diff --git a/src/ripple_basics/utility/StringUtilities.cpp b/src/ripple_basics/utility/StringUtilities.cpp
index 228b338285d..c63e6249ec8 100644
--- a/src/ripple_basics/utility/StringUtilities.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple_basics/utility/StringUtilities.cpp
@@ -412,14 +412,41 @@ class StringUtilities_test : public beast::unit_test::suite
             "parseUrl: Mixed://domain/path path failed");
     }
 
+    void testStringConcat ()
+    {
+        testcase ("stringConcat");
+        auto result = stringConcat({});
+        expect(result == "", result);
+
+        result = stringConcat({"hello, ", std::string("world.")});
+        expect(result == "hello, world.", result);
+
+        result = stringConcat({"hello, ", 23});
+        expect(result == "hello, 23", result);
+
+        result = stringConcat({"hello, ", true});
+        expect(result == "hello, true", result);
+
+        result = stringConcat({"hello, ", 'x'});
+        expect(result == "hello, x", result);
+    }
+
+    void testToString ()
+    {
+        testcase ("toString");
+        auto result = toString("hello");
+        expect(result == "hello", result);
+    }
+
     void run ()
     {
         testParseUrl ();
-
         testUnHex ();
+        testStringConcat ();
+        testToString ();
     }
 };
 
-BEAST_DEFINE_TESTSUITE(StringUtilities,ripple_basics,ripple);
+BEAST_DEFINE_TESTSUITE(StringUtilities, ripple_basics, ripple);
 
 } // ripple
diff --git a/src/ripple_basics/utility/StringUtilities.h b/src/ripple_basics/utility/StringUtilities.h
index c7264e28406..9b760a66fee 100644
--- a/src/ripple_basics/utility/StringUtilities.h
+++ b/src/ripple_basics/utility/StringUtilities.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace ripple {
 
 // Ripple specific constant used for parsing qualities and other things
 //
-// NIKB TODO Why is this here instead of somewhere more sensible? What 
+// NIKB TODO Why is this here instead of somewhere more sensible? What
 // "other things" is this being used for?
 #define QUALITY_ONE         1000000000  // 10e9
 
@@ -131,6 +131,86 @@ bool parseUrl (const std::string& strUrl, std::string& strScheme, std::string& s
 extern beast::StringPairArray
 parseDelimitedKeyValueString (beast::String s, beast::beast_wchar delimiter='|');
 
+/** toString() generalizes std::to_string to handle bools, chars, and strings.
+
+    It's also possible to provide implementation of toString for a class
+    which needs a string implementation.
+ */
+
+template <typename T>
+std::string toString(T t)
+{
+    return std::to_string(t);
+}
+
+inline std::string toString(bool b)
+{
+    return b ? "true" : "false";
+}
+
+inline std::string toString(char c)
+{
+    return std::string(1, c);
+}
+
+inline std::string toString(std::string s)
+{
+    return s;
+}
+
+inline std::string toString(char const* s)
+{
+    return s;
+}
+
+namespace detail {
+
+// ConcatArg is used to represent arguments to stringConcat.
+
+struct ConcatArg {
+    ConcatArg(std::string const& s) : data_(s.data()), size_(s.size())
+    {
+    }
+
+    ConcatArg(char const* s) : data_(s), size_(strlen(s))
+    {
+    }
+
+    template <typename T>
+    ConcatArg(T t) : string_(toString(t)),
+                     data_(string_.data()),
+                     size_(string_.size())
+    {
+    }
+
+    std::string string_;
+    char const* data_;
+    std::size_t size_;
+};
+
+} // namespace detail
+
+/** Concatenate strings, numbers, bools and chars into one string in O(n) time.
+
+    Usage:
+      stringConcat({"hello ", 23, 'x', true});
+
+    Returns:
+      "hello 23xtrue"
+ */
+inline std::string stringConcat(std::vector<detail::ConcatArg> args)
+{
+    int capacity = 0;
+    for (auto const& a: args)
+        capacity += a.size_;
+
+    std::string result;
+    result.reserve(capacity);
+    for (auto const& a: args)
+        result.insert(result.end(), a.data_, a.data_ + a.size_);
+    return result;
+}
+
 } // ripple
 
 #endif