diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/javafaker/service/RandomService.java b/src/main/java/com/github/javafaker/service/RandomService.java
index d53883524..2d93ac0f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/javafaker/service/RandomService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/javafaker/service/RandomService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.github.javafaker.service;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 public class RandomService {
@@ -74,4 +75,40 @@ public String hex(int length) {
         }
         return new String(hexChars);
     }
+
+    public String randomString(int length, char[] characters) {
+        if (length <= 0) {
+            return ""; // Keep the existing behavior instead of throwing an error.
+        }
+
+        StringBuilder randomString = new StringBuilder();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            char nextChar = characters[nextInt(characters.length)];
+            randomString.append(nextChar);
+        }
+
+        return randomString.toString();
+    }
+
+    public String randomString(int length) {
+        String digits = "0123456789";
+        String upper = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
+        String lower = upper.toLowerCase();
+        String alphanumeric = upper + lower + digits;
+
+        return randomString(length, alphanumeric.toCharArray());
+    }
+
+    public String randomString(int minLength, int maxLength) {
+        return randomString(nextInt(minLength, maxLength));
+    }
+
+    public String randomString(int minLength, int maxLength, char[] characters) {
+        return randomString(nextInt(minLength, maxLength), characters);
+    }
+
+    public String randomString() {
+        return randomString(nextInt(1, 255));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/javafaker/service/RandomServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/javafaker/service/RandomServiceTest.java
index 1e18de1cf..d1932e5e1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/javafaker/service/RandomServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/javafaker/service/RandomServiceTest.java
@@ -72,4 +72,37 @@ public void testHex() {
     public void testDefaultHex() {
         assertThat(randomService.hex(), matchesRegularExpression("^[0-9A-F]{8}$"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRandomString() {
+        assertThat(randomService.randomString(8), matchesRegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9]{8}$"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRandomStringRandomLength() {
+        String randomString = randomService.randomString();
+
+        assertThat(randomString, matchesRegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,255}$"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRandomStringWithMinMaxLength() {
+        String randomString = randomService.randomString(10, 30);
+
+        assertThat(randomString, matchesRegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9]{10,30}$"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRandomStringWithMinMaxLengthAndSpecificCharacters() {
+        String randomString = randomService.randomString(10, 30, "abc123".toCharArray());
+
+        assertThat(randomString, matchesRegularExpression("^[abc123]{10,30}$"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRandomStringWithLengthAndSpecificCharacters() {
+        String randomString = randomService.randomString(35, "abc123".toCharArray());
+
+        assertThat(randomString, matchesRegularExpression("^[abc123]{35}$"));
+    }
 }