diff --git a/include/whisper.h b/include/whisper.h
index 71949bdd397..8999c1c3636 100644
--- a/include/whisper.h
+++ b/include/whisper.h
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ extern "C" {
     WHISPER_API const char * whisper_token_to_str(struct whisper_context * ctx, whisper_token token);
     WHISPER_API const char * whisper_model_type_readable(struct whisper_context * ctx);
 
+    // String -> Token Id. Uses the vocabulary in the provided context
+    WHISPER_API bool whisper_token_exists(struct whisper_context * ctx, const char * str);
+    WHISPER_API whisper_token whisper_str_to_token(struct whisper_context * ctx, const char * str);
 
     // Special tokens
     WHISPER_API whisper_token whisper_token_eot (struct whisper_context * ctx);
diff --git a/src/whisper.cpp b/src/whisper.cpp
index bcc530ae891..aea3f20bc71 100644
--- a/src/whisper.cpp
+++ b/src/whisper.cpp
@@ -4068,6 +4068,14 @@ const char * whisper_token_to_str(struct whisper_context * ctx, whisper_token to
     return ctx->vocab.id_to_token.at(token).c_str();
 }
 
+whisper_token whisper_str_to_token(struct whisper_context * ctx, const char * str) {
+    return ctx->vocab.token_to_id.at(str);
+}
+
+bool whisper_token_exists(struct whisper_context * ctx, const char * str) {
+    return ctx->vocab.token_to_id.find(str) != ctx->vocab.token_to_id.end();
+}
+
 whisper_token whisper_token_eot(struct whisper_context * ctx) {
     return ctx->vocab.token_eot;
 }