diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 777ebd33..12b863a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.13.x
+
+* Added `Text.fromArray` and `Text.fromVarArray` functions (#674).
+
 ## 0.13.4
 
 * Breaking change (minor): `Float.format(#hex)` is no longer supported. 
diff --git a/src/Text.mo b/src/Text.mo
index 7939b221..8905ebe5 100644
--- a/src/Text.mo
+++ b/src/Text.mo
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ module {
   /// ```
   public let fromChar : (c : Char) -> Text = Prim.charToText;
 
+  /// Converts the given `[Char]` to a `Text` value.
+  ///
+  /// ```motoko include=import
+  /// let text = Text.fromArray(['A', 'v', 'o', 'c', 'a', 'd', 'o']); // "Avocado"
+  /// ```
+  ///
+  /// Runtime: O(a.size())
+  /// Space: O(a.size())
+  public func fromArray(a : [Char]) : Text = fromIter(a.vals());
+
+  /// Converts the given `[var Char]` to a `Text` value.
+  ///
+  /// ```motoko include=import
+  /// let text = Text.fromVarArray([var 'E', 'g', 'g', 'p', 'l', 'a', 'n', 't']); // "Eggplant"
+  /// ```
+  ///
+  /// Runtime: O(a.size())
+  /// Space: O(a.size())
+  public func fromVarArray(a : [var Char]) : Text = fromIter(a.vals());
+
   /// Iterates over each `Char` value in the given `Text`.
   ///
   /// Equivalent to calling the `t.chars()` method where `t` is a `Text` value.
@@ -76,7 +96,7 @@ module {
       func _ {
         switch (cs.next()) {
           case (?c) { c };
-          case (null) { Prim.trap("Text.toArray") };
+          case null { Prim.trap("Text.toArray") };
         };
       }
     )
diff --git a/test/Text.test.mo b/test/Text.test.mo
index f98c0bc6..0ad5957e 100644
--- a/test/Text.test.mo
+++ b/test/Text.test.mo
@@ -1038,6 +1038,16 @@ run(
         "toArray-example",
         Array.freeze(Text.toVarArray("Café")),
         M.equals(T.array<Char>(T.charTestable, ['C', 'a', 'f', 'é']))
+      ),
+      test(
+        "fromArray-example",
+        Text.fromArray(['A', 'v', 'o', 'c', 'a', 'd', 'o']),
+        M.equals(T.text "Avocado")
+      ),
+      test(
+        "fromVarArray-example",
+        Text.fromVarArray([var 'E', 'g', 'g', 'p', 'l', 'a', 'n', 't']),
+        M.equals(T.text "Eggplant")
       )
     ]
   )