diff --git a/ext/jruby/org/jruby/ext/strscan/RubyStringScanner.java b/ext/jruby/org/jruby/ext/strscan/RubyStringScanner.java
index 7d3e7494fc..2455ef33ce 100644
--- a/ext/jruby/org/jruby/ext/strscan/RubyStringScanner.java
+++ b/ext/jruby/org/jruby/ext/strscan/RubyStringScanner.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import org.jruby.runtime.builtin.IRubyObject;
 import org.jruby.util.ByteList;
 import org.jruby.util.StringSupport;
+import org.jruby.util.ConvertBytes;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
@@ -556,6 +557,47 @@ public IRubyObject peep(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject length) {
         return peek(context, length);
     }
 
+    @JRubyMethod(name = "scan_integer")
+    public IRubyObject scan_integer(ThreadContext context) {
+        final Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
+        check(context);
+        clearMatched();
+
+        if (!str.getEncoding().isAsciiCompatible()) {
+            throw getRuntime().newEncodingCompatibilityError("ASCII incompatible encoding: " + str.getEncoding());
+        }
+
+
+        ByteList bytes = str.getByteList();
+        int curr = this.curr;
+
+        int bite = bytes.get(curr);
+        if (bite == '-' || bite == '+') {
+            curr++;
+            bite = bytes.get(curr);
+        }
+
+        if (!(bite >= '0' && bite <= '9')) {
+            return runtime.getNil();
+        }
+
+        while (bite >= '0' && bite <= '9') {
+            curr++;
+            if (curr >= bytes.getRealSize()) {
+                break;
+            }
+            bite = bytes.get(curr);
+        }
+
+        int length = curr - this.curr;
+        prev = this.curr;
+        this.curr = curr;
+        setMatched();
+        adjustRegisters();
+
+        return ConvertBytes.byteListToInum(runtime, bytes, prev, curr, 10, true);
+    }
+
     @JRubyMethod(name = "unscan")
     public IRubyObject unscan(ThreadContext context) {
         check(context);
diff --git a/ext/strscan/strscan.c b/ext/strscan/strscan.c
index 0448b9c16b..f30e0b9118 100644
--- a/ext/strscan/strscan.c
+++ b/ext/strscan/strscan.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern size_t onig_region_memsize(const struct re_registers *regs);
 #endif
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 #define STRSCAN_VERSION "3.1.1"
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ static VALUE strscan_get_byte _((VALUE self));
 static VALUE strscan_getbyte _((VALUE self));
 static VALUE strscan_peek _((VALUE self, VALUE len));
 static VALUE strscan_peep _((VALUE self, VALUE len));
+static VALUE strscan_scan_integer _((VALUE self));
 static VALUE strscan_unscan _((VALUE self));
 static VALUE strscan_bol_p _((VALUE self));
 static VALUE strscan_eos_p _((VALUE self));
@@ -1266,6 +1268,55 @@ strscan_peep(VALUE self, VALUE vlen)
     return strscan_peek(self, vlen);
 }
 
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *   scan_integer
+ *
+ * Equivalent to #scan with a [+-]?\d+ pattern, and returns an Integer or nil.
+ *
+ * The scanned string must be encoded with an ASCII compatible encoding, otherwise
+ * Encoding::CompatibilityError will be raised.
+ */
+static VALUE
+strscan_scan_integer(VALUE self)
+{
+    char *ptr, *buffer;
+    long len = 0;
+    VALUE buffer_v, integer;
+    struct strscanner *p;
+
+    GET_SCANNER(self, p);
+    CLEAR_MATCH_STATUS(p);
+
+    rb_must_asciicompat(p->str);
+
+    ptr = CURPTR(p);
+
+    if (ptr[len] == '-' || ptr[len] == '+') {
+        len++;
+    }
+
+    if (!isdigit(ptr[len])) {
+        return Qnil;
+    }
+
+    MATCHED(p);
+    p->prev = p->curr;
+
+    while(isdigit(ptr[len])) {
+        len++;
+    }
+
+    buffer = ALLOCV_N(char, buffer_v, len + 1);
+
+    MEMCPY(buffer, CURPTR(p), char, len);
+    buffer[len] = '\0';
+    integer = rb_cstr2inum(buffer, 10);
+    RB_GC_GUARD(buffer_v);
+    p->curr += len;
+    return integer;
+}
+
 /*
  * :markup: markdown
  * :include: strscan/link_refs.txt
@@ -2204,6 +2255,8 @@ Init_strscan(void)
     rb_define_method(StringScanner, "peek_byte",   strscan_peek_byte,   0);
     rb_define_method(StringScanner, "peep",        strscan_peep,        1);
 
+    rb_define_method(StringScanner, "scan_integer", strscan_scan_integer, 0);
+
     rb_define_method(StringScanner, "unscan",      strscan_unscan,      0);
 
     rb_define_method(StringScanner, "beginning_of_line?", strscan_bol_p, 0);
diff --git a/test/strscan/test_stringscanner.rb b/test/strscan/test_stringscanner.rb
index 54fd5027cf..ae05254d49 100644
--- a/test/strscan/test_stringscanner.rb
+++ b/test/strscan/test_stringscanner.rb
@@ -890,6 +890,61 @@ def test_named_captures
     assert_equal(9, scan.match?(/(?<f>foo)(?<r>bar)(?<z>baz)/))
     assert_equal({"f" => "foo", "r" => "bar", "z" => "baz"}, scan.named_captures)
   end
+
+  def test_scan_integer
+    omit "scan_integer isn't implemented on TruffleRuby yet" if RUBY_ENGINE == "truffleruby"
+
+    s = create_string_scanner('abc')
+    assert_nil s.scan_integer
+    assert_equal 0, s.pos
+    refute_predicate s, :matched?
+
+    s = create_string_scanner('123abc')
+    assert_equal 123, s.scan_integer
+    assert_equal 3, s.pos
+    assert_predicate s, :matched?
+
+    s = create_string_scanner('-123abc')
+    assert_equal -123, s.scan_integer
+    assert_equal 4, s.pos
+    assert_predicate s, :matched?
+
+    s = create_string_scanner('+123')
+    assert_equal 123, s.scan_integer
+    assert_equal 4, s.pos
+    assert_predicate s, :matched?
+
+    s = create_string_scanner('-abc')
+    assert_nil s.scan_integer
+    assert_equal 0, s.pos
+    refute_predicate s, :matched?
+
+    huge_integer = '1' * 2_000
+    s = create_string_scanner(huge_integer)
+    assert_equal huge_integer.to_i, s.scan_integer
+    assert_equal 2_000, s.pos
+    assert_predicate s, :matched?
+  end
+
+  def test_scan_integer_unmatch
+    omit "scan_integer isn't implemented on TruffleRuby yet" if RUBY_ENGINE == "truffleruby"
+
+    s = create_string_scanner('123abc')
+    assert_equal 123, s.scan_integer
+    assert_equal 3, s.pos
+
+    s.unscan
+    assert_equal 0, s.pos
+  end
+
+  def test_scan_integer_encoding
+    omit "scan_integer isn't implemented on TruffleRuby yet" if RUBY_ENGINE == "truffleruby"
+
+    s = create_string_scanner('123abc'.encode(Encoding::UTF_32LE))
+    assert_raise(Encoding::CompatibilityError) do
+      s.scan_integer
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 class TestStringScanner < Test::Unit::TestCase