diff --git a/packages/melange.js/Js.ml b/packages/melange.js/Js.ml
index e897c2961..628097667 100644
--- a/packages/melange.js/Js.ml
+++ b/packages/melange.js/Js.ml
@@ -757,7 +757,20 @@ end = struct
     if start_idx >= end_idx then ""
     else Stdlib.String.sub str start_idx (end_idx - start_idx)
 
-  let split ?sep ?limit _str = notImplemented "Js.String" "split"
+  let split ?sep ?limit str =
+    match%platform () with
+    | Client -> Js.String.split ~sep ~limit str
+    | Server -> (
+        let items =
+          Str.split (Str.regexp_string (Option.value sep ~default:"")) str
+          |> Stdlib.Array.of_list
+        in
+        let limit = Option.value limit ~default:(Stdlib.Array.length items) in
+
+        match limit with
+        | limit when limit >= 0 && limit < Stdlib.Array.length items ->
+            Stdlib.Array.sub items 0 limit
+        | _ -> items)
 
   let splitByRe ~regexp ?limit str =
     let rev_array arr =
diff --git a/packages/melange.js/Js.mli b/packages/melange.js/Js.mli
index f7655f629..81d1cd17b 100644
--- a/packages/melange.js/Js.mli
+++ b/packages/melange.js/Js.mli
@@ -380,11 +380,7 @@ module String : sig
     not_implemented "is not implemented in native under server-reason-react.js"]
 
   val slice : ?start:int -> ?end_:int -> t -> t
-
   val split : ?sep:t -> ?limit:int -> t -> t array
-  [@@alert
-    not_implemented "is not implemented in native under server-reason-react.js"]
-
   val splitByRe : regexp:Re.t -> ?limit:int -> t -> t nullable array
   val startsWith : prefix:t -> ?start:int -> t -> bool
   val substr : ?start:int -> ?len:int -> t -> t
diff --git a/packages/melange.js/dune b/packages/melange.js/dune
index 79bc78050..f65719ee2 100644
--- a/packages/melange.js/dune
+++ b/packages/melange.js/dune
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  (public_name server-reason-react.js)
  (libraries quickjs lwt str)
  (preprocess
-  (pps lwt_ppx)))
+  (pps lwt_ppx browser_ppx)))
 
 (test
  (name test)
diff --git a/packages/melange.js/test.ml b/packages/melange.js/test.ml
index da033e0e4..10fb86897 100644
--- a/packages/melange.js/test.ml
+++ b/packages/melange.js/test.ml
@@ -302,15 +302,31 @@ let string_tests =
         (* assert_string (Js.String.sliceToEnd ~from:(-2) "abcdefg") "fg"; *)
         assert_string (Js.String.slice ~start:7 "abcdefg") "");
     test "split" (fun () ->
-        (* assert_string_array (split "-" "2018-01-02") [| "2018"; "01"; "02" |];
-           assert_string_array (split "," "a,b,,c") [| "a"; "b"; ""; "c" |];
-           assert_string_array
-             (split "::" "good::bad as great::awful")
-             [| "good"; "bad as great"; "awful" |];
-           assert_string_array
-             (split ";" "has-no-delimiter")
-             [| "has-no-delimiter" |] *)
-        ());
+        assert_string_array
+          (Js.String.split ~sep:"-" "2018-01-02")
+          [| "2018"; "01"; "02" |];
+        assert_string_array
+          (Js.String.split ~sep:"," "a,b,,c")
+          [| "a"; "b"; ""; "c" |];
+        assert_string_array
+          (Js.String.split ~sep:"::" "good::bad as great::awful")
+          [| "good"; "bad as great"; "awful" |];
+        assert_string_array
+          (Js.String.split ~sep:";" "has-no-delimiter")
+          [| "has-no-delimiter" |];
+        assert_string_array
+          (Js.String.split ~sep:"-" "with-delimiter;" ~limit:1)
+          [| "with" |];
+        assert_string_array
+          (Js.String.split ~sep:"-" "with-delimiter-equal-to-zero" ~limit:0)
+          [||];
+        assert_string_array
+          (Js.String.split ~sep:"-" "with-delimiter-greater-than-length"
+             ~limit:5)
+          [| "with"; "delimiter"; "greater"; "than"; "length" |];
+        assert_string_array
+          (Js.String.split ~sep:"-" "with-delimiter-less-than-zero" ~limit:(-2))
+          [| "with"; "delimiter"; "less"; "than"; "zero" |]);
     test "splitAtMost" (fun () ->
         (* assert_string_array
              (splitAtMost "/" ~limit:3 "ant/bee/cat/dog/elk")