diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives/StringSegment.cs b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives/StringSegment.cs
index 4550a37ff8d..a2d8d120a94 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives/StringSegment.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives/StringSegment.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives
     /// </summary>
     public struct StringSegment : IEquatable<StringSegment>, IEquatable<string>
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A <see cref="StringSegment"/> for <see cref="string.Empty"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly StringSegment Empty = string.Empty;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes an instance of the <see cref="StringSegment"/> struct.
         /// </summary>
@@ -113,6 +118,24 @@ public bool HasValue
             get { return Buffer != null; }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the <see cref="char"/> at a specified position in the current <see cref="StringSegment"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="index">The offset into the <see cref="StringSegment"/></param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="char"/> at a specified position.</returns>
+        public char this[int index]
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (index < 0 || (uint)index >= (uint)Length)
+                {
+                    throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
+                }
+
+                return Buffer[Offset + index];
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override bool Equals(object obj)
         {
@@ -152,6 +175,21 @@ public bool Equals(StringSegment other, StringComparison comparisonType)
             return string.Compare(Buffer, Offset, other.Buffer, other.Offset, textLength, comparisonType) == 0;
         }
 
+        // This handles StringSegment.Equals(string, StringSegment, StringComparison) and StringSegment.Equals(StringSegment, string, StringComparison)
+        // via the implicit type converter
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines whether two specified StringSegment objects have the same value. A parameter specifies the culture, case, and
+        /// sort rules used in the comparison.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="a">The first StringSegment to compare.</param>
+        /// <param name="b">The second StringSegment to compare.</param>
+        /// <param name="comparisonType">One of the enumeration values that specifies the rules for the comparison.</param>
+        /// <returns><code>true</code> if the objects are equal; otherwise, <code>false</code>.</returns>
+        public static bool Equals(StringSegment a, StringSegment b, StringComparison comparisonType)
+        {
+            return a.Equals(b, comparisonType);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Checks if the specified <see cref="string"/> is equal to the current <see cref="StringSegment"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -224,6 +262,16 @@ public override int GetHashCode()
             return !left.Equals(right);
         }
 
+        // PERF: Do NOT add a implicit converter from StringSegment to String. That would negate most of the perf safety.
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new <see cref="StringSegment"/> from the given <see cref="string"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The <see cref="string"/> to convert to a <see cref="StringSegment"/></param>
+        public static implicit operator StringSegment(string value)
+        {
+            return new StringSegment(value);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Checks if the beginning of this <see cref="StringSegment"/> matches the specified <see cref="string"/> when compared using the specified <paramref name="comparisonType"/>.
         /// </summary>
@@ -295,6 +343,18 @@ public string Substring(int offset, int length)
             return Buffer.Substring(Offset + offset, length);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieves a <see cref="StringSegment"/> that represents a substring from this <see cref="StringSegment"/>.
+        /// The <see cref="StringSegment"/> starts at the position specified by <paramref name="offset"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="offset">The zero-based starting character position of a substring in this <see cref="StringSegment"/>.</param>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="StringSegment"/> that begins at <paramref name="offset"/> in this <see cref="StringSegment"/>
+        /// whose length is the remainder.</returns>
+        public StringSegment Subsegment(int offset)
+        {
+            return Subsegment(offset, Length - offset);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Retrieves a <see cref="StringSegment"/> that represents a substring from this <see cref="StringSegment"/>.
         /// The <see cref="StringSegment"/> starts at the position specified by <paramref name="offset"/> and has the specified <paramref name="length"/>.
@@ -423,6 +483,16 @@ public StringSegment TrimEnd()
             return new StringSegment(Buffer, Offset, trimmedEnd - Offset + 1);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates whether the specified StringSegment is null or an Empty string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The StringSegment to test.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static bool IsNullOrEmpty(StringSegment value)
+        {
+            return !value.HasValue || value.Length == 0;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the <see cref="string"/> represented by this <see cref="StringSegment"/> or <code>String.Empty</code> if the <see cref="StringSegment"/> does not contain a value.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.Tests/StringSegmentTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.Tests/StringSegmentTest.cs
index a02e9a2fc8c..555e7621d6e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.Tests/StringSegmentTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.Tests/StringSegmentTest.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,30 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives
 {
     public class StringSegmentTest
     {
+        [Fact]
+        public void StringSegment_Empty()
+        {
+            // Arrange & Act
+            var segment = StringSegment.Empty;
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.True(segment.HasValue);
+            Assert.Same(string.Empty, segment.Value);
+            Assert.Equal(0, segment.Offset);
+            Assert.Equal(0, segment.Length);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void StringSegment_ImplicitConvertFromString()
+        {
+            StringSegment segment = "Hello";
+
+            Assert.True(segment.HasValue);
+            Assert.Equal(0, segment.Offset);
+            Assert.Equal(5, segment.Length);
+            Assert.Equal("Hello", segment.Value);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void StringSegment_StringCtor_AllowsNullBuffers()
         {
@@ -136,6 +160,33 @@ public void StringSegment_HasValue_Invalid()
             Assert.False(hasValue);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("a", 0, 1, 0, 'a')]
+        [InlineData("abc", 1, 1, 0, 'b')]
+        [InlineData("abcdef", 1, 4, 0, 'b')]
+        [InlineData("abcdef", 1, 4, 1, 'c')]
+        [InlineData("abcdef", 1, 4, 2, 'd')]
+        [InlineData("abcdef", 1, 4, 3, 'e')]
+        public void StringSegment_Indexer_InRange(string value, int offset, int length, int index, char expected)
+        {
+            var segment = new StringSegment(value, offset, length);
+
+            var result = segment[index];
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("", 0, 0, 0)]
+        [InlineData("a", 0, 1, -1)]
+        [InlineData("a", 0, 1, 1)]
+        public void StringSegment_Indexer_OutOfRangeThrows(string value, int offset, int length, int index)
+        {
+            var segment = new StringSegment(value, offset, length);
+
+            Assert.Throws<IndexOutOfRangeException>(() => segment[index]);
+        }
+
         public static TheoryData<string, StringComparison, bool> EndsWithData
         {
             get
@@ -259,6 +310,46 @@ public void StringSegment_Equals_String_Valid(string candidate, StringComparison
             Assert.Equal(expectedResult, result);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void StringSegment_StaticEquals_Valid()
+        {
+            var segment1 = new StringSegment("My Car Is Cool", 3, 3);
+            var segment2 = new StringSegment("Your Carport is blue", 5, 3);
+
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.Equals(segment1, segment2));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void StringSegment_StaticEquals_Invalid()
+        {
+            var segment1 = new StringSegment("My Car Is Cool", 3, 4);
+            var segment2 = new StringSegment("Your Carport is blue", 5, 4);
+
+            Assert.False(StringSegment.Equals(segment1, segment2));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void StringSegment_IsNullOrEmpty_Valid()
+        {
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(null));
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(string.Empty));
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(new StringSegment(null)));
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(new StringSegment(string.Empty)));
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(StringSegment.Empty));
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(new StringSegment(string.Empty, 0, 0)));
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(new StringSegment("Hello", 0, 0)));
+            Assert.True(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(new StringSegment("Hello", 3, 0)));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void StringSegment_IsNullOrEmpty_Invalid()
+        {
+            Assert.False(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty("A"));
+            Assert.False(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty("ABCDefg"));
+            Assert.False(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(new StringSegment("A", 0 , 1)));
+            Assert.False(StringSegment.IsNullOrEmpty(new StringSegment("ABCDefg", 3, 2)));
+        }
+
         public static TheoryData GetHashCode_ReturnsSameValueForEqualSubstringsData
         {
             get