diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/cached_size.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/cached_size.go
index ce90aadea8a..b386d3dc915 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/cached_size.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/cached_size.go
@@ -1463,6 +1463,18 @@ func (cached *builtinRepeat) CachedSize(alloc bool) int64 {
 	size += cached.CallExpr.CachedSize(false)
 	return size
 }
+func (cached *builtinReplace) CachedSize(alloc bool) int64 {
+	if cached == nil {
+		return int64(0)
+	}
+	size := int64(0)
+	if alloc {
+		size += int64(48)
+	}
+	// field CallExpr vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine.CallExpr
+	size += cached.CallExpr.CachedSize(false)
+	return size
+}
 func (cached *builtinReverse) CachedSize(alloc bool) int64 {
 	if cached == nil {
 		return int64(0)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_asm.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_asm.go
index cddf0790ea7..5eeb9a6300d 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_asm.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_asm.go
@@ -3022,6 +3022,19 @@ func (asm *assembler) Locate2(collation colldata.Collation) {
 	}, "LOCATE VARCHAR(SP-2), VARCHAR(SP-1) COLLATE '%s'", collation.Name())
 }
 
+func (asm *assembler) Replace() {
+	asm.adjustStack(-2)
+
+	asm.emit(func(env *ExpressionEnv) int {
+		str := env.vm.stack[env.vm.sp-3].(*evalBytes)
+		from := env.vm.stack[env.vm.sp-2].(*evalBytes)
+		to := env.vm.stack[env.vm.sp-1].(*evalBytes)
+		env.vm.sp -= 2
+		str.bytes = replace(str.bytes, from.bytes, to.bytes)
+		return 1
+	}, "REPLACE VARCHAR(SP-3), VARCHAR(SP-2) VARCHAR(SP-1)")
+}
+
 func (asm *assembler) Strcmp(collation collations.TypedCollation) {
 	asm.adjustStack(-1)
 
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_test.go
index 09e08ad0d48..f101bf61c64 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_test.go
@@ -627,6 +627,10 @@ func TestCompilerSingle(t *testing.T) {
 			expression: `locate("", "😊😂🤢", 3)`,
 			result:     `INT64(3)`,
 		},
+		{
+			expression: `REPLACE('www.mysql.com', '', 'Ww')`,
+			result:     `VARCHAR("www.mysql.com")`,
+		},
 	}
 
 	tz, _ := time.LoadLocation("Europe/Madrid")
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/fn_string.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/fn_string.go
index 11a18c95300..e0887037c0a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/fn_string.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/fn_string.go
@@ -114,6 +114,31 @@ type (
 		CallExpr
 		collate collations.ID
 	}
+
+	builtinChar struct {
+		CallExpr
+		collate collations.ID
+	}
+
+	builtinRepeat struct {
+		CallExpr
+		collate collations.ID
+	}
+
+	builtinConcat struct {
+		CallExpr
+		collate collations.ID
+	}
+
+	builtinConcatWs struct {
+		CallExpr
+		collate collations.ID
+	}
+
+	builtinReplace struct {
+		CallExpr
+		collate collations.ID
+	}
 )
 
 var _ IR = (*builtinInsert)(nil)
@@ -129,7 +154,15 @@ var _ IR = (*builtinCollation)(nil)
 var _ IR = (*builtinWeightString)(nil)
 var _ IR = (*builtinLeftRight)(nil)
 var _ IR = (*builtinPad)(nil)
+var _ IR = (*builtinStrcmp)(nil)
 var _ IR = (*builtinTrim)(nil)
+var _ IR = (*builtinSubstring)(nil)
+var _ IR = (*builtinLocate)(nil)
+var _ IR = (*builtinChar)(nil)
+var _ IR = (*builtinRepeat)(nil)
+var _ IR = (*builtinConcat)(nil)
+var _ IR = (*builtinConcatWs)(nil)
+var _ IR = (*builtinReplace)(nil)
 
 func insert(str, newstr *evalBytes, pos, l int) []byte {
 	pos--
@@ -555,11 +588,6 @@ func (call *builtinOrd) compile(c *compiler) (ctype, error) {
 //   - `> max_allowed_packet`, no error and returns `NULL`.
 const maxRepeatLength = 1073741824
 
-type builtinRepeat struct {
-	CallExpr
-	collate collations.ID
-}
-
 func (call *builtinRepeat) eval(env *ExpressionEnv) (eval, error) {
 	arg1, arg2, err := call.arg2(env)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1374,11 +1402,6 @@ func (call *builtinLocate) compile(c *compiler) (ctype, error) {
 	return ctype{Type: sqltypes.Int64, Col: collationNumeric, Flag: flagNullable}, nil
 }
 
-type builtinConcat struct {
-	CallExpr
-	collate collations.ID
-}
-
 func concatSQLType(arg sqltypes.Type, tt sqltypes.Type) sqltypes.Type {
 	if arg == sqltypes.TypeJSON {
 		return sqltypes.Blob
@@ -1507,11 +1530,6 @@ func (call *builtinConcat) compile(c *compiler) (ctype, error) {
 	return ctype{Type: tt, Flag: f, Col: tc}, nil
 }
 
-type builtinConcatWs struct {
-	CallExpr
-	collate collations.ID
-}
-
 func (call *builtinConcatWs) eval(env *ExpressionEnv) (eval, error) {
 	var ca collationAggregation
 	tt := sqltypes.VarChar
@@ -1643,13 +1661,6 @@ func (call *builtinConcatWs) compile(c *compiler) (ctype, error) {
 	return ctype{Type: tt, Flag: args[0].Flag, Col: tc}, nil
 }
 
-type builtinChar struct {
-	CallExpr
-	collate collations.ID
-}
-
-var _ IR = (*builtinChar)(nil)
-
 func (call *builtinChar) eval(env *ExpressionEnv) (eval, error) {
 	vals := make([]eval, 0, len(call.Arguments))
 	for _, arg := range call.Arguments {
@@ -1726,3 +1737,119 @@ func encodeChar(buf []byte, i uint32) []byte {
 	}
 	return buf
 }
+
+func (call *builtinReplace) eval(env *ExpressionEnv) (eval, error) {
+	str, err := call.Arguments[0].eval(env)
+	if err != nil || str == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	fromStr, err := call.Arguments[1].eval(env)
+	if err != nil || fromStr == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	toStr, err := call.Arguments[2].eval(env)
+	if err != nil || toStr == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := str.(*evalBytes); !ok {
+		str, err = evalToVarchar(str, call.collate, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	col := str.(*evalBytes).col
+	fromStr, err = evalToVarchar(fromStr, col.Collation, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	toStr, err = evalToVarchar(toStr, col.Collation, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	strBytes := str.(*evalBytes).bytes
+	fromBytes := fromStr.(*evalBytes).bytes
+	toBytes := toStr.(*evalBytes).bytes
+
+	out := replace(strBytes, fromBytes, toBytes)
+	return newEvalRaw(str.SQLType(), out, col), nil
+}
+
+func (call *builtinReplace) compile(c *compiler) (ctype, error) {
+	str, err := call.Arguments[0].compile(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ctype{}, err
+	}
+
+	fromStr, err := call.Arguments[1].compile(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ctype{}, err
+	}
+
+	toStr, err := call.Arguments[2].compile(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ctype{}, err
+	}
+
+	skip := c.compileNullCheck3(str, fromStr, toStr)
+	if !str.isTextual() {
+		c.asm.Convert_xce(3, sqltypes.VarChar, c.collation)
+		str.Col = collations.TypedCollation{
+			Collation:    c.collation,
+			Coercibility: collations.CoerceCoercible,
+			Repertoire:   collations.RepertoireASCII,
+		}
+	}
+
+	fromCharset := colldata.Lookup(fromStr.Col.Collation).Charset()
+	toCharset := colldata.Lookup(toStr.Col.Collation).Charset()
+	strCharset := colldata.Lookup(str.Col.Collation).Charset()
+	if !fromStr.isTextual() || (fromCharset != strCharset && !strCharset.IsSuperset(fromCharset)) {
+		c.asm.Convert_xce(2, sqltypes.VarChar, str.Col.Collation)
+		fromStr.Col = collations.TypedCollation{
+			Collation:    str.Col.Collation,
+			Coercibility: collations.CoerceCoercible,
+			Repertoire:   collations.RepertoireASCII,
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !toStr.isTextual() || (toCharset != strCharset && !strCharset.IsSuperset(toCharset)) {
+		c.asm.Convert_xce(1, sqltypes.VarChar, str.Col.Collation)
+		toStr.Col = collations.TypedCollation{
+			Collation:    str.Col.Collation,
+			Coercibility: collations.CoerceCoercible,
+			Repertoire:   collations.RepertoireASCII,
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.asm.Replace()
+	c.asm.jumpDestination(skip)
+	return ctype{Type: sqltypes.VarChar, Col: str.Col, Flag: flagNullable}, nil
+}
+
+func replace(str, from, to []byte) []byte {
+	if len(from) == 0 {
+		return str
+	}
+	n := bytes.Count(str, from)
+	if n == 0 {
+		return str
+	}
+
+	out := make([]byte, len(str)+n*(len(to)-len(from)))
+	end := 0
+	start := 0
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		pos := start + bytes.Index(str[start:], from)
+		end += copy(out[end:], str[start:pos])
+		end += copy(out[end:], to)
+		start = pos + len(from)
+	}
+	end += copy(out[end:], str[start:])
+	return out[0:end]
+}
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/testcases/cases.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/testcases/cases.go
index c53faa7f217..b55f6c2c18d 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/testcases/cases.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/testcases/cases.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ var Cases = []TestCase{
 	{Run: FnTrim},
 	{Run: FnSubstr},
 	{Run: FnLocate},
+	{Run: FnReplace},
 	{Run: FnConcat},
 	{Run: FnConcatWs},
 	{Run: FnChar},
@@ -1577,6 +1578,33 @@ func FnLocate(yield Query) {
 	}
 }
 
+func FnReplace(yield Query) {
+	cases := []string{
+		`REPLACE('www.mysql.com', 'w', 'Ww')`,
+		// MySQL doesn't do collation matching for replace, only
+		// byte equivalence, but make sure to check.
+		`REPLACE('straße', 'ss', 'b')`,
+		`REPLACE('straße', 'ß', 'b')`,
+		// From / to strings are converted into the collation of
+		// the input string.
+		`REPLACE('fooÿbar', _latin1 0xFF, _latin1 0xFE)`,
+		// First occurence is replaced
+		`replace('fff', 'ff', 'gg')`,
+	}
+
+	for _, q := range cases {
+		yield(q, nil)
+	}
+
+	for _, substr := range inputStrings {
+		for _, str := range inputStrings {
+			for _, i := range inputStrings {
+				yield(fmt.Sprintf("REPLACE(%s, %s, %s)", substr, str, i), nil)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func FnConcat(yield Query) {
 	for _, str := range inputStrings {
 		yield(fmt.Sprintf("CONCAT(%s)", str), nil)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/translate_builtin.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/translate_builtin.go
index 71eff66bc2b..cabe406bfb6 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/translate_builtin.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/translate_builtin.go
@@ -627,6 +627,11 @@ func (ast *astCompiler) translateFuncExpr(fn *sqlparser.FuncExpr) (IR, error) {
 		}
 		call = CallExpr{Arguments: []IR{call.Arguments[1], call.Arguments[0]}, Method: method}
 		return &builtinLocate{CallExpr: call, collate: ast.cfg.Collation}, nil
+	case "replace":
+		if len(args) != 3 {
+			return nil, argError(method)
+		}
+		return &builtinReplace{CallExpr: call, collate: ast.cfg.Collation}, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, translateExprNotSupported(fn)
 	}