diff --git a/src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Text/Encoding.cs b/src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Text/Encoding.cs
index 267f41ddfa8..18d588efc3b 100644
--- a/src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Text/Encoding.cs
+++ b/src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Text/Encoding.cs
@@ -541,6 +541,34 @@ public virtual int GetByteCount(String s)
         [Pure]
         public abstract int GetByteCount(char[] chars, int index, int count);
 
+        // Returns the number of bytes required to encode a string range.
+        //
+        [Pure]
+        public int GetByteCount(string s, int index, int count)
+        {
+            if (s == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(s), 
+                    SR.ArgumentNull_String);
+            if (index< 0)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(index),
+                      SR.ArgumentOutOfRange_NeedNonNegNum);
+            if (count< 0)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(count),
+                      SR.ArgumentOutOfRange_NeedNonNegNum);
+            if (index > s.Length - count)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(index),
+                      SR.ArgumentOutOfRange_IndexCount);
+            Contract.EndContractBlock();
+
+            unsafe
+            {
+                fixed (char * pChar = s)
+                {
+                    return GetByteCount(pChar + index, count);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         // We expect this to be the workhorse for NLS encodings
         // unfortunately for existing overrides, it has to call the [] version,
         // which is really slow, so this method should be avoided if you're calling
@@ -634,6 +662,45 @@ public virtual byte[] GetBytes(String s)
             return bytes;
         }
 
+        // Returns a byte array containing the encoded representation of the given
+        // string range.
+        //
+        [Pure]
+        public byte[] GetBytes(string s, int index, int count)
+        {
+            if (s == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(s),
+                    SR.ArgumentNull_String);
+            if (index< 0)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(index),
+                      SR.ArgumentOutOfRange_NeedNonNegNum);
+            if (count< 0)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(count),
+                      SR.ArgumentOutOfRange_NeedNonNegNum);
+            if (index > s.Length - count)
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(index),
+                      SR.ArgumentOutOfRange_IndexCount);
+            Contract.EndContractBlock();
+
+            unsafe
+            {
+                fixed (char * pChar = s)
+                {
+                    int byteCount = GetByteCount(pChar + index, count);
+                    if (byteCount == 0)
+                        return Array.Empty<byte>();
+
+                    byte[] bytes = new byte[byteCount];
+                    fixed (byte * pBytes = &bytes[0])
+                    {
+                        int bytesReceived = GetBytes(pChar + index, count, pBytes, byteCount);
+                        Debug.Assert(byteCount == bytesReceived);
+                    }
+                    return bytes;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public virtual int GetBytes(String s, int charIndex, int charCount,
                                        byte[] bytes, int byteIndex)
         {