diff --git a/matchers.go b/matchers.go
index 7834ad1..97f2ecb 100644
--- a/matchers.go
+++ b/matchers.go
@@ -161,6 +161,26 @@
 	}
 }
 
+//HavePrefix succeeds if actual is a string or stringer that contains the
+//passed-in string as a prefix.  Optional arguments can be provided to construct
+//via fmt.Sprintf().
+func HavePrefix(prefix string, args ...interface{}) types.GomegaMatcher {
+	return &matchers.HavePrefixMatcher{
+		Prefix: prefix,
+		Args:   args,
+	}
+}
+
+//HaveSuffix succeeds if actual is a string or stringer that contains the
+//passed-in string as a suffix.  Optional arguments can be provided to construct
+//via fmt.Sprintf().
+func HaveSuffix(suffix string, args ...interface{}) types.GomegaMatcher {
+	return &matchers.HaveSuffixMatcher{
+		Suffix: suffix,
+		Args:   args,
+	}
+}
+
 //MatchJSON succeeds if actual is a string or stringer of JSON that matches
 //the expected JSON.  The JSONs are decoded and the resulting objects are compared via
 //reflect.DeepEqual so things like key-ordering and whitespace shouldn't matter.
diff --git a/matchers/have_prefix_matcher.go b/matchers/have_prefix_matcher.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b63a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matchers/have_prefix_matcher.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package matchers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/format"
+)
+
+type HavePrefixMatcher struct {
+	Prefix string
+	Args   []interface{}
+}
+
+func (matcher *HavePrefixMatcher) Match(actual interface{}) (success bool, err error) {
+	actualString, ok := toString(actual)
+	if !ok {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("HavePrefix matcher requires a string or stringer.  Got:\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1))
+	}
+	prefix := matcher.prefix()
+	return len(actualString) >= len(prefix) && actualString[0:len(prefix)] == prefix, nil
+}
+
+func (matcher *HavePrefixMatcher) prefix() string {
+	if len(matcher.Args) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf(matcher.Prefix, matcher.Args...)
+	}
+	return matcher.Prefix
+}
+
+func (matcher *HavePrefixMatcher) FailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
+	return format.Message(actual, "to have prefix", matcher.prefix())
+}
+
+func (matcher *HavePrefixMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
+	return format.Message(actual, "not to have prefix", matcher.prefix())
+}
diff --git a/matchers/have_prefix_matcher_test.go b/matchers/have_prefix_matcher_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bec3f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matchers/have_prefix_matcher_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package matchers_test
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("HavePrefixMatcher", func() {
+	Context("when actual is a string", func() {
+		It("should match a string prefix", func() {
+			Ω("Ab").Should(HavePrefix("A"))
+			Ω("A").ShouldNot(HavePrefix("Ab"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("when the matcher is called with multiple arguments", func() {
+		It("should pass the string and arguments to sprintf", func() {
+			Ω("C3PO").Should(HavePrefix("C%dP", 3))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("when actual is a stringer", func() {
+		It("should call the stringer and match against the returned string", func() {
+			Ω(&myStringer{a: "Ab"}).Should(HavePrefix("A"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("when actual is neither a string nor a stringer", func() {
+		It("should error", func() {
+			success, err := (&HavePrefixMatcher{Prefix: "2"}).Match(2)
+			Ω(success).Should(BeFalse())
+			Ω(err).Should(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+	})
+})
diff --git a/matchers/have_suffix_matcher.go b/matchers/have_suffix_matcher.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb1b284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matchers/have_suffix_matcher.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package matchers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/onsi/gomega/format"
+)
+
+type HaveSuffixMatcher struct {
+	Suffix string
+	Args   []interface{}
+}
+
+func (matcher *HaveSuffixMatcher) Match(actual interface{}) (success bool, err error) {
+	actualString, ok := toString(actual)
+	if !ok {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("HaveSuffix matcher requires a string or stringer.  Got:\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1))
+	}
+	suffix := matcher.suffix()
+	return len(actualString) >= len(suffix) && actualString[len(actualString) - len(suffix):] == suffix, nil
+}
+
+func (matcher *HaveSuffixMatcher) suffix() string {
+	if len(matcher.Args) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf(matcher.Suffix, matcher.Args...)
+	}
+	return matcher.Suffix
+}
+
+func (matcher *HaveSuffixMatcher) FailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
+	return format.Message(actual, "to have suffix", matcher.suffix())
+}
+
+func (matcher *HaveSuffixMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
+	return format.Message(actual, "not to have suffix", matcher.suffix())
+}
diff --git a/matchers/have_suffix_matcher_test.go b/matchers/have_suffix_matcher_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e8975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matchers/have_suffix_matcher_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package matchers_test
+
+import (
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("HaveSuffixMatcher", func() {
+	Context("when actual is a string", func() {
+		It("should match a string suffix", func() {
+			Ω("Ab").Should(HaveSuffix("b"))
+			Ω("A").ShouldNot(HaveSuffix("Ab"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("when the matcher is called with multiple arguments", func() {
+		It("should pass the string and arguments to sprintf", func() {
+			Ω("C3PO").Should(HaveSuffix("%dPO", 3))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("when actual is a stringer", func() {
+		It("should call the stringer and match against the returned string", func() {
+			Ω(&myStringer{a: "Ab"}).Should(HaveSuffix("b"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	Context("when actual is neither a string nor a stringer", func() {
+		It("should error", func() {
+			success, err := (&HaveSuffixMatcher{Suffix: "2"}).Match(2)
+			Ω(success).Should(BeFalse())
+			Ω(err).Should(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+	})
+})