diff --git a/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/lib.rs b/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/lib.rs
index c9d7ad8d77..5ccca80368 100644
--- a/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/builtins/bitcode/src/lib.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,35 @@ pub fn count_delimiters_(str: &[u8], delimiter: &[u8]) -> i64 {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn measure_next_split_segment_length_(from_index: i64, str: &[u8], delimiter: &[u8]) -> i64 {
+    let str_len = str.len() as i64;
+    let delimiter_len = delimiter.len() as i64;
+
+    let mut str_index = from_index;
+
+    while str_index <= (str_len - delimiter_len) {
+        let mut delimiter_index = 0;
+        let mut matches_delimiter = true;
+
+        while matches_delimiter && delimiter_index < delimiter_len {
+            let delimiter_char = delimiter[delimiter_index as usize];
+            let str_char = str[(str_index + delimiter_index) as usize];
+
+            matches_delimiter = delimiter_char == str_char;
+
+            delimiter_index += 1;
+        }
+
+        if matches_delimiter {
+            return str_index - from_index;
+        } else {
+            str_index += 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    str_len - from_index
+}
+
 /// Adapted from Rust's core::num module, by the Rust core team,
 /// licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0 - https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 ///
diff --git a/compiler/builtins/bitcode/tests/bitcode_test.rs b/compiler/builtins/bitcode/tests/bitcode_test.rs
index 452da09ea5..3491af32fe 100644
--- a/compiler/builtins/bitcode/tests/bitcode_test.rs
+++ b/compiler/builtins/bitcode/tests/bitcode_test.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ extern crate pretty_assertions;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod bitcode {
-    use roc_builtins_bitcode::count_delimiters_;
+    use roc_builtins_bitcode::{count_delimiters_, measure_next_split_segment_length_};
 
     #[test]
     fn count_delimiters() {
@@ -20,4 +20,49 @@ mod bitcode {
             0
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn measure_next_split_segment() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            measure_next_split_segment_length_(
+                0,
+                (&"de!!!de!!!de").as_bytes(),
+                (&"!!!").as_bytes()
+            ),
+            2
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            measure_next_split_segment_length_(
+                5,
+                (&"de!!!abcde!!!de").as_bytes(),
+                (&"!!!").as_bytes()
+            ),
+            5
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            measure_next_split_segment_length_(
+                13,
+                (&"de!!!abcde!!!de").as_bytes(),
+                (&"!!!").as_bytes()
+            ),
+            2
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            measure_next_split_segment_length_(0, (&"!!!").as_bytes(), (&"!!!").as_bytes()),
+            0
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            measure_next_split_segment_length_(0, (&"a!!b!!!").as_bytes(), (&"!!!").as_bytes()),
+            4
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            measure_next_split_segment_length_(0, (&"abcde!!!").as_bytes(), (&"!!!").as_bytes()),
+            5
+        );
+    }
 }