diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 5b39c011f..035ccea8c 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -74,10 +74,14 @@ struct redisCommand readonlyCommandTable[] = {
     {"setnx",setnxCommand,3,REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,0,0,0},
     {"setex",setexCommand,4,REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,0,0,0},
     {"append",appendCommand,3,REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
-    {"substr",substrCommand,4,0,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"strlen",strlenCommand,2,0,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"del",delCommand,-2,0,NULL,0,0,0},
     {"exists",existsCommand,2,0,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"setbit",setbitCommand,4,REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"getbit",getbitCommand,3,0,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"setrange",setrangeCommand,4,REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"getrange",getrangeCommand,4,0,NULL,1,1,1},
+    {"substr",getrangeCommand,4,0,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"incr",incrCommand,2,REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"decr",decrCommand,2,REDIS_CMD_DENYOOM,NULL,1,1,1},
     {"mget",mgetCommand,-2,0,NULL,1,-1,1},
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index 67b76a47b..6e2112a0d 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -890,6 +890,10 @@ void setexCommand(redisClient *c);
 void getCommand(redisClient *c);
 void delCommand(redisClient *c);
 void existsCommand(redisClient *c);
+void setbitCommand(redisClient *c);
+void getbitCommand(redisClient *c);
+void setrangeCommand(redisClient *c);
+void getrangeCommand(redisClient *c);
 void incrCommand(redisClient *c);
 void decrCommand(redisClient *c);
 void incrbyCommand(redisClient *c);
@@ -967,7 +971,6 @@ void discardCommand(redisClient *c);
 void blpopCommand(redisClient *c);
 void brpopCommand(redisClient *c);
 void appendCommand(redisClient *c);
-void substrCommand(redisClient *c);
 void strlenCommand(redisClient *c);
 void zrankCommand(redisClient *c);
 void zrevrankCommand(redisClient *c);
diff --git a/src/sds.c b/src/sds.c
index 2d063c4a4..da049f6ce 100644
--- a/src/sds.c
+++ b/src/sds.c
@@ -116,6 +116,25 @@ static sds sdsMakeRoomFor(sds s, size_t addlen) {
     return newsh->buf;
 }
 
+/* Grow the sds to have the specified length. Bytes that were not part of
+ * the original length of the sds will be set to zero. */
+sds sdsgrowzero(sds s, size_t len) {
+    struct sdshdr *sh = (void*)(s-(sizeof(struct sdshdr)));
+    size_t totlen, curlen = sh->len;
+
+    if (len <= curlen) return s;
+    s = sdsMakeRoomFor(s,len-curlen);
+    if (s == NULL) return NULL;
+
+    /* Make sure added region doesn't contain garbage */
+    sh = (void*)(s-(sizeof(struct sdshdr)));
+    memset(s+curlen,0,(len-curlen+1)); /* also set trailing \0 byte */
+    totlen = sh->len+sh->free;
+    sh->len = len;
+    sh->free = totlen-sh->len;
+    return s;
+}
+
 sds sdscatlen(sds s, void *t, size_t len) {
     struct sdshdr *sh;
     size_t curlen = sdslen(s);
diff --git a/src/sds.h b/src/sds.h
index ae0f84fb5..91a387821 100644
--- a/src/sds.h
+++ b/src/sds.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ size_t sdslen(const sds s);
 sds sdsdup(const sds s);
 void sdsfree(sds s);
 size_t sdsavail(sds s);
+sds sdsgrowzero(sds s, size_t len);
 sds sdscatlen(sds s, void *t, size_t len);
 sds sdscat(sds s, char *t);
 sds sdscpylen(sds s, char *t, size_t len);
diff --git a/src/t_string.c b/src/t_string.c
index 39ee506d5..b71bfe99b 100644
--- a/src/t_string.c
+++ b/src/t_string.c
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
+#include <limits.h>
 #include "redis.h"
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * String Commands
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+static int checkStringLength(redisClient *c, long long size) {
+    if (size > 512*1024*1024) {
+        addReplyError(c,"string exceeds maximum allowed size (512MB)");
+        return REDIS_ERR;
+    }
+    return REDIS_OK;
+}
+
 void setGenericCommand(redisClient *c, int nx, robj *key, robj *val, robj *expire) {
     int retval;
     long seconds = 0; /* initialized to avoid an harmness warning */
@@ -80,6 +89,211 @@ void getsetCommand(redisClient *c) {
     removeExpire(c->db,c->argv[1]);
 }
 
+static int getBitOffsetFromArgument(redisClient *c, robj *o, size_t *offset) {
+    long long loffset;
+    char *err = "bit offset is not an integer or out of range";
+
+    if (getLongLongFromObjectOrReply(c,o,&loffset,err) != REDIS_OK)
+        return REDIS_ERR;
+
+    /* Limit offset to SIZE_T_MAX or 512MB in bytes */
+    if ((loffset < 0) ||
+        ((unsigned long long)loffset >= (unsigned)SIZE_T_MAX) ||
+        ((unsigned long long)loffset >> 3) >= (512*1024*1024))
+    {
+        addReplyError(c,err);
+        return REDIS_ERR;
+    }
+
+    *offset = (size_t)loffset;
+    return REDIS_OK;
+}
+
+void setbitCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    robj *o;
+    char *err = "bit is not an integer or out of range";
+    size_t bitoffset;
+    long long bitvalue;
+    int byte, bit, on;
+
+    if (getBitOffsetFromArgument(c,c->argv[2],&bitoffset) != REDIS_OK)
+        return;
+
+    if (getLongLongFromObjectOrReply(c,c->argv[3],&bitvalue,err) != REDIS_OK)
+        return;
+
+    /* A bit can only be set to be on or off... */
+    if (bitvalue & ~1) {
+        addReplyError(c,err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    o = lookupKeyWrite(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+    if (o == NULL) {
+        o = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsempty());
+        dbAdd(c->db,c->argv[1],o);
+    } else {
+        if (checkType(c,o,REDIS_STRING)) return;
+
+        /* Create a copy when the object is shared or encoded. */
+        if (o->refcount != 1 || o->encoding != REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
+            robj *decoded = getDecodedObject(o);
+            o = createStringObject(decoded->ptr, sdslen(decoded->ptr));
+            decrRefCount(decoded);
+            dbReplace(c->db,c->argv[1],o);
+        }
+    }
+
+    byte = bitoffset >> 3;
+    bit = 7 - (bitoffset & 0x7);
+    on = bitvalue & 0x1;
+    o->ptr = sdsgrowzero(o->ptr,byte+1);
+    ((char*)o->ptr)[byte] |= on << bit;
+    ((char*)o->ptr)[byte] &= ~((!on) << bit);
+
+    touchWatchedKey(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+    server.dirty++;
+    addReply(c,shared.cone);
+}
+
+void getbitCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    robj *o;
+    size_t bitoffset, byte, bitmask;
+    int on = 0;
+    char llbuf[32];
+
+    if (getBitOffsetFromArgument(c,c->argv[2],&bitoffset) != REDIS_OK)
+        return;
+
+    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
+        checkType(c,o,REDIS_STRING)) return;
+
+    byte = bitoffset >> 3;
+    bitmask = 1 << (7 - (bitoffset & 0x7));
+    if (o->encoding != REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
+        if (byte < (size_t)ll2string(llbuf,sizeof(llbuf),(long)o->ptr))
+            on = llbuf[byte] & bitmask;
+    } else {
+        if (byte < sdslen(o->ptr))
+            on = ((sds)o->ptr)[byte] & bitmask;
+    }
+    addReply(c, on ? shared.cone : shared.czero);
+}
+
+void setrangeCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    robj *o;
+    long offset;
+    sds value = c->argv[3]->ptr;
+
+    if (getLongFromObjectOrReply(c,c->argv[2],&offset,NULL) != REDIS_OK)
+        return;
+
+    o = lookupKeyWrite(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+    if (o == NULL) {
+        /* Negative offset is always 0 for non-existing keys */
+        if (offset < 0) offset = 0;
+
+        /* Return 0 when setting nothing on a non-existing string */
+        if (sdslen(value) == 0) {
+            addReply(c,shared.czero);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /* Return when the resulting string exceeds allowed size */
+        if (checkStringLength(c,offset+sdslen(value)) != REDIS_OK)
+            return;
+
+        o = createObject(REDIS_STRING,sdsempty());
+        dbAdd(c->db,c->argv[1],o);
+    } else {
+        int olen;
+
+        /* Key exists, check type */
+        if (checkType(c,o,REDIS_STRING))
+            return;
+
+        /* Find out existing value length */
+        if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT) {
+            char llbuf[32];
+            olen = ll2string(llbuf,sizeof(llbuf),(long)o->ptr);
+        } else {
+            olen = sdslen(o->ptr);
+        }
+
+        /* Return existing string length when setting nothing */
+        if (sdslen(value) == 0) {
+            addReplyLongLong(c,olen);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /* Convert negative indexes. Note that for SETRANGE, the meaning of a
+         * negative index is a little different than for other commands.
+         * Here, an offset of -1 points to the trailing NULL byte of the
+         * string instead of the last character. */
+        if (offset < 0) {
+            offset = olen+1+offset;
+            if (offset < 0) offset = 0;
+        }
+
+        /* Return when the resulting string exceeds allowed size */
+        if (checkStringLength(c,offset+sdslen(value)) != REDIS_OK)
+            return;
+
+        /* Create a copy when the object is shared or encoded. */
+        if (o->refcount != 1 || o->encoding != REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
+            robj *decoded = getDecodedObject(o);
+            o = createStringObject(decoded->ptr, sdslen(decoded->ptr));
+            decrRefCount(decoded);
+            dbReplace(c->db,c->argv[1],o);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (sdslen(value) > 0) {
+        o->ptr = sdsgrowzero(o->ptr,offset+sdslen(value));
+        memcpy((char*)o->ptr+offset,value,sdslen(value));
+        touchWatchedKey(c->db,c->argv[1]);
+        server.dirty++;
+    }
+    addReplyLongLong(c,sdslen(o->ptr));
+}
+
+void getrangeCommand(redisClient *c) {
+    robj *o;
+    long start, end;
+    char *str, llbuf[32];
+    size_t strlen;
+
+    if (getLongFromObjectOrReply(c,c->argv[2],&start,NULL) != REDIS_OK)
+        return;
+    if (getLongFromObjectOrReply(c,c->argv[3],&end,NULL) != REDIS_OK)
+        return;
+    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.nullbulk)) == NULL ||
+        checkType(c,o,REDIS_STRING)) return;
+
+    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT) {
+        str = llbuf;
+        strlen = ll2string(llbuf,sizeof(llbuf),(long)o->ptr);
+    } else {
+        str = o->ptr;
+        strlen = sdslen(str);
+    }
+
+    /* Convert negative indexes */
+    if (start < 0) start = strlen+start;
+    if (end < 0) end = strlen+end;
+    if (start < 0) start = 0;
+    if (end < 0) end = 0;
+    if ((unsigned)end >= strlen) end = strlen-1;
+
+    /* Precondition: end >= 0 && end < strlen, so the only condition where
+     * nothing can be returned is: start > end. */
+    if (start > end) {
+        addReply(c,shared.nullbulk);
+    } else {
+        addReplyBulkCBuffer(c,(char*)str+start,end-start+1);
+    }
+}
+
 void mgetCommand(redisClient *c) {
     int j;
 
@@ -181,7 +395,7 @@ void decrbyCommand(redisClient *c) {
 void appendCommand(redisClient *c) {
     int retval;
     size_t totlen;
-    robj *o;
+    robj *o, *append;
 
     o = lookupKeyWrite(c->db,c->argv[1]);
     c->argv[2] = tryObjectEncoding(c->argv[2]);
@@ -195,23 +409,27 @@ void appendCommand(redisClient *c) {
             addReply(c,shared.wrongtypeerr);
             return;
         }
-        /* If the object is specially encoded or shared we have to make
-         * a copy */
+
+        append = getDecodedObject(c->argv[2]);
+        if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW &&
+            (sdslen(o->ptr) + sdslen(append->ptr)) > 512*1024*1024)
+        {
+            addReplyError(c,"string exceeds maximum allowed size (512MB)");
+            decrRefCount(append);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /* If the object is shared or encoded, we have to make a copy */
         if (o->refcount != 1 || o->encoding != REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
             robj *decoded = getDecodedObject(o);
-
             o = createStringObject(decoded->ptr, sdslen(decoded->ptr));
             decrRefCount(decoded);
             dbReplace(c->db,c->argv[1],o);
         }
-        /* APPEND! */
-        if (c->argv[2]->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
-            o->ptr = sdscatlen(o->ptr,
-                c->argv[2]->ptr, sdslen(c->argv[2]->ptr));
-        } else {
-            o->ptr = sdscatprintf(o->ptr, "%ld",
-                (unsigned long) c->argv[2]->ptr);
-        }
+
+        /* Append the value */
+        o->ptr = sdscatlen(o->ptr,append->ptr,sdslen(append->ptr));
+        decrRefCount(append);
         totlen = sdslen(o->ptr);
     }
     touchWatchedKey(c->db,c->argv[1]);
@@ -219,50 +437,20 @@ void appendCommand(redisClient *c) {
     addReplyLongLong(c,totlen);
 }
 
-void substrCommand(redisClient *c) {
-    robj *o;
-    long start = atoi(c->argv[2]->ptr);
-    long end = atoi(c->argv[3]->ptr);
-    size_t rangelen, strlen;
-    sds range;
-
-    if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.nullbulk)) == NULL ||
-        checkType(c,o,REDIS_STRING)) return;
-
-    o = getDecodedObject(o);
-    strlen = sdslen(o->ptr);
-
-    /* convert negative indexes */
-    if (start < 0) start = strlen+start;
-    if (end < 0) end = strlen+end;
-    if (start < 0) start = 0;
-    if (end < 0) end = 0;
-
-    /* indexes sanity checks */
-    if (start > end || (size_t)start >= strlen) {
-        /* Out of range start or start > end result in null reply */
-        addReply(c,shared.nullbulk);
-        decrRefCount(o);
-        return;
-    }
-    if ((size_t)end >= strlen) end = strlen-1;
-    rangelen = (end-start)+1;
-
-    /* Return the result */
-    addReplySds(c,sdscatprintf(sdsempty(),"$%zu\r\n",rangelen));
-    range = sdsnewlen((char*)o->ptr+start,rangelen);
-    addReplySds(c,range);
-    addReply(c,shared.crlf);
-    decrRefCount(o);
-}
-
 void strlenCommand(redisClient *c) {
     robj *o;
 
     if ((o = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c,c->argv[1],shared.czero)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c,o,REDIS_STRING)) return;
 
-    o = getDecodedObject(o);
-    addReplyLongLong(c,sdslen(o->ptr));
-    decrRefCount(o);
+    if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) {
+        addReplyLongLong(c,sdslen(o->ptr));
+    } else if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT) {
+        char llbuf[32];
+        int len = ll2string(llbuf,sizeof(llbuf),(long)o->ptr);
+        addReplyLongLong(c,len);
+    } else {
+        redisPanic("Unknown string encoding");
+    }
 }
+
diff --git a/tests/unit/basic.tcl b/tests/unit/basic.tcl
index 4c6662c67..7d5667726 100644
--- a/tests/unit/basic.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/basic.tcl
@@ -374,4 +374,228 @@ start_server {tags {"basic"}} {
         r set mystring "foozzz0123456789 baz"
         r strlen mystring
     }
+
+    test "SETBIT against non-existing key" {
+        r del mykey
+
+        # Setting 2nd bit to on is integer 64, ascii "@"
+        assert_equal 1 [r setbit mykey 1 1]
+        assert_equal "@" [r get mykey]
+    }
+
+    test "SETBIT against string-encoded key" {
+        # Single byte with 2nd bit set
+        r set mykey "@"
+
+        # 64 + 32 = 96 => ascii "`" (backtick)
+        assert_equal 1 [r setbit mykey 2 1]
+        assert_equal "`" [r get mykey]
+    }
+
+    test "SETBIT against integer-encoded key" {
+        r set mykey 1
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+
+        # Ascii "1" is integer 49 = 00 11 00 01
+        # Setting 7th bit = 51 => ascii "3"
+        assert_equal 1 [r setbit mykey 6 1]
+        assert_equal "3" [r get mykey]
+    }
+
+    test "SETBIT against key with wrong type" {
+        r del mykey
+        r lpush mykey "foo"
+        assert_error "*wrong kind*" {r setbit mykey 0 1}
+    }
+
+    test "SETBIT with out of range bit offset" {
+        r del mykey
+        assert_error "*out of range*" {r setbit mykey [expr 4*1024*1024*1024] 1}
+        assert_error "*out of range*" {r setbit mykey -1 1}
+    }
+
+    test "SETBIT with non-bit argument" {
+        r del mykey
+        assert_error "*out of range*" {r setbit mykey 0 -1}
+        assert_error "*out of range*" {r setbit mykey 0  2}
+        assert_error "*out of range*" {r setbit mykey 0 10}
+        assert_error "*out of range*" {r setbit mykey 0 20}
+    }
+
+    test "GETBIT against non-existing key" {
+        r del mykey
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 0]
+    }
+
+    test "GETBIT against string-encoded key" {
+        # Single byte with 2nd and 3rd bit set
+        r set mykey "`"
+
+        # In-range
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 0]
+        assert_equal 1 [r getbit mykey 1]
+        assert_equal 1 [r getbit mykey 2]
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 3]
+
+        # Out-range
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 8]
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 100]
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 10000]
+    }
+
+    test "GETBIT against integer-encoded key" {
+        r set mykey 1
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+
+        # Ascii "1" is integer 49 = 00 11 00 01
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 0]
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 1]
+        assert_equal 1 [r getbit mykey 2]
+        assert_equal 1 [r getbit mykey 3]
+
+        # Out-range
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 8]
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 100]
+        assert_equal 0 [r getbit mykey 10000]
+    }
+
+    test "SETRANGE against non-existing key" {
+        r del mykey
+        assert_equal 3 [r setrange mykey 0 foo]
+        assert_equal "foo" [r get mykey]
+
+        r del mykey
+        assert_equal 0 [r setrange mykey 0 ""]
+        assert_equal 0 [r exists mykey]
+
+        r del mykey
+        assert_equal 4 [r setrange mykey 1 foo]
+        assert_equal "\000foo" [r get mykey]
+
+        r del mykey
+        assert_equal 3 [r setrange mykey -1 foo]
+        assert_equal "foo" [r get mykey]
+
+        r del mykey
+        assert_equal 3 [r setrange mykey -100 foo]
+        assert_equal "foo" [r get mykey]
+    }
+
+    test "SETRANGE against string-encoded key" {
+        r set mykey "foo"
+        assert_equal 3 [r setrange mykey 0 b]
+        assert_equal "boo" [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey "foo"
+        assert_equal 3 [r setrange mykey 0 ""]
+        assert_equal "foo" [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey "foo"
+        assert_equal 3 [r setrange mykey 1 b]
+        assert_equal "fbo" [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey "foo"
+        assert_equal 6 [r setrange mykey -1 bar]
+        assert_equal "foobar" [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey "foo"
+        assert_equal 5 [r setrange mykey -2 bar]
+        assert_equal "fobar" [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey "foo"
+        assert_equal 3 [r setrange mykey -20 bar]
+        assert_equal "bar" [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey "foo"
+        assert_equal 7 [r setrange mykey 4 bar]
+        assert_equal "foo\000bar" [r get mykey]
+    }
+
+    test "SETRANGE against integer-encoded key" {
+        r set mykey 1234
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+        assert_equal 4 [r setrange mykey 0 2]
+        assert_encoding raw mykey
+        assert_equal 2234 [r get mykey]
+
+        # Shouldn't change encoding when nothing is set
+        r set mykey 1234
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+        assert_equal 4 [r setrange mykey 0 ""]
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+        assert_equal 1234 [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey 1234
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+        assert_equal 4 [r setrange mykey 1 3]
+        assert_encoding raw mykey
+        assert_equal 1334 [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey 1234
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+        assert_equal 5 [r setrange mykey -1 5]
+        assert_encoding raw mykey
+        assert_equal 12345 [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey 1234
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+        assert_equal 4 [r setrange mykey -2 5]
+        assert_encoding raw mykey
+        assert_equal 1235 [r get mykey]
+
+        r set mykey 1234
+        assert_encoding int mykey
+        assert_equal 6 [r setrange mykey 5 2]
+        assert_encoding raw mykey
+        assert_equal "1234\0002" [r get mykey]
+    }
+
+    test "SETRANGE against key with wrong type" {
+        r del mykey
+        r lpush mykey "foo"
+        assert_error "*wrong kind*" {r setrange mykey 0 bar}
+    }
+
+    test "SETRANGE with out of range offset" {
+        r del mykey
+        assert_error "*maximum allowed size*" {r setrange mykey [expr 512*1024*1024-4] world}
+        r set mykey "hello"
+        assert_error "*maximum allowed size*" {r setrange mykey [expr 512*1024*1024-4] world}
+    }
+
+    test "GETRANGE against non-existing key" {
+        r del mykey
+        assert_equal "" [r getrange mykey 0 -1]
+    }
+
+    test "GETRANGE against string value" {
+        r set mykey "Hello World"
+        assert_equal "Hell" [r getrange mykey 0 3]
+        assert_equal "Hello World" [r getrange mykey 0 -1]
+        assert_equal "orld" [r getrange mykey -4 -1]
+        assert_equal "" [r getrange mykey 5 3]
+        assert_equal " World" [r getrange mykey 5 5000]
+        assert_equal "Hello World" [r getrange mykey -5000 10000]
+    }
+
+    test "GETRANGE against integer-encoded value" {
+        r set mykey 1234
+        assert_equal "123" [r getrange mykey 0 2]
+        assert_equal "1234" [r getrange mykey 0 -1]
+        assert_equal "234" [r getrange mykey -3 -1]
+        assert_equal "" [r getrange mykey 5 3]
+        assert_equal "4" [r getrange mykey 3 5000]
+        assert_equal "1234" [r getrange mykey -5000 10000]
+    }
+
+    test "GETRANGE fuzzing" {
+        for {set i 0} {$i < 1000} {incr i} {
+            r set bin [set bin [randstring 0 1024 binary]]
+            set _start [set start [randomInt 1500]]
+            set _end [set end [randomInt 1500]]
+            if {$_start < 0} {set _start "end-[abs($_start)-1]"}
+            if {$_end < 0} {set _end "end-[abs($_end)-1]"}
+            assert_equal [string range $bin $_start $_end] [r getrange bin $start $end]
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/other.tcl b/tests/unit/other.tcl
index 2e6c0ae17..c142ba7f0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/other.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/other.tcl
@@ -216,42 +216,6 @@ start_server {tags {"other"}} {
         set _ $err
     } {}
 
-    test {SUBSTR basics} {
-        set res {}
-        r set foo "Hello World"
-        lappend res [r substr foo 0 3]
-        lappend res [r substr foo 0 -1]
-        lappend res [r substr foo -4 -1]
-        lappend res [r substr foo 5 3]
-        lappend res [r substr foo 5 5000]
-        lappend res [r substr foo -5000 10000]
-        set _ $res
-    } {Hell {Hello World} orld {} { World} {Hello World}}
-
-    test {SUBSTR against integer encoded values} {
-        r set foo 123
-        r substr foo 0 -2
-    } {12}
-
-    test {SUBSTR fuzzing} {
-        set err {}
-        for {set i 0} {$i < 1000} {incr i} {
-            set bin [randstring 0 1024 binary]
-            set _start [set start [randomInt 1500]]
-            set _end [set end [randomInt 1500]]
-            if {$_start < 0} {set _start "end-[abs($_start)-1]"}
-            if {$_end < 0} {set _end "end-[abs($_end)-1]"}
-            set s1 [string range $bin $_start $_end]
-            r set bin $bin
-            set s2 [r substr bin $start $end]
-            if {$s1 != $s2} {
-                set err "String mismatch"
-                break
-            }
-        }
-        set _ $err
-    } {}
-
     # Leave the user with a clean DB before to exit
     test {FLUSHDB} {
         set aux {}