diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringObject.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringObject.cpp
index a1f4186c4c..a941744060 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringObject.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/StringObject.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
 
+#include <AK/Utf8View.h>
 #include <LibJS/Runtime/AbstractOperations.h>
 #include <LibJS/Runtime/GlobalObject.h>
 #include <LibJS/Runtime/PrimitiveString.h>
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ void StringObject::initialize(GlobalObject& global_object)
 {
     auto& vm = this->vm();
     Object::initialize(global_object);
-    define_direct_property(vm.names.length, Value(m_string.string().length()), 0);
+    define_direct_property(vm.names.length, Value(Utf8View(m_string.string()).length()), 0);
 }
 
 void StringObject::visit_edges(Cell::Visitor& visitor)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/builtins/String/String.js b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/builtins/String/String.js
index 687e0929d4..ba076bd5b4 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/builtins/String/String.js
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/builtins/String/String.js
@@ -7,3 +7,10 @@ test("typeof", () => {
     expect(typeof String()).toBe("string");
     expect(typeof new String()).toBe("object");
 });
+
+test("length", () => {
+    expect(new String().length).toBe(0);
+    expect(new String("a").length).toBe(1);
+    expect(new String("\u180E").length).toBe(1);
+    expect(new String("\uDBFF\uDFFF").length).toBe(2);
+});