEFORE_RENDER` and `EVENT_AFTER_RENDER` events for `View` (qiangxue) 
 - Enh #4275: Added `removeChildren()` to `yii\rbac\ManagerInterface` and implementations (samdark)
 - Enh: Added `yii\base\Application::loadedModules` (qiangxue)
+- Enh #5316: Added `startsWith()` and `endsWith()` to `yii\helpers\StringHelper`. Methods are binary-safe, multibyte-safe and optionally case-insensitive (armab)
 - Chg #2037: Dropped the support for using `yii\base\Module` as concrete module classes (qiangxue)
 
 
diff --git a/framework/helpers/BaseStringHelper.php b/framework/helpers/BaseStringHelper.php
index d04d0fb3ec..bc14a896c9 100644
--- a/framework/helpers/BaseStringHelper.php
+++ b/framework/helpers/BaseStringHelper.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 namespace yii\helpers;
 
+use Yii;
+
 /**
  * BaseStringHelper provides concrete implementation for [[StringHelper]].
  *
@@ -100,8 +102,8 @@ class BaseStringHelper
      */
     public static function truncate($string, $length, $suffix = '...', $encoding = null)
     {
-        if (mb_strlen($string, $encoding ?: \Yii::$app->charset) > $length) {
-            return trim(mb_substr($string, 0, $length, $encoding ?: \Yii::$app->charset)) . $suffix;
+        if (mb_strlen($string, $encoding ?: Yii::$app->charset) > $length) {
+            return trim(mb_substr($string, 0, $length, $encoding ?: Yii::$app->charset)) . $suffix;
         } else {
             return $string;
         }
@@ -124,4 +126,50 @@ class BaseStringHelper
             return $string;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if given string starts with specified substring.
+     * Binary and multibyte safe.
+     *
+     * @param string $string Input string
+     * @param string $with Part to search
+     * @param boolean $caseSensitive Case sensitive search. Default is true.
+     * @return boolean Returns true if first input starts with second input, false otherwise
+     */
+    public static function startsWith($string, $with, $caseSensitive = true)
+    {
+        if (!$bytes = static::byteLength($with)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ($caseSensitive) {
+            return strncmp($string, $with, $bytes) === 0;
+        } else {
+            return mb_strtolower(mb_substr($string, 0, $bytes, '8bit'), Yii::$app->charset) === mb_strtolower($with, Yii::$app->charset);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if given string ends with specified substring.
+     * Binary and multibyte safe.
+     *
+     * @param string $string
+     * @param string $with
+     * @param boolean $caseSensitive Case sensitive search. Default is true.
+     * @return boolean Returns true if first input ends with second input, false otherwise
+     */
+    public static function endsWith($string, $with, $caseSensitive = true)
+    {
+        if (!$bytes = static::byteLength($with)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if ($caseSensitive) {
+            // Warning check, see http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr-compare.php#refsect1-function.substr-compare-returnvalues
+            if (static::byteLength($string) < $bytes) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return substr_compare($string, $with, -$bytes, $bytes) === 0;
+        } else {
+            return mb_strtolower(mb_substr($string, -$bytes, null, '8bit'), Yii::$app->charset) === mb_strtolower($with, Yii::$app->charset);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/helpers/StringHelperTest.php b/tests/unit/framework/helpers/StringHelperTest.php
index 33d075b47c..6b5580af32 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/helpers/StringHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/helpers/StringHelperTest.php
@@ -114,4 +114,109 @@ class StringHelperTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('это тестовая multibyte!!!', StringHelper::truncateWords('это тестовая multibyte строка', 3, '!!!'));
         $this->assertEquals('это строка с          неожиданными...', StringHelper::truncateWords('это строка с          неожиданными пробелами', 4));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider providerStartsWith
+     */
+    public function testStartsWith($result, $string, $with)
+    {
+        // case sensitive version check
+        $this->assertSame($result, StringHelper::startsWith($string, $with));
+        // case insensitive version check
+        $this->assertSame($result, StringHelper::startsWith($string, $with, false));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rules that should work the same for case-sensitive and case-insensitive `startsWith()`
+     */
+    public function providerStartsWith()
+    {
+        return [
+            // positive check
+            [true, '', ''],
+            [true, '', null],
+            [true, 'string', ''],
+            [true, ' string', ' '],
+            [true, 'abc', 'abc'],
+            [true, 'Bürger', 'Bürger'],
+            [true, '我Я multibyte', '我Я'],
+            [true, 'Qנטשופ צרכנות', 'Qנ'],
+            [true, 'ไทย.idn.icann.org', 'ไ'],
+            [true, '!?+', "\x21\x3F"],
+            [true, "\x21?+", '!?'],
+            // false-positive check
+            [false, '', ' '],
+            [false, ' ', '  '],
+            [false, 'Abc', 'Abcde'],
+            [false, 'abc', 'abe'],
+            [false, 'abc', 'b'],
+            [false, 'abc', 'c'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function testStartsWithCaseSensitive()
+    {
+        $this->assertFalse(StringHelper::startsWith('Abc', 'a'));
+        $this->assertFalse(StringHelper::startsWith('üЯ multibyte', 'Üя multibyte'));
+    }
+
+    public function testStartsWithCaseInsensitive()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(StringHelper::startsWith('sTrInG', 'StRiNg', false));
+        $this->assertTrue(StringHelper::startsWith('CaSe', 'cAs', false));
+        $this->assertTrue(StringHelper::startsWith('HTTP://BÜrger.DE/', 'http://bürger.de', false));
+        $this->assertTrue(StringHelper::startsWith('üЯйΨB', 'ÜяЙΨ', false));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider providerEndsWith
+     */
+    public function testEndsWith($result, $string, $with)
+    {
+        // case sensitive version check
+        $this->assertSame($result, StringHelper::endsWith($string, $with));
+        // case insensitive version check
+        $this->assertSame($result, StringHelper::endsWith($string, $with, false));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rules that should work the same for case-sensitive and case-insensitive `endsWith()`
+     */
+    public function providerEndsWith()
+    {
+        return [
+            // positive check
+            [true, '', ''],
+            [true, '', null],
+            [true, 'string', ''],
+            [true, 'string ', ' '],
+            [true, 'string', 'g'],
+            [true, 'abc', 'abc'],
+            [true, 'Bürger', 'Bürger'],
+            [true, 'Я multibyte строка我!', ' строка我!'],
+            [true, '+!?', "\x21\x3F"],
+            [true, "+\x21?", "!\x3F"],
+            [true, 'נטשופ צרכנות', 'ת'],
+            // false-positive check
+            [false, '', ' '],
+            [false, ' ', '  '],
+            [false, 'aaa', 'aaaa'],
+            [false, 'abc', 'abe'],
+            [false, 'abc', 'a'],
+            [false, 'abc', 'b'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function testEndsWithCaseSensitive()
+    {
+        $this->assertFalse(StringHelper::endsWith('string', 'G'));
+        $this->assertFalse(StringHelper::endsWith('multibyte строка', 'А'));
+    }
+
+    public function testEndsWithCaseInsensitive()
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(StringHelper::endsWith('sTrInG', 'StRiNg', false));
+        $this->assertTrue(StringHelper::endsWith('string', 'nG', false));
+        $this->assertTrue(StringHelper::endsWith('BüЯйΨ', 'ÜяЙΨ', false));
+    }
 }