diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/udf/strings_typing.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/udf/strings_typing.py
index f8f50600b12..e8a35c12f71 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/udf/strings_typing.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/udf/strings_typing.py
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ def len_typing(self, args, kws):
         return nb_signature(size_type, args[0])
 
 
+@register_string_function(operator.add)
+def concat_typing(self, args, kws):
+    if _is_valid_string_arg(args[0]) and _is_valid_string_arg(args[1]):
+        return nb_signature(
+            MaskedType(udf_string),
+            MaskedType(string_view),
+            MaskedType(string_view),
+        )
+
+
 @register_string_function(operator.contains)
 def contains_typing(self, args, kws):
     if _is_valid_string_arg(args[0]) and _is_valid_string_arg(args[1]):
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_udf_masked_ops.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_udf_masked_ops.py
index 7af47f981d6..fbe6b3f8888 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_udf_masked_ops.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_udf_masked_ops.py
@@ -903,6 +903,15 @@ def func(row):
     run_masked_udf_test(func, str_udf_data, check_dtype=False)
 
 
+@string_udf_test
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("concat_char", ["1", "a", "12", " ", "", ".", "@"])
+def test_string_udf_concat(str_udf_data, concat_char):
+    def func(row):
+        return row["str_col"] + concat_char
+
+    run_masked_udf_test(func, str_udf_data, check_dtype=False)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "data", [[1.0, 0.0, 1.5], [1, 0, 2], [True, False, True]]
 )
diff --git a/python/strings_udf/cpp/src/strings/udf/shim.cu b/python/strings_udf/cpp/src/strings/udf/shim.cu
index 63e740c5226..737afff4a1b 100644
--- a/python/strings_udf/cpp/src/strings/udf/shim.cu
+++ b/python/strings_udf/cpp/src/strings/udf/shim.cu
@@ -270,3 +270,16 @@ extern "C" __device__ int rstrip(int* nb_retval,
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+extern "C" __device__ int concat(int* nb_retval, void* udf_str, void* const* lhs, void* const* rhs)
+{
+  auto lhs_ptr = reinterpret_cast<cudf::string_view const*>(lhs);
+  auto rhs_ptr = reinterpret_cast<cudf::string_view const*>(rhs);
+
+  auto udf_str_ptr = new (udf_str) udf_string;
+
+  udf_string result;
+  result.append(*lhs_ptr).append(*rhs_ptr);
+  *udf_str_ptr = result;
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/_typing.py b/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/_typing.py
index a309a9cb93c..b678db88b95 100644
--- a/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/_typing.py
+++ b/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/_typing.py
@@ -159,8 +159,13 @@ def generic(self, args, kws):
 register_stringview_binaryop(operator.gt, types.boolean)
 register_stringview_binaryop(operator.le, types.boolean)
 register_stringview_binaryop(operator.ge, types.boolean)
+
+# st in other
 register_stringview_binaryop(operator.contains, types.boolean)
 
+# st + other
+register_stringview_binaryop(operator.add, udf_string)
+
 
 def create_binary_attr(attrname, retty):
     """
diff --git a/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/lowering.py b/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/lowering.py
index 17a1869e881..d98384c0d02 100644
--- a/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/lowering.py
+++ b/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/lowering.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 # CUDA function declarations
 # read-only (input is a string_view, output is a fixed with type)
 _string_view_len = cuda.declare_device("len", size_type(_STR_VIEW_PTR))
+_concat_string_view = cuda.declare_device(
+    "concat", types.void(_UDF_STRING_PTR, _STR_VIEW_PTR, _STR_VIEW_PTR)
+)
 
 
 def _declare_binary_func(lhs, rhs, out, name):
@@ -160,6 +163,31 @@ def len_impl(context, builder, sig, args):
     return result
 
 
+def call_concat_string_view(result, lhs, rhs):
+    return _concat_string_view(result, lhs, rhs)
+
+
+@cuda_lower(operator.add, string_view, string_view)
+def concat_impl(context, builder, sig, args):
+    lhs_ptr = builder.alloca(args[0].type)
+    rhs_ptr = builder.alloca(args[1].type)
+    builder.store(args[0], lhs_ptr)
+    builder.store(args[1], rhs_ptr)
+
+    udf_str_ptr = builder.alloca(default_manager[udf_string].get_value_type())
+    _ = context.compile_internal(
+        builder,
+        call_concat_string_view,
+        types.void(_UDF_STRING_PTR, _STR_VIEW_PTR, _STR_VIEW_PTR),
+        (udf_str_ptr, lhs_ptr, rhs_ptr),
+    )
+
+    result = cgutils.create_struct_proxy(udf_string)(
+        context, builder, value=builder.load(udf_str_ptr)
+    )
+    return result._getvalue()
+
+
 def create_binary_string_func(binary_func, retty):
     """
     Provide a wrapper around numba's low-level extension API which
diff --git a/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/tests/test_string_udfs.py b/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/tests/test_string_udfs.py
index 522433d404f..49663ee02ec 100644
--- a/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/tests/test_string_udfs.py
+++ b/python/strings_udf/strings_udf/tests/test_string_udfs.py
@@ -302,3 +302,19 @@ def func(st):
         return st.rstrip(strip_char)
 
     run_udf_test(data, func, "str")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("concat_char", ["1", "a", "12", " ", "", ".", "@"])
+def test_string_udf_concat(data, concat_char):
+    def func(st):
+        return st + concat_char
+
+    run_udf_test(data, func, "str")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("concat_char", ["1", "a", "12", " ", "", ".", "@"])
+def test_string_udf_concat_reflected(data, concat_char):
+    def func(st):
+        return concat_char + st
+
+    run_udf_test(data, func, "str")