diff --git a/tests/snippets/bytes.py b/tests/snippets/bytes.py
index ec8001213..755707a76 100644
--- a/tests/snippets/bytes.py
+++ b/tests/snippets/bytes.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ with assertRaises(TypeError):
 with assertRaises(TypeError):
     b"b".center(2, b"ba")
 b"kok".center(5, bytearray(b"x"))
-b"kok".center(-5,)
+b"kok".center(-5)
 
 # count
 assert b"azeazerazeazopia".count(b"aze") == 3
@@ -191,3 +191,19 @@ assert (
 )
 with assertRaises(TypeError):
     b"".join((b"km", "kl"))
+
+
+# endswith startswith
+assert b"abcde".endswith(b"de")
+assert b"abcde".endswith(b"")
+assert not b"abcde".endswith(b"zx")
+assert b"abcde".endswith(b"bc", 0, 3)
+assert not b"abcde".endswith(b"bc", 2, 3)
+assert b"abcde".endswith((b"c", b"de"))
+
+assert b"abcde".startswith(b"ab")
+assert b"abcde".startswith(b"")
+assert not b"abcde".startswith(b"zx")
+assert b"abcde".startswith(b"cd", 2)
+assert not b"abcde".startswith(b"cd", 1, 4)
+assert b"abcde".startswith((b"a", b"bc"))
diff --git a/vm/src/obj/objbyteinner.rs b/vm/src/obj/objbyteinner.rs
index 26f33c2e6..cc4111a8b 100644
--- a/vm/src/obj/objbyteinner.rs
+++ b/vm/src/obj/objbyteinner.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 
 use super::objint;
-use super::objsequence::PySliceableSequence;
+use super::objtype;
+use super::objsequence::{PySliceableSequence, is_valid_slice_arg};
 use crate::obj::objint::PyInt;
 use num_integer::Integer;
 use num_traits::ToPrimitive;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ use super::objbytearray::{get_value as get_value_bytearray, PyByteArray};
 use super::objbytes::PyBytes;
 use super::objmemory::PyMemoryView;
 use super::objnone::PyNone;
+use super::objsequence;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
 pub struct PyByteInner {
@@ -495,6 +497,61 @@ impl PyByteInner {
 
         Ok(vm.ctx.new_bytes(refs))
     }
+
+    pub fn startsendswith(
+        &self,
+        arg: PyObjectRef,
+        start: OptionalArg<PyObjectRef>,
+        end: OptionalArg<PyObjectRef>,
+        endswith: bool, // true for endswith, false for startswith
+        vm: &VirtualMachine,
+    ) -> PyResult {
+        let suff = if objtype::isinstance(&arg, &vm.ctx.tuple_type()) {
+            let mut flatten = vec![];
+            for v in objsequence::get_elements(&arg).to_vec() {
+                match try_as_bytes_like(&v) {
+                    None => {
+                        return Err(vm.new_type_error(format!(
+                            "a bytes-like object is required, not {}",
+                            &v.class().name,
+                        )));
+                    }
+                    Some(value) => flatten.extend(value),
+                }
+            }
+            flatten
+        } else {
+            match try_as_bytes_like(&arg) {
+                Some(value) => value,
+                None => {
+                    return Err(vm.new_type_error(format!(
+                        "endswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not {}",
+                        arg
+                    )));
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        if suff.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(vm.new_bool(true));
+        }
+        let range = self.elements.get_slice_range(
+            &is_valid_slice_arg(start, vm)?,
+            &is_valid_slice_arg(end, vm)?,
+        );
+
+        if range.end - range.start < suff.len() {
+            return Ok(vm.new_bool(false));
+        }
+
+        let offset = if endswith {
+            (range.end - suff.len())..range.end
+        } else {
+            0..suff.len()
+        };
+
+        Ok(vm.new_bool(suff.as_slice() == &self.elements.do_slice(range)[offset]))
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn try_as_byte(obj: &PyObjectRef) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
diff --git a/vm/src/obj/objbytes.rs b/vm/src/obj/objbytes.rs
index 851c8d8ab..0c6e5c4b9 100644
--- a/vm/src/obj/objbytes.rs
+++ b/vm/src/obj/objbytes.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,28 @@ impl PyBytesRef {
     fn join(self, iter: PyIterable, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
         self.inner.join(iter, vm)
     }
+
+    #[pymethod(name = "endswith")]
+    fn endswith(
+        self,
+        suffix: PyObjectRef,
+        start: OptionalArg<PyObjectRef>,
+        end: OptionalArg<PyObjectRef>,
+        vm: &VirtualMachine,
+    ) -> PyResult {
+        self.inner.startsendswith(suffix, start, end, true, vm)
+    }
+
+    #[pymethod(name = "startswith")]
+    fn startswith(
+        self,
+        suffix: PyObjectRef,
+        start: OptionalArg<PyObjectRef>,
+        end: OptionalArg<PyObjectRef>,
+        vm: &VirtualMachine,
+    ) -> PyResult {
+        self.inner.startsendswith(suffix, start, end, false, vm)
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/vm/src/obj/objsequence.rs b/vm/src/obj/objsequence.rs
index 5594ac858..af2034370 100644
--- a/vm/src/obj/objsequence.rs
+++ b/vm/src/obj/objsequence.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::function::OptionalArg;
+use crate::obj::objnone::PyNone;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::marker::Sized;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut, Range};
@@ -371,3 +373,20 @@ pub fn get_mut_elements<'a>(obj: &'a PyObjectRef) -> impl DerefMut<Target = Vec<
     }
     panic!("Cannot extract elements from non-sequence");
 }
+
+//Check if given arg could be used with PySciceableSequance.get_slice_range()
+pub fn is_valid_slice_arg(
+    arg: OptionalArg<PyObjectRef>,
+    vm: &VirtualMachine,
+) -> Result<Option<BigInt>, PyObjectRef> {
+    if let OptionalArg::Present(value) = arg {
+        match_class!(value,
+        i @ PyInt => Ok(Some(i.as_bigint().clone())),
+        _obj @ PyNone => Ok(None),
+        _=> {return Err(vm.new_type_error("slice indices must be integers or None or have an __index__ method".to_string()));}
+        // TODO: check for an __index__ method
+        )
+    } else {
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}