diff --git a/core/TextParsers.cpp b/core/TextParsers.cpp
index d16fee3e..409ef49c 100644
--- a/core/TextParsers.cpp
+++ b/core/TextParsers.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ TextParsers g_TextParser;
 static int g_ini_chartable1[255] = {0};
 static int g_ws_chartable[255] = {0};
 
+bool IsWhitespace(const char *stream)
+{
+	return g_ws_chartable[(unsigned)*stream] == 1;
+}
+
 TextParsers::TextParsers()
 {
 	g_ini_chartable1[(unsigned)'_'] = 1;
diff --git a/core/TextParsers.h b/core/TextParsers.h
index a4078923..300fa64a 100644
--- a/core/TextParsers.h
+++ b/core/TextParsers.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ inline unsigned int _GetUTF8CharBytes(const char *stream)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+bool IsWhitespace(const char *stream);
+
 /**
  * @param void *			IN: Stream pointer
  * @param char *			IN/OUT: Stream buffer
diff --git a/core/smn_string.cpp b/core/smn_string.cpp
index e864cb99..9be0c748 100644
--- a/core/smn_string.cpp
+++ b/core/smn_string.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "sm_globals.h"
 #include "sm_stringutil.h"
+#include "TextParsers.h"
 
 inline const char *_strstr(const char *str, const char *substr)
 {
@@ -219,9 +220,99 @@ static cell_t sm_vformat(IPluginContext *pContext, const cell_t *params)
 	return total;
 }
 
-REGISTER_NATIVES(basicstrings)
+/* :TODO: make this UTF8 safe */
+static cell_t StrBreak(IPluginContext *pContext, const cell_t *params)
+{
+	const char *input;
+	char *out;
+	size_t outMax;
+
+	/* Get parameters */
+	pContext->LocalToString(params[1], (char **)&input);
+	pContext->LocalToString(params[2], &out);
+	outMax = params[3];
+
+	const char *inptr = input;
+	/* Eat up whitespace */
+	while (*inptr != '\0' && IsWhitespace(inptr))
+	{
+		inptr++;
+	}
+
+	if (*inptr == '\0')
+	{
+		if (outMax)
+		{
+			*out = '\0';
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	const char *start, *end = NULL;
+
+	bool quoted = (*inptr == '"');
+	if (quoted)
+	{
+		inptr++;
+		start = inptr;
+		/* Read input until we reach a quote. */
+		while (*inptr != '\0' && *inptr != '"')
+		{
+			/* Update the end point, increment the stream. */
+			end = inptr++;
+		}
+		/* Read one more token if we reached an end quote */
+		if (*inptr == '"')
+		{
+			inptr++;
+		}
+	} else {
+		start = inptr;
+		/* Read input until we reach a space */
+		while (*inptr != '\0' && !IsWhitespace(inptr))
+		{
+			/* Update the end point, increment the stream. */
+			end = inptr++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Copy the string we found, if necessary */
+	if (end == NULL)
+	{
+		if (outMax)
+		{
+			*out = '\0';
+		}
+	} else if (outMax) {
+		char *outptr = out;
+		outMax--;
+		for (const char *ptr=start;
+			(ptr <= end) && ((unsigned)(outptr - out) < (outMax));
+			ptr++, outptr++)
+			{
+			*outptr = *ptr;
+		}
+		*outptr = '\0';
+	}
+
+	/* Consume more of the string until we reach non-whitespace */
+	while (*inptr != '\0' && IsWhitespace(inptr))
+	{
+		inptr++;
+	}
+
+	if (*inptr == '\0')
+	{
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return inptr - input;
+}
+
+REGISTER_NATIVES(basicStrings)
 {
 	{"strlen",				sm_strlen},
+	{"StrBreak",			StrBreak},
 	{"StrContains",			sm_contain},
 	{"StrCompare",			sm_strcmp},
 	{"StrCopy",				sm_strcopy},
diff --git a/plugins/include/string.inc b/plugins/include/string.inc
index 9dee3579..fbd3b499 100644
--- a/plugins/include/string.inc
+++ b/plugins/include/string.inc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * and maximum length should have the null terminator INCLUDED in the length.  This means 
  * that this is valid: StrCopy(string, sizeof(string), ...)
  */
-
+ 
 /**
  * Calculates the length of a string.
  *
@@ -159,3 +159,17 @@ native Float:StringToFloat(const String:str[]);
  * @return				Number of cells written to buffer.
  */
 native FloatToString(Float:num, String:str[], maxlength);
+
+/**
+ * Finds the first "argument" in a string; either a set of space
+ * terminated characters, or a fully quoted string.  After the 
+ * argument is found, whitespace is read until the next portion
+ * of the string is reached.  If nothing remains, -1 is returned.
+ * Otherwise, the index to the first character is returned.
+ *
+ * @param source		Source input string.
+ * @param arg			Stores argument read from string.
+ * @param argLen		Maximum length of argument buffer.
+ * @return				Index to next piece of string, or -1 if none.
+ */
+native StrBreak(const String:source[], String:arg[], argLen);
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