diff --git a/classpath/java/lang/Character.java b/classpath/java/lang/Character.java
index f696037561..88025280e8 100644
--- a/classpath/java/lang/Character.java
+++ b/classpath/java/lang/Character.java
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ public final class Character implements Comparable<Character> {
     }
   }
 
+  public static char forDigit(int digit, int radix) {
+    if (MIN_RADIX <= radix && radix <= MAX_RADIX) {
+      if (0 <= digit && digit < radix) {
+        return (char) (digit < 10 ? digit + '0' : digit + 'a' - 10);
+      }
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   public static boolean isLetter(int c) {
     return canCastToChar(c) && isLetter((char) c);
   }
diff --git a/test/Strings.java b/test/Strings.java
index 6b993bcb4f..d98c1f13f9 100644
--- a/test/Strings.java
+++ b/test/Strings.java
@@ -71,5 +71,11 @@ public class Strings {
     sb.append('$');
     sb.append('2');
     expect(sb.substring(1).equals("2"));
+
+    expect(Character.forDigit(Character.digit('0', 10), 10) == '0');
+    expect(Character.forDigit(Character.digit('9', 10), 10) == '9');
+    expect(Character.forDigit(Character.digit('b', 16), 16) == 'b');
+    expect(Character.forDigit(Character.digit('f', 16), 16) == 'f');
+    expect(Character.forDigit(Character.digit('z', 36), 36) == 'z');
   }
 }