diff --git a/stdlib/utils.sl b/stdlib/utils.sl
index c507dd2..3f69f9e 100644
--- a/stdlib/utils.sl
+++ b/stdlib/utils.sl
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ word contains
     end 0 nip nip nip nip
 end
 
+# find the first occurence of a string inside another string, returns the index
 # find [*, addr, len, addr | len] -> [* | index]
 word find
     0 >r 2 pick for
@@ -543,3 +544,13 @@ word find
         >r >r >r 1 + r> r> r> rswap r> 1 + >r rswap
     end 0 nip nip nip nip
 end
+
+# find the last occurence of a string inside another string, returns the index
+# rfind [*, addr, len, addr | len] -> [* | index]
+word rfind
+    >r >r dup >r + 1 - r> r> r>
+    2 pick 1 - >r 2 pick for
+        4dup strcmp 1 == if rswap r> nip nip nip nip rdrop ret end
+        >r >r >r 1 - r> r> r> rswap r> 1 - >r rswap
+    end 0 nip nip nip nip
+end