diff --git a/crates/rb-sys-tests/src/lib.rs b/crates/rb-sys-tests/src/lib.rs
index 8b823e5e..8c96782c 100644
--- a/crates/rb-sys-tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rb-sys-tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ mod memory_test;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod stable_api_test;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod symbol_test;
diff --git a/crates/rb-sys-tests/src/symbol_test.rs b/crates/rb-sys-tests/src/symbol_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92ee6d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rb-sys-tests/src/symbol_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use std::slice;
+
+use rb_sys::{
+    rb_funcall, rb_id2sym, rb_intern, rb_utf8_str_new, RSTRING_LEN, RSTRING_PTR, STATIC_SYM_P,
+};
+use rb_sys_test_helpers::ruby_test;
+
+#[ruby_test]
+fn test_creates_a_usable_id() {
+    let method_name = unsafe { rb_intern!("reverse") };
+
+    let mystring = unsafe { rb_utf8_str_new("jerrbear".as_ptr() as *mut _, 8) };
+    let ret = unsafe { rb_funcall(mystring, method_name, 0) };
+    let ptr = unsafe { RSTRING_PTR(ret) as *const u8 };
+    let len = unsafe { RSTRING_LEN(ret) } as _;
+    let result = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, len) };
+
+    assert_eq!(result, b"raebrrej");
+}
+
+#[ruby_test]
+fn test_has_repeatable_results() {
+    let method_name1 = unsafe { rb_intern!("reverse") };
+    let method_name2 = unsafe { rb_intern!("reverse") };
+
+    assert_ne!(method_name1, 0);
+    assert_ne!(method_name2, 0);
+    assert_eq!(method_name1, method_name2);
+}
+
+#[ruby_test]
+fn test_non_usascii() {
+    let method_name1 = unsafe { rb_intern!("🙈") };
+    let method_name2 = unsafe { rb_intern!("🙈") };
+
+    assert_ne!(method_name1, 0);
+    assert_ne!(method_name2, 0);
+    assert_eq!(method_name1, method_name2);
+
+    let sym1 = unsafe { rb_id2sym(method_name1) };
+    let sym2 = unsafe { rb_id2sym(method_name2) };
+
+    assert!(STATIC_SYM_P(sym1));
+    assert!(STATIC_SYM_P(sym2));
+}
diff --git a/crates/rb-sys/src/lib.rs b/crates/rb-sys/src/lib.rs
index 181aae62..bf8c918b 100644
--- a/crates/rb-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rb-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub mod memory;
 pub mod special_consts;
 #[cfg(feature = "stable-api")]
 pub mod stable_api;
+pub mod symbol;
 pub mod tracking_allocator;
 pub mod value_type;
 
diff --git a/crates/rb-sys/src/symbol.rs b/crates/rb-sys/src/symbol.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41de85f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rb-sys/src/symbol.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/// Finds or creates a symbol for the given static string. This macro will
+/// memoize the ID to avoid repeated calls to libruby. You should prefer this
+/// macro over [`rb_intern3`] when the string is known at compile time.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// This macro is safe under two conditions:
+///   - Ruby VM is initialized and that thus safe to call into libruby
+///   - The first call to this macro will be done inside of a managed Ruby thread (i.e. not a native thread)
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```no_run
+/// use rb_sys::{symbol::rb_intern, rb_funcall, rb_utf8_str_new};
+///
+/// unsafe {
+///   let reverse_id = rb_intern!("reverse");
+///   let msg = rb_utf8_str_new("nice one".as_ptr() as *mut _, 4);
+///   rb_funcall(msg, reverse_id, 0);
+/// }
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! rb_intern {
+    ($s:literal) => {{
+        static mut ID: $crate::ID = 0;
+        if ID == 0 {
+            ID = $crate::rb_intern3($s.as_ptr() as _, $s.len() as _, $crate::rb_utf8_encoding());
+        }
+        ID
+    }};
+}