diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h b/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
index c79923f69e691..935852bcf30e5 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ PyObject *CPy_Encode(PyObject *obj, PyObject *encoding, PyObject *errors);
 Py_ssize_t CPyStr_Count(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *substring, CPyTagged start);
 Py_ssize_t CPyStr_CountFull(PyObject *unicode, PyObject *substring, CPyTagged start, CPyTagged end);
 CPyTagged CPyStr_Ord(PyObject *obj);
+PyObject *CPyStr_Multiply(PyObject *str, CPyTagged count);
 
 
 // Bytes operations
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@ CPyTagged CPyBytes_GetItem(PyObject *o, CPyTagged index);
 PyObject *CPyBytes_Concat(PyObject *a, PyObject *b);
 PyObject *CPyBytes_Join(PyObject *sep, PyObject *iter);
 CPyTagged CPyBytes_Ord(PyObject *obj);
+PyObject *CPyBytes_Multiply(PyObject *bytes, CPyTagged count);
 
 
 int CPyBytes_Compare(PyObject *left, PyObject *right);
diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/bytes_ops.c b/mypyc/lib-rt/bytes_ops.c
index 6ff34b021a9a3..8ecf9337c28b8 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/bytes_ops.c
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/bytes_ops.c
@@ -162,3 +162,12 @@ CPyTagged CPyBytes_Ord(PyObject *obj) {
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "ord() expects a character");
     return CPY_INT_TAG;
 }
+
+PyObject *CPyBytes_Multiply(PyObject *bytes, CPyTagged count) {
+    Py_ssize_t temp_count = CPyTagged_AsSsize_t(count);
+    if (temp_count == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, CPYTHON_LARGE_INT_ERRMSG);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PySequence_Repeat(bytes, temp_count);
+}
diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/str_ops.c b/mypyc/lib-rt/str_ops.c
index 721a2bbb10b98..f91ace78a301d 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/str_ops.c
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/str_ops.c
@@ -621,3 +621,12 @@ CPyTagged CPyStr_Ord(PyObject *obj) {
         PyExc_TypeError, "ord() expected a character, but a string of length %zd found", s);
     return CPY_INT_TAG;
 }
+
+PyObject *CPyStr_Multiply(PyObject *str, CPyTagged count) {
+    Py_ssize_t temp_count = CPyTagged_AsSsize_t(count);
+    if (temp_count == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, CPYTHON_LARGE_INT_ERRMSG);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PySequence_Repeat(str, temp_count);
+}
diff --git a/mypyc/primitives/bytes_ops.py b/mypyc/primitives/bytes_ops.py
index c88e89d1a2bad..858134b204137 100644
--- a/mypyc/primitives/bytes_ops.py
+++ b/mypyc/primitives/bytes_ops.py
@@ -82,6 +82,25 @@
     steals=[True, False],
 )
 
+# bytes * int
+binary_op(
+    name="*",
+    arg_types=[bytes_rprimitive, int_rprimitive],
+    return_type=bytes_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="CPyBytes_Multiply",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+)
+
+# int * bytes
+binary_op(
+    name="*",
+    arg_types=[int_rprimitive, bytes_rprimitive],
+    return_type=bytes_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="CPyBytes_Multiply",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+    ordering=[1, 0],
+)
+
 # bytes[begin:end]
 bytes_slice_op = custom_op(
     arg_types=[bytes_rprimitive, int_rprimitive, int_rprimitive],
diff --git a/mypyc/primitives/str_ops.py b/mypyc/primitives/str_ops.py
index d39f1f872763e..ceaf1cfe5dd2f 100644
--- a/mypyc/primitives/str_ops.py
+++ b/mypyc/primitives/str_ops.py
@@ -79,6 +79,25 @@
     steals=[True, False],
 )
 
+# str * int
+binary_op(
+    name="*",
+    arg_types=[str_rprimitive, int_rprimitive],
+    return_type=str_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="CPyStr_Multiply",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+)
+
+# int * str
+binary_op(
+    name="*",
+    arg_types=[int_rprimitive, str_rprimitive],
+    return_type=str_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="CPyStr_Multiply",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+    ordering=[1, 0],
+)
+
 # str1 == str2 (very common operation, so we provide our own)
 str_eq = custom_primitive_op(
     name="str_eq",
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-bytes.test b/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-bytes.test
index 8cfefe03ae22c..d3bb7d52bf3f3 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-bytes.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-bytes.test
@@ -217,3 +217,24 @@ L2:
 L3:
     keep_alive y
     return r2
+
+[case testBytesMultiply]
+def b_times_i(s: bytes, n: int) -> bytes:
+    return s * n
+def i_times_b(s: bytes, n: int) -> bytes:
+    return n * s
+[out]
+def b_times_i(s, n):
+    s :: bytes
+    n :: int
+    r0 :: bytes
+L0:
+    r0 = CPyBytes_Multiply(s, n)
+    return r0
+def i_times_b(s, n):
+    s :: bytes
+    n :: int
+    r0 :: bytes
+L0:
+    r0 = CPyBytes_Multiply(s, n)
+    return r0
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-str.test b/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-str.test
index 056f120c7bac0..881ddc3656abc 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-str.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-str.test
@@ -771,3 +771,24 @@ L0:
     r0 = 'literal'
     r1 = 'literal'
     return 1
+
+[case testStrMultiply]
+def s_times_i(s: str, n: int) -> str:
+    return s * n
+def i_times_s(s: str, n: int) -> str:
+    return n * s
+[out]
+def s_times_i(s, n):
+    s :: str
+    n :: int
+    r0 :: str
+L0:
+    r0 = CPyStr_Multiply(s, n)
+    return r0
+def i_times_s(s, n):
+    s :: str
+    n :: int
+    r0 :: str
+L0:
+    r0 = CPyStr_Multiply(s, n)
+    return r0
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/run-bytes.test b/mypyc/test-data/run-bytes.test
index df5cb209b9025..1498925f23f5b 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/run-bytes.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/run-bytes.test
@@ -134,6 +134,40 @@ def test_ord_bytesarray() -> None:
     with assertRaises(TypeError):
         ord(bytearray(b''))
 
+def test_multiply() -> None:
+    # Use bytes() and int() to avoid constant folding
+    b = b'ab' + bytes()
+    zero = int()
+    one = 1 + zero
+    three = 3 + zero
+    neg_one = -1 + zero
+
+    assert b * zero == b''
+    assert b * one == b'ab'
+    assert b * three == b'ababab'
+    assert b * neg_one == b''
+    assert zero * b == b''
+    assert one * b == b'ab'
+    assert three * b == b'ababab'
+    assert neg_one * b == b''
+
+    # Test with empty bytes
+    empty = bytes()
+    five = 5 + zero
+    assert empty * five == b''
+    assert five * empty == b''
+
+    # Test with single byte
+    single = b'\xff' + bytes()
+    four = 4 + zero
+    assert single * four == b'\xff\xff\xff\xff'
+    assert four * single == b'\xff\xff\xff\xff'
+
+    # Test type preservation
+    two = 2 + zero
+    result = b * two
+    assert type(result) == bytes
+
 [case testBytesSlicing]
 def test_bytes_slicing() -> None:
     b = b'abcdefg'
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/run-strings.test b/mypyc/test-data/run-strings.test
index 6a62db6ee3ee0..0ae67ed7f1c3f 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/run-strings.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/run-strings.test
@@ -362,6 +362,40 @@ def test_str_min_max() -> None:
     assert max(x, y) == 'bbb'
     assert max(x, z) == 'aaa'
 
+def test_multiply() -> None:
+    # Use str() and int() to avoid constant folding
+    s = 'ab' + str()
+    zero = int()
+    one = 1 + zero
+    three = 3 + zero
+    neg_one = -1 + zero
+
+    assert s * zero == ''
+    assert s * one == 'ab'
+    assert s * three == 'ababab'
+    assert s * neg_one == ''
+    assert zero * s == ''
+    assert one * s == 'ab'
+    assert three * s == 'ababab'
+    assert neg_one * s == ''
+
+    # Test with empty string
+    empty = str()
+    five = 5 + zero
+    assert empty * five == ''
+    assert five * empty == ''
+
+    # Test with single character
+    single = 'x' + str()
+    four = 4 + zero
+    assert single * four == 'xxxx'
+    assert four * single == 'xxxx'
+
+    # Test type preservation
+    two = 2 + zero
+    result = s * two
+    assert type(result) == str
+
 [case testStringFormattingCStyle]
 from typing import Tuple