diff --git a/include/bx/inline/string.inl b/include/bx/inline/string.inl
index 60d17e5..51271e3 100644
--- a/include/bx/inline/string.inl
+++ b/include/bx/inline/string.inl
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ namespace bx
 		return m_line;
 	}
 
+	inline int32_t strLen(const StringView& _str, int32_t _max)
+	{
+		return min(_str.getLength(), _max);
+	}
+
 	inline bool hasPrefix(const StringView& _str, const StringView& _prefix)
 	{
 		const int32_t len = _prefix.getLength();
diff --git a/src/string.cpp b/src/string.cpp
index 3896479..acfa8c7 100644
--- a/src/string.cpp
+++ b/src/string.cpp
@@ -302,11 +302,6 @@ namespace bx
 		return int32_t(ptr - _str);
 	}
 
-	int32_t strLen(const StringView& _str, int32_t _max)
-	{
-		return strLen(_str.getPtr(), min(_str.getLength(), _max) );
-	}
-
 	inline int32_t strCopy(char* _dst, int32_t _dstSize, const char* _src, int32_t _num)
 	{
 		BX_ASSERT(NULL != _dst, "_dst can't be NULL!");
diff --git a/tests/string_test.cpp b/tests/string_test.cpp
index 3f5a076..96f653f 100644
--- a/tests/string_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/string_test.cpp
@@ -19,25 +19,31 @@ TEST_CASE("StringLiteral", "")
 	REQUIRE(bx::isSorted(tmp, BX_COUNTOF(tmp) ) );
 
 	static_assert(4 == tmp[0].getLength() );
+	REQUIRE(4 == bx::strLen(tmp[0]) );
 	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp("1389", tmp[0]) );
 
 	static_assert(5 == tmp[1].getLength() );
+	REQUIRE(5 == bx::strLen(tmp[1]) );
 	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp("abvgd", tmp[1]) );
 
 	static_assert(3 == tmp[2].getLength() );
+	REQUIRE(3 == bx::strLen(tmp[2]) );
 	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp("mac", tmp[2]) );
 
 	static_assert(3 == tmp[3].getLength() );
+	REQUIRE(3 == bx::strLen(tmp[3]) );
 	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp("pod", tmp[3]) );
 
 	constexpr bx::StringLiteral copy = tmp[0];
 
 	static_assert(4 == copy.getLength() );
+	REQUIRE(4 == bx::strLen(copy) );
 	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp("1389", copy) );
 
 	constexpr bx::StringView sv = tmp[1];
 
 	REQUIRE(5 == sv.getLength() );
+	REQUIRE(5 == bx::strLen(sv) );
 	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp("abvgd", sv) );
 }