diff --git a/include/sled/strings/utils.h b/include/sled/strings/utils.h
index b5e8aeb..790c2ad 100644
--- a/include/sled/strings/utils.h
+++ b/include/sled/strings/utils.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 namespace sled {
 
+char ToLower(char c);
+char ToUpper(char c);
 std::string ToLower(const std::string &str);
 std::string ToUpper(const std::string &str);
 std::string ToHex(const std::string &str);
diff --git a/src/strings/utils.cc b/src/strings/utils.cc
index a5c981a..6a419a7 100644
--- a/src/strings/utils.cc
+++ b/src/strings/utils.cc
@@ -1,8 +1,39 @@
 #include "sled/strings/utils.h"
 #include <sstream>
+#include <string.h>
 
 namespace sled {
 
+char
+ToLower(char c)
+{
+    return ::tolower(c);
+}
+
+char
+ToUpper(char c)
+{
+    return ::toupper(c);
+}
+
+std::string
+ToLower(const std::string &str)
+{
+    std::string result;
+    std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), std::back_inserter(result),
+                   ::tolower);
+    return result;
+}
+
+std::string
+ToUpper(const std::string &str)
+{
+    std::string result;
+    std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), std::back_inserter(result),
+                   ::toupper);
+    return result;
+}
+
 std::string
 StrJoin(const std::vector<std::string> &strings,
         const std::string &delim,