diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
index 1b586c54be..30389ebc88 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ pub fn create_default_context(
             whole_stream_command(Lines),
             whole_stream_command(Trim),
             whole_stream_command(Echo),
+            whole_stream_command(BuildString),
             // Column manipulation
             whole_stream_command(Reject),
             whole_stream_command(Select),
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
index 4d37e38b0e..cc67db0854 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub(crate) mod alias;
 pub(crate) mod append;
 pub(crate) mod args;
 pub(crate) mod autoview;
+pub(crate) mod build_string;
 pub(crate) mod cal;
 pub(crate) mod calc;
 pub(crate) mod cd;
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ pub(crate) use command::{
 
 pub(crate) use alias::Alias;
 pub(crate) use append::Append;
+pub(crate) use build_string::BuildString;
 pub(crate) use cal::Cal;
 pub(crate) use calc::Calc;
 pub(crate) use compact::Compact;
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/build_string.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/build_string.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e42ffbf6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/build_string.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use nu_errors::ShellError;
+
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::data::value::format_leaf;
+use nu_protocol::{ReturnSuccess, Signature, SyntaxShape, UntaggedValue, Value};
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct BuildStringArgs {
+    rest: Vec<Value>,
+}
+
+pub struct BuildString;
+
+impl WholeStreamCommand for BuildString {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "build-string"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("build-string")
+            .rest(SyntaxShape::Any, "all values to form into the string")
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Builds a string from the arguments"
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        build_string(args, registry)
+    }
+
+    fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+        vec![Example {
+            description: "Builds a string from a string and a number, without spaces between them",
+            example: "build-string 'foo' 3",
+            result: None,
+        }]
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn build_string(
+    args: CommandArgs,
+    registry: &CommandRegistry,
+) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let registry = registry.clone();
+    let tag = args.call_info.name_tag.clone();
+    let stream = async_stream! {
+        let (BuildStringArgs { rest }, mut input) = args.process(&registry).await?;
+
+        let mut output_string = String::new();
+
+        for r in rest {
+            output_string.push_str(&format_leaf(&r).plain_string(100_000))
+        }
+
+        yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(UntaggedValue::string(&output_string).into_value(tag)));
+    };
+
+    Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/lite_parse.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/lite_parse.rs
index dbd76c0a67..4dcfae653f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/lite_parse.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/lite_parse.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fn bare(src: &mut Input, span_offset: usize) -> Result<Spanned<String>, ParseErr
             if c == delimiter {
                 inside_quote = false;
             }
-        } else if c == '\'' || c == '"' {
+        } else if c == '\'' || c == '"' || c == '`' {
             inside_quote = true;
             delimiter = c;
         } else if c == '[' {
@@ -154,12 +154,6 @@ fn pipeline(src: &mut Input, span_offset: usize) -> Result<LiteBlock, ParseError
                             break;
                         }
                     }
-                    // '"' | '\'' => {
-                    //     let c = *c;
-                    //     // quoted string
-                    //     let arg = quoted(src, c, span_offset)?;
-                    //     cmd.args.push(arg);
-                    // }
                     _ => {
                         // basic argument
                         let arg = bare(src, span_offset)?;
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/parse.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/parse.rs
index aeebe937f9..45719cb703 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/parse.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fn parse_simple_column_path(lite_arg: &Spanned<String>) -> (SpannedExpression, O
             if c == delimiter {
                 inside_delimiter = false;
             }
-        } else if c == '\'' || c == '"' {
+        } else if c == '\'' || c == '"' || c == '`' {
             inside_delimiter = true;
             delimiter = c;
         } else if c == '.' {
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ fn trim_quotes(input: &str) -> String {
     match (chars.next(), chars.next_back()) {
         (Some('\''), Some('\'')) => chars.collect(),
         (Some('"'), Some('"')) => chars.collect(),
+        (Some('`'), Some('`')) => chars.collect(),
         _ => input.to_string(),
     }
 }
@@ -352,6 +353,165 @@ fn parse_unit(lite_arg: &Spanned<String>) -> (SpannedExpression, Option<ParseErr
     )
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum FormatCommand {
+    Text(Spanned<String>),
+    Column(Spanned<String>),
+}
+
+fn format(input: &str, start: usize) -> (Vec<FormatCommand>, Option<ParseError>) {
+    let original_start = start;
+    let mut output = vec![];
+    let mut error = None;
+
+    let mut loop_input = input.chars().peekable();
+    let mut start = start;
+    let mut end = start;
+    loop {
+        let mut before = String::new();
+
+        let mut found_start = false;
+        while let Some(c) = loop_input.next() {
+            end += 1;
+            if c == '{' {
+                if let Some(x) = loop_input.peek() {
+                    if *x == '{' {
+                        found_start = true;
+                        end += 1;
+                        let _ = loop_input.next();
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            before.push(c);
+        }
+
+        if !before.is_empty() {
+            if found_start {
+                output.push(FormatCommand::Text(
+                    before.to_string().spanned(Span::new(start, end - 2)),
+                ));
+            } else {
+                output.push(FormatCommand::Text(before.spanned(Span::new(start, end))));
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        // Look for column as we're now at one
+        let mut column = String::new();
+        start = end;
+
+        let mut previous_c = ' ';
+        let mut found_end = false;
+        while let Some(c) = loop_input.next() {
+            end += 1;
+            if c == '}' && previous_c == '}' {
+                let _ = column.pop();
+                found_end = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            previous_c = c;
+            column.push(c);
+        }
+
+        if !column.is_empty() {
+            if found_end {
+                output.push(FormatCommand::Column(
+                    column.to_string().spanned(Span::new(start, end - 2)),
+                ));
+            } else {
+                output.push(FormatCommand::Column(
+                    column.to_string().spanned(Span::new(start, end)),
+                ));
+
+                if error.is_none() {
+                    error = Some(ParseError::argument_error(
+                        input.spanned(Span::new(original_start, end)),
+                        ArgumentError::MissingValueForName("unclosed {{ }}".to_string()),
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if found_start && !found_end {
+            error = Some(ParseError::argument_error(
+                input.spanned(Span::new(original_start, end)),
+                ArgumentError::MissingValueForName("unclosed {{ }}".to_string()),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if before.is_empty() && column.is_empty() {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        start = end;
+    }
+
+    (output, error)
+}
+
+/// Parses an interpolated string, one that has expressions inside of it
+fn parse_interpolated_string(
+    registry: &dyn SignatureRegistry,
+    lite_arg: &Spanned<String>,
+) -> (SpannedExpression, Option<ParseError>) {
+    let inner_string = trim_quotes(&lite_arg.item);
+    let mut error = None;
+
+    let (format_result, err) = format(&inner_string, lite_arg.span.start() + 1);
+
+    if error.is_none() {
+        error = err;
+    }
+
+    let mut output = vec![];
+
+    for f in format_result {
+        match f {
+            FormatCommand::Text(t) => {
+                output.push(SpannedExpression {
+                    expr: Expression::Literal(hir::Literal::String(t.item)),
+                    span: t.span,
+                });
+            }
+            FormatCommand::Column(c) => {
+                let (o, err) = parse_full_column_path(&c, registry);
+                if error.is_none() {
+                    error = err;
+                }
+                output.push(o);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let block = vec![Commands {
+        span: lite_arg.span,
+        list: vec![ClassifiedCommand::Internal(InternalCommand {
+            name: "build-string".to_owned(),
+            name_span: lite_arg.span,
+            args: hir::Call {
+                head: Box::new(SpannedExpression {
+                    expr: Expression::Synthetic(hir::Synthetic::String("build-string".to_owned())),
+                    span: lite_arg.span,
+                }),
+                is_last: false,
+                named: None,
+                positional: Some(output),
+                span: lite_arg.span,
+            },
+        })],
+    }];
+
+    let call = SpannedExpression {
+        expr: Expression::Invocation(Block {
+            block,
+            span: lite_arg.span,
+        }),
+        span: lite_arg.span,
+    };
+
+    (call, error)
+}
+
 /// Parses the given argument using the shape as a guide for how to correctly parse the argument
 fn parse_arg(
     expected_type: SyntaxShape,
@@ -395,11 +555,19 @@ fn parse_arg(
             }
         }
         SyntaxShape::String => {
-            let trimmed = trim_quotes(&lite_arg.item);
-            (
-                SpannedExpression::new(Expression::string(trimmed), lite_arg.span),
-                None,
-            )
+            if lite_arg.item.starts_with('`')
+                && lite_arg.item.len() > 1
+                && lite_arg.item.ends_with('`')
+            {
+                // This is an interpolated string
+                parse_interpolated_string(registry, &lite_arg)
+            } else {
+                let trimmed = trim_quotes(&lite_arg.item);
+                (
+                    SpannedExpression::new(Expression::string(trimmed), lite_arg.span),
+                    None,
+                )
+            }
         }
         SyntaxShape::Pattern => {
             let trimmed = trim_quotes(&lite_arg.item);
diff --git a/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/internal.rs b/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/internal.rs
index 884467cee8..01d576823d 100644
--- a/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/internal.rs
+++ b/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/internal.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,66 @@ fn invocation_handles_dot() {
     })
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn string_interpolation_with_it() {
+    let actual = nu!(
+        cwd: ".",
+        r#"
+                    echo "foo" | echo `{{$it}}`
+            "#
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "foo");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn string_interpolation_with_column() {
+    let actual = nu!(
+        cwd: ".",
+        r#"
+                    echo '{"name": "bob"}' | from json | echo `{{name}} is cool`
+            "#
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "bob is cool");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn string_interpolation_with_column2() {
+    let actual = nu!(
+        cwd: ".",
+        r#"
+                    echo '{"name": "fred"}' | from json | echo `also {{name}} is cool`
+            "#
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "also fred is cool");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn string_interpolation_with_column3() {
+    let actual = nu!(
+        cwd: ".",
+        r#"
+                    echo '{"name": "sally"}' | from json | echo `also {{name}}`
+            "#
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "also sally");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn string_interpolation_with_it_column_path() {
+    let actual = nu!(
+        cwd: ".",
+        r#"
+                    echo '{"name": "sammie"}' | from json | echo `{{$it.name}}`
+        "#
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(actual.out, "sammie");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn argument_invocation_reports_errors() {
     let actual = nu!(