diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index ca644a03d0..0ec35c094f 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
             ("skip", Arc::new(skip::skip)),
             ("first", Arc::new(take::take)),
             ("select", Arc::new(select::select)),
+            ("split", Arc::new(split::split)),
             ("reject", Arc::new(reject::reject)),
             ("to-array", Arc::new(to_array::to_array)),
             ("where", Arc::new(where_::r#where)),
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index d7f5d02dcb..b48af5b02f 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ crate mod reject;
 crate mod select;
 crate mod skip;
 crate mod sort_by;
+crate mod split;
 crate mod take;
 crate mod to_array;
 crate mod view;
diff --git a/src/commands/split.rs b/src/commands/split.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5246e6849c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/split.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::object::Value;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+// TODO: "Amount remaining" wrapper
+
+pub fn split(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    //let splitter = args.args[0].as_string()?;
+    let input = args.input;
+    let args = args.args;
+
+    Ok(input
+        .map(move |v| match v {
+            Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
+                let splitter = args[0].as_string().unwrap();
+                let split_result: Vec<_> = s.split(&splitter).filter(|s| s.trim() != "").collect();
+
+                if split_result.len() == (args.len() - 1) {
+                    let mut dict = crate::object::Dictionary::default();
+                    for (k, v) in split_result.iter().zip(args.iter().skip(1)) {
+                        dict.add(v.as_string().unwrap(), Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(k.to_string())));
+                    }
+                    ReturnValue::Value(Value::Object(dict))
+                } else {
+                    let mut dict = crate::object::Dictionary::default();
+                    for k in args.iter().skip(1) {
+                        dict.add(k.as_string().unwrap().trim(), Value::Primitive(Primitive::String("".to_string())));
+                    }
+                    ReturnValue::Value(Value::Object(dict))
+                }
+            }
+            _ => ReturnValue::Value(Value::Object(crate::object::Dictionary::default())),
+        })
+        .boxed())
+}