diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 5276e4678..b265c1853 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -251,7 +251,10 @@ what we publish.
 - Added the `Indexer` trait to denote types that implement the `__index__()`
   method which allow these types to be accepted in common `__getitem__` and
   `__setitem__` implementations, as well as allow a new builtin `index` function
-  to be called on them. For example:
+  to be called on them.
+  ([PR #2685](https://github.com/modularml/mojo/pull/2685) by
+  [@bgreni](https://github.com/bgreni))
+  For example:
 
   ```mojo
   @value
@@ -275,6 +278,10 @@ what we publish.
   trailing whitespaces. ([PR #2683](https://github.com/modularml/mojo/pull/2683)
   by [@fknfilewalker](https://github.com/fknfilewalker))
 
+- Added the `bin()` builtin function to convert integral types into their binary string representation.
+([PR #2603](https://github.com/modularml/mojo/pull/2603) by
+[@bgreni](https://github.com/bgreni))
+
 ### 🦋 Changed
 
 - The `let` keyword has been completely removed from the language. We previously
diff --git a/stdlib/src/builtin/bin.mojo b/stdlib/src/builtin/bin.mojo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..424b68057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib/src/builtin/bin.mojo
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------=== #
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Modular Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions:
+# https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------=== #
+"""Implements the `bin()` function
+
+These are Mojo built-ins, so you don't need to import them.
+"""
+
+
+# Need this until we have constraints to stop
+# the compiler from matching this directly
+# to bin[type: DType](num: Scalar[type])
+@always_inline("nodebug")
+fn bin(b: Scalar[DType.bool]) -> String:
+    """Returns the binary representation of a scalar bool.
+
+    Args:
+        b: A scalar bool value.
+
+    Returns:
+        The binary string representation of b.
+    """
+    return bin(index(b))
+
+
+fn bin[type: DType](num: Scalar[type]) -> String:
+    """Return the binary string representation an integral value.
+
+    ```mojo
+    print(bin(123))
+    print(bin(-123))
+    ```
+    ```plaintext
+    '0b1111011'
+    '-0b1111011'
+    ```
+
+    Parameters:
+        type: The data type of the integral scalar.
+
+    Args:
+        num: An integral scalar value.
+
+    Returns:
+        The binary string representation of num.
+    """
+    constrained[type.is_integral(), "Expected integral value"]()
+    alias BIN_PREFIX = "0b"
+
+    if num == 0:
+        return BIN_PREFIX + "0"
+
+    # TODD: pre-allocate string size when #2194 is resolved
+    var result = String()
+    var cpy = abs(num)
+    while cpy > 0:
+        result += str(cpy & 1)
+        cpy = cpy >> 1
+
+    result = BIN_PREFIX + result[::-1]
+    return "-" + result if num < 0 else result
+
+
+@always_inline("nodebug")
+fn bin[T: Indexer](num: T) -> String:
+    """Returns the binary representation of an indexer type.
+
+    Parameters:
+        T: The Indexer type.
+
+    Args:
+        num: An indexer value.
+
+    Returns:
+        The binary string representation of num.
+    """
+    return bin(Scalar[DType.index](index(num)))
diff --git a/stdlib/src/builtin/int.mojo b/stdlib/src/builtin/int.mojo
index 3f7bf92e4..841050dfe 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/builtin/int.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/builtin/int.mojo
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ trait Indexer:
 
 
 @always_inline("nodebug")
-fn index[T: Indexer](idx: T) -> Int:
+fn index[T: Indexer](idx: T, /) -> Int:
     """Returns the value of `__index__` for the given value.
 
     Parameters:
diff --git a/stdlib/test/builtin/test_bin.mojo b/stdlib/test/builtin/test_bin.mojo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c09b1d0bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib/test/builtin/test_bin.mojo
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------=== #
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Modular Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions:
+# https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------=== #
+# RUN: %mojo %s
+
+from testing import assert_equal
+
+
+@value
+struct Ind(Indexer):
+    fn __index__(self) -> Int:
+        return 1
+
+
+def test_bin_scalar():
+    assert_equal(bin(Int8(2)), "0b10")
+    assert_equal(bin(Int32(123)), "0b1111011")
+    assert_equal(bin(Int32(-123)), "-0b1111011")
+    assert_equal(bin(Scalar[DType.bool](True)), "0b1")
+    assert_equal(bin(Scalar[DType.bool](False)), "0b0")
+
+
+def test_bin_int():
+    assert_equal(bin(0), "0b0")
+    assert_equal(bin(1), "0b1")
+    assert_equal(bin(-1), "-0b1")
+    assert_equal(bin(4), "0b100")
+    assert_equal(bin(Int(-4)), "-0b100")
+    assert_equal(bin(389703), "0b1011111001001000111")
+    assert_equal(bin(-10), "-0b1010")
+
+
+def test_bin_bool():
+    assert_equal(bin(True), "0b1")
+    assert_equal(bin(False), "0b0")
+
+
+def test_indexer():
+    assert_equal(bin(Ind()), "0b1")
+
+
+def main():
+    test_bin_scalar()
+    test_bin_int()
+    test_bin_bool()
+    test_indexer()