diff --git a/AK/Utf16View.cpp b/AK/Utf16View.cpp
index 5c0b4c76005..1a5c019fb45 100644
--- a/AK/Utf16View.cpp
+++ b/AK/Utf16View.cpp
@@ -213,6 +213,25 @@ Utf16View Utf16View::unicode_substring_view(size_t code_point_offset, size_t cod
     VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
 }
 
+bool Utf16View::starts_with(Utf16View const& needle) const
+{
+    if (needle.is_empty())
+        return true;
+    if (is_empty())
+        return false;
+    if (needle.length_in_code_units() > length_in_code_units())
+        return false;
+    if (begin_ptr() == needle.begin_ptr())
+        return true;
+
+    for (auto this_it = begin(), needle_it = needle.begin(); needle_it != needle.end(); ++needle_it, ++this_it) {
+        if (*this_it != *needle_it)
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool Utf16View::validate(size_t& valid_code_units) const
 {
     valid_code_units = 0;
diff --git a/AK/Utf16View.h b/AK/Utf16View.h
index 66668c75009..5d10b9a7b88 100644
--- a/AK/Utf16View.h
+++ b/AK/Utf16View.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ public:
     Utf16View unicode_substring_view(size_t code_point_offset, size_t code_point_length) const;
     Utf16View unicode_substring_view(size_t code_point_offset) const { return unicode_substring_view(code_point_offset, length_in_code_points() - code_point_offset); }
 
+    bool starts_with(Utf16View const&) const;
+
     bool validate(size_t& valid_code_units) const;
     bool validate() const
     {
diff --git a/Tests/AK/TestUtf16.cpp b/Tests/AK/TestUtf16.cpp
index d6418c4d5d1..fef4082818e 100644
--- a/Tests/AK/TestUtf16.cpp
+++ b/Tests/AK/TestUtf16.cpp
@@ -310,3 +310,29 @@ TEST_CASE(substring_view)
         EXPECT_EQ(MUST(view.to_utf8(Utf16View::AllowInvalidCodeUnits::No)), "\ufffd"sv);
     }
 }
+
+TEST_CASE(starts_with)
+{
+    EXPECT(Utf16View {}.starts_with(u""));
+    EXPECT(!Utf16View {}.starts_with(u" "));
+
+    EXPECT(Utf16View { u"a" }.starts_with(u""));
+    EXPECT(Utf16View { u"a" }.starts_with(u"a"));
+    EXPECT(!Utf16View { u"a" }.starts_with(u"b"));
+    EXPECT(!Utf16View { u"a" }.starts_with(u"ab"));
+
+    EXPECT(Utf16View { u"abc" }.starts_with(u""));
+    EXPECT(Utf16View { u"abc" }.starts_with(u"a"));
+    EXPECT(Utf16View { u"abc" }.starts_with(u"ab"));
+    EXPECT(Utf16View { u"abc" }.starts_with(u"abc"));
+    EXPECT(!Utf16View { u"abc" }.starts_with(u"b"));
+    EXPECT(!Utf16View { u"abc" }.starts_with(u"bc"));
+
+    auto emoji = Utf16View { u"😀🙃" };
+
+    EXPECT(emoji.starts_with(u""));
+    EXPECT(emoji.starts_with(u"😀"));
+    EXPECT(emoji.starts_with(u"😀🙃"));
+    EXPECT(!emoji.starts_with(u"a"));
+    EXPECT(!emoji.starts_with(u"🙃"));
+}