diff --git a/src/math/big/int.go b/src/math/big/int.go
index 51dc6f78ff..a2c1b580f5 100644
--- a/src/math/big/int.go
+++ b/src/math/big/int.go
@@ -924,3 +924,14 @@ func (z *Int) Not(x *Int) *Int {
 	z.neg = true // z cannot be zero if x is positive
 	return z
 }
+
+// Sqrt sets z to ⌊√x⌋, the largest integer such that z² ≤ x, and returns z.
+// It panics if x is negative.
+func (z *Int) Sqrt(x *Int) *Int {
+	if x.neg {
+		panic("square root of negative number")
+	}
+	z.neg = false
+	z.abs = z.abs.sqrt(x.abs)
+	return z
+}
diff --git a/src/math/big/int_test.go b/src/math/big/int_test.go
index 18f5be749d..b8e0778ca3 100644
--- a/src/math/big/int_test.go
+++ b/src/math/big/int_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/quick"
 )
@@ -1453,3 +1454,44 @@ func TestIssue2607(t *testing.T) {
 	n := NewInt(10)
 	n.Rand(rand.New(rand.NewSource(9)), n)
 }
+
+func TestSqrt(t *testing.T) {
+	root := 0
+	r := new(Int)
+	for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ {
+		if (root+1)*(root+1) <= i {
+			root++
+		}
+		n := NewInt(int64(i))
+		r.SetInt64(-2)
+		r.Sqrt(n)
+		if r.Cmp(NewInt(int64(root))) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("Sqrt(%v) = %v, want %v", n, r, root)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i += 10 {
+		n, _ := new(Int).SetString("1"+strings.Repeat("0", i), 10)
+		r := new(Int).Sqrt(n)
+		root, _ := new(Int).SetString("1"+strings.Repeat("0", i/2), 10)
+		if r.Cmp(root) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("Sqrt(1e%d) = %v, want 1e%d", i, r, i/2)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Test aliasing.
+	r.SetInt64(100)
+	r.Sqrt(r)
+	if r.Int64() != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("Sqrt(100) = %v, want 10 (aliased output)", r.Int64())
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkSqrt(b *testing.B) {
+	n, _ := new(Int).SetString("1"+strings.Repeat("0", 1001), 10)
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	t := new(Int)
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		t.Sqrt(n)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/math/big/nat.go b/src/math/big/nat.go
index 4a3b7ae33f..9b1a626c4c 100644
--- a/src/math/big/nat.go
+++ b/src/math/big/nat.go
@@ -1223,3 +1223,37 @@ func (z nat) setBytes(buf []byte) nat {
 
 	return z.norm()
 }
+
+// sqrt sets z = ⌊√x⌋
+func (z nat) sqrt(x nat) nat {
+	if x.cmp(natOne) <= 0 {
+		return z.set(x)
+	}
+	if alias(z, x) {
+		z = nil
+	}
+
+	// Start with value known to be too large and repeat "z = ⌊(z + ⌊x/z⌋)/2⌋" until it stops getting smaller.
+	// See Brent and Zimmermann, Modern Computer Arithmetic, Algorithm 1.13 (SqrtInt).
+	// https://members.loria.fr/PZimmermann/mca/pub226.html
+	// If x is one less than a perfect square, the sequence oscillates between the correct z and z+1;
+	// otherwise it converges to the correct z and stays there.
+	var z1, z2 nat
+	z1 = z
+	z1 = z1.setUint64(1)
+	z1 = z1.shl(z1, uint(x.bitLen()/2+1)) // must be ≥ √x
+	for n := 0; ; n++ {
+		z2, _ = z2.div(nil, x, z1)
+		z2 = z2.add(z2, z1)
+		z2 = z2.shr(z2, 1)
+		if z2.cmp(z1) >= 0 {
+			// z1 is answer.
+			// Figure out whether z1 or z2 is currently aliased to z by looking at loop count.
+			if n&1 == 0 {
+				return z1
+			}
+			return z.set(z1)
+		}
+		z1, z2 = z2, z1
+	}
+}