diff --git a/common/jinja/value.cpp b/common/jinja/value.cpp
index 2aa156b177..bffa39e420 100644
--- a/common/jinja/value.cpp
+++ b/common/jinja/value.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // for converting from JSON to jinja values
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
+#include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <cctype>
 #include <vector>
@@ -715,8 +716,44 @@ const func_builtins & value_string_t::get_builtins() const {
             return args.get_pos(0);
         }},
         {"tojson", tojson},
-        {"indent", [](const func_args &) -> value {
-            throw not_implemented_exception("String indent builtin not implemented");
+        {"indent", [](const func_args &args) -> value {
+            args.ensure_count(1, 4);
+            value val_input  = args.get_pos(0);
+            value val_width  = args.get_kwarg_or_pos("width", 1);
+            const bool first = args.get_kwarg_or_pos("first", 2)->as_bool(); // undefined == false
+            const bool blank = args.get_kwarg_or_pos("blank", 3)->as_bool(); // undefined == false
+            if (!is_val<value_string>(val_input)) {
+                throw raised_exception("indent() first argument must be a string");
+            }
+            std::string indent;
+            if (is_val<value_int>(val_width)) {
+                indent.assign(val_width->as_int(), ' ');
+            } else if (is_val<value_string>(val_width)) {
+                indent = val_width->as_string().str();
+            } else {
+                indent = "    ";
+            }
+            std::string indented;
+            std::istringstream iss = std::istringstream(val_input->as_string().str());
+            std::string line;
+            bool first_line = true;
+            while (std::getline(iss, line)) {
+                bool do_indent = true;
+                if (first_line) {
+                    first_line = false;
+                    do_indent &= first;
+                } else {
+                    indented.append("\n");
+                }
+                do_indent &= blank || !line.empty();
+                if (do_indent) {
+                   indented.append(indent);
+                }
+                indented.append(line);
+            }
+            auto res = mk_val<value_string>(indented);
+            res->val_str.mark_input_based_on(val_input->as_string());
+            return res;
         }},
         {"join", [](const func_args &) -> value {
             throw not_implemented_exception("String join builtin not implemented");
diff --git a/tests/test-jinja.cpp b/tests/test-jinja.cpp
index 1f25c6ae71..c48c396eeb 100644
--- a/tests/test-jinja.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-jinja.cpp
@@ -691,6 +691,36 @@ static void test_filters(testing & t) {
         "{\n  \"a\": 1,\n  \"b\": [\n    1,\n    2\n  ]\n}"
     );
 
+    test_template(t, "indent",
+        "{{ data|indent(2) }}",
+        {{ "data", "foo\nbar" }},
+        "foo\n  bar"
+    );
+
+    test_template(t, "indent first only",
+        "{{ data|indent(width=3,first=true) }}",
+        {{ "data", "foo\nbar" }},
+        "   foo\n   bar"
+    );
+
+    test_template(t, "indent blank lines and first line",
+        "{{ data|indent(width=5,blank=true,first=true) }}",
+        {{ "data", "foo\n\nbar" }},
+        "     foo\n     \n     bar"
+    );
+
+    test_template(t, "indent with default width",
+        "{{ data|indent() }}",
+        {{ "data", "foo\nbar" }},
+        "foo\n    bar"
+    );
+
+    test_template(t, "indent with string",
+        "{{ data|indent(width='>>>>') }}",
+        {{ "data", "foo\nbar" }},
+        "foo\n>>>>bar"
+    );
+
     test_template(t, "chained filters",
         "{{ '  HELLO  '|trim|lower }}",
         json::object(),