diff --git a/integration_tests/test_str_attributes.py b/integration_tests/test_str_attributes.py
index d7b70730b4..f19c7a1712 100755
--- a/integration_tests/test_str_attributes.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_str_attributes.py
@@ -71,6 +71,26 @@ def find():
     assert s2.find("we") == -1
     assert "".find("") == 0
 
+def count():
+    s: str
+    sub: str
+    s = "ABC ABCDAB ABCDABCDABDE"
+    sub = "ABC"
+    assert s.count(sub) == 4
+    assert s.count("ABC") == 4
+    
+    sub = "AB"
+    assert s.count(sub) == 6
+    assert s.count("AB") == 6
+
+    sub = "ABC"
+    assert "ABC ABCDAB ABCDABCDABDE".count(sub) == 4
+    assert "ABC ABCDAB ABCDABCDABDE".count("ABC") == 4
+
+    sub = "AB"
+    assert "ABC ABCDAB ABCDABCDABDE".count(sub) == 6
+    assert "ABC ABCDAB ABCDABCDABDE".count("AB") == 6
+
 
 def startswith():
     s: str
@@ -307,6 +327,7 @@ def check():
     strip()
     swapcase()
     find()
+    count()
     startswith()
     endswith()
     partition()
diff --git a/src/libasr/asr_utils.h b/src/libasr/asr_utils.h
index 31e7d0dba1..948a402a2b 100644
--- a/src/libasr/asr_utils.h
+++ b/src/libasr/asr_utils.h
@@ -4242,6 +4242,44 @@ static inline int KMP_string_match(std::string &s_var, std::string &sub) {
     return res;
 }
 
+static inline int KMP_string_match_count(std::string &s_var, std::string &sub) {
+    int str_len = s_var.size();
+    int sub_len = sub.size();
+    int count = 0;
+    std::vector<int> lps(sub_len, 0);
+    if (sub_len == 0) {
+        count = str_len + 1;
+    } else {
+        for(int i = 1, len = 0; i < sub_len;) {
+            if (sub[i] == sub[len]) {
+                lps[i++] = ++len;
+            } else {
+                if (len != 0) {
+                    len = lps[len - 1];
+                } else {
+                    lps[i++] = 0;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for (int i = 0, j = 0; (str_len - i) >= (sub_len - j);) {
+            if (sub[j] == s_var[i]) {
+                j++, i++;
+            }
+            if (j == sub_len) {
+                count++;
+                j = lps[j - 1];
+            } else if (i < str_len && sub[j] != s_var[i]) {
+                if (j != 0) {
+                    j = lps[j - 1];
+                } else {
+                    i = i + 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
 static inline void visit_expr_list(Allocator &al, Vec<ASR::call_arg_t>& exprs,
         Vec<ASR::expr_t*>& exprs_vec) {
     LCOMPILERS_ASSERT(exprs_vec.reserve_called);
diff --git a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
index ff2ea35546..6c3fe7ea9d 100644
--- a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
@@ -6872,13 +6872,13 @@ class BodyVisitor : public CommonVisitor<BodyVisitor> {
             }
         } else if (attr_name == "find") {
             if (args.size() != 1) {
-                throw SemanticError("str.find() takes one arguments",
+                throw SemanticError("str.find() takes one argument",
                         loc);
             }
             ASR::expr_t *arg = args[0].m_value;
             ASR::ttype_t *type = ASRUtils::expr_type(arg);
             if (!ASRUtils::is_character(*type)) {
-                throw SemanticError("str.find() takes one arguments of type: str",
+                throw SemanticError("str.find() takes one argument of type: str",
                     arg->base.loc);
             }
             if (ASRUtils::expr_value(arg) != nullptr) {
@@ -6905,6 +6905,41 @@ class BodyVisitor : public CommonVisitor<BodyVisitor> {
                 tmp = make_call_helper(al, fn_div, current_scope, args, "_lpython_str_find", loc);
             }
             return;
+        } else if (attr_name == "count") {
+            if (args.size() != 1) {
+                throw SemanticError("str.count() takes one argument",
+                        loc);
+            }
+            ASR::expr_t *arg = args[0].m_value;
+            ASR::ttype_t *type = ASRUtils::expr_type(arg);
+            if (!ASRUtils::is_character(*type)) {
+                throw SemanticError("str.count() takes one argument of type: str",
+                        arg->base.loc);
+            }
+            if (ASRUtils::expr_value(arg) != nullptr) {
+                ASR::StringConstant_t* sub_str_con = ASR::down_cast<ASR::StringConstant_t>(arg);
+                std::string sub = sub_str_con->m_s;
+                int res = ASRUtils::KMP_string_match_count(s_var, sub);
+                tmp = ASR::make_IntegerConstant_t(al, loc, res,
+                    ASRUtils::TYPE(ASR::make_Integer_t(al,loc, 4)));
+            } else {
+                ASR::symbol_t *fn_div = resolve_intrinsic_function(loc, "_lpython_str_count");
+                Vec<ASR::call_arg_t> args;
+                args.reserve(al, 1);
+                ASR::call_arg_t str_arg;
+                str_arg.loc = loc;
+                ASR::ttype_t *str_type = ASRUtils::TYPE(ASR::make_Character_t(al, loc,
+                        1, s_var.size(), nullptr));
+                str_arg.m_value = ASRUtils::EXPR(
+                        ASR::make_StringConstant_t(al, loc, s2c(al, s_var), str_type));
+                ASR::call_arg_t sub_arg;
+                sub_arg.loc = loc;
+                sub_arg.m_value = arg;
+                args.push_back(al, str_arg);
+                args.push_back(al, sub_arg);
+                tmp = make_call_helper(al, fn_div, current_scope, args, "_lpython_str_count", loc);
+            }
+            return;
         } else if (attr_name == "rstrip") {
             if (args.size() != 0) {
                 throw SemanticError("str.rstrip() takes no arguments",
diff --git a/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py b/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py
index 46b758c725..6bf35acbd3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py
+++ b/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py
@@ -637,17 +637,50 @@ def _lpython_str_capitalize(x: str) -> str:
 
 
 @overload
-def _lpython_str_count(x: str, y: str) -> i32:
-    if(len(y) == 0): return len(x) + 1
+def _lpython_str_count(s: str, sub: str) -> i32:
+    s_len :i32; sub_len :i32; flag: bool; _len: i32;
+    count: i32; i: i32;
+    lps: list[i32] = []
+    s_len = len(s)
+    sub_len = len(sub)
 
-    count: i32 = 0
-    curr_char: str
-    i: i32
+    if sub_len == 0:
+        return s_len + 1 
+
+    count = 0
+
+    for i in range(sub_len):
+        lps.append(0)
+
+    i = 1
+    _len = 0
+    while i < sub_len:
+        if sub[i] == sub[_len]:
+            _len += 1
+            lps[i] = _len
+            i += 1
+        else:
+            if _len != 0:
+                _len = lps[_len - 1]
+            else:
+                lps[i] = 0
+                i += 1
 
-    for i in range(len(x)):
-        curr_char = x[i]
-        if curr_char == y[0]:
-            count += i32(x[i:i+len(y)] == y)
+    j: i32
+    j = 0
+    i = 0
+    while (s_len - i) >= (sub_len - j):
+        if sub[j] == s[i]:
+            i += 1
+            j += 1
+        if j == sub_len:
+            count += 1
+            j = lps[j - 1]
+        elif i < s_len and sub[j] != s[i]:
+            if j != 0:
+                j = lps[j - 1]
+            else:
+                i = i + 1
 
     return count