diff --git a/resources/function_help/json/replace b/resources/function_help/json/replace
index 509b2e46261..0f0ff23dab2 100644
--- a/resources/function_help/json/replace
+++ b/resources/function_help/json/replace
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 {
   "name": "replace",
   "type": "function",
-  "description": "Returns a string with the the supplied string replaced.",
-  "arguments": [ {"arg":"string","description":"the input string"},
-                 {"arg":"before","description":"the string to replace"},
-                 {"arg":"after","description":"the string to use as a replacement"}],
-  "examples": [ { "expression":"replace('QGIS SHOULD ROCK','SHOULD','DOES')", "returns":"'QGIS DOES ROCK'"}
-  ]
+  "description": "Returns a string with the supplied string, array, or map of strings replaced.",
+  "variants": [
+  { "variant": "String & array variant",
+      "variant_description": "Returns a string with the supplied string or array of strings replaced by a string or an array of strings.",
+      "arguments": [ {"arg":"string","description":"the input string"},
+                     {"arg":"before","description":"the string or array of strings to replace"},
+                     {"arg":"after","description":"the string or array of strings to use as a replacement"}],
+      "examples": [ { "expression":"replace('QGIS SHOULD ROCK','SHOULD','DOES')", "returns":"'QGIS DOES ROCK'"},
+                    { "expression":"replace('QGIS ABC',array('A','B','C'),array('X','Y','Z'))", "returns":"'QGIS XYZ'"},
+                    { "expression":"replace('QGIS',array('Q','S'),'')", "returns":"'GI'"} ] },
+  { "variant": "Map variant",
+      "variant_description": "Returns a string with the supplied map keys replaced by paired values.",
+      "arguments": [ {"arg":"string","description":"the input string"},
+                     {"arg":"map","description":"the map containing keys and values"} ],
+      "examples": [ { "expression":"replace('APP SHOULD ROCK',map('APP','QGIS','SHOULD','DOES'))", "returns":"'QGIS DOES ROCK'"} ]
+  }]
 }
diff --git a/src/core/qgsexpression.cpp b/src/core/qgsexpression.cpp
index 4ba41dab4eb..2ca74e461c8 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsexpression.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsexpression.cpp
@@ -1214,10 +1214,62 @@ static QVariant fcnLength( const QVariantList& values, const QgsExpressionContex
 
 static QVariant fcnReplace( const QVariantList& values, const QgsExpressionContext*, QgsExpression* parent )
 {
-  QString str = getStringValue( values.at( 0 ), parent );
-  QString before = getStringValue( values.at( 1 ), parent );
-  QString after = getStringValue( values.at( 2 ), parent );
-  return QVariant( str.replace( before, after ) );
+  if ( values.count() == 2 && values.at( 1 ).type() == QVariant::Map )
+  {
+    QString str = getStringValue( values.at( 0 ), parent );
+    QVariantMap map = getMapValue( values.at( 1 ), parent );
+
+    for ( QVariantMap::const_iterator it = map.constBegin(); it != map.constEnd(); ++it )
+    {
+      str = str.replace( it.key(), it.value().toString() );
+    }
+
+    return QVariant( str );
+  }
+  else if ( values.count() == 3 )
+  {
+    QString str = getStringValue( values.at( 0 ), parent );
+    QVariantList before;
+    QVariantList after;
+    bool isSingleReplacement = false;
+
+    if ( values.at( 1 ).type() != QVariant::List && values.at( 2 ).type() != QVariant::StringList )
+    {
+      before = QVariantList() << getStringValue( values.at( 1 ), parent );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      before = getListValue( values.at( 1 ), parent );
+    }
+
+    if ( values.at( 2 ).type() != QVariant::List && values.at( 2 ).type() != QVariant::StringList )
+    {
+      after = QVariantList() << getStringValue( values.at( 2 ), parent );
+      isSingleReplacement = true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      after = getListValue( values.at( 2 ), parent );
+    }
+
+    if ( !isSingleReplacement && before.length() != after.length() )
+    {
+      parent->setEvalErrorString( QObject::tr( "Invalid pair of array, length not identical" ) );
+      return QVariant();
+    }
+
+    for ( int i = 0; i < before.length(); i++ )
+    {
+      str = str.replace( before.at( i ).toString(), after.at( isSingleReplacement ? 0 : i ).toString() );
+    }
+
+    return QVariant( str );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    parent->setEvalErrorString( QObject::tr( "Function replace requires 2 or 3 arguments" ) );
+    return QVariant();
+  }
 }
 static QVariant fcnRegexpReplace( const QVariantList& values, const QgsExpressionContext*, QgsExpression* parent )
 {
@@ -3489,7 +3541,7 @@ const QList<QgsExpression::Function*>& QgsExpression::Functions()
     << new StaticFunction( QStringLiteral( "char" ), 1, fcnChar, QStringLiteral( "String" ) )
     << new StaticFunction( QStringLiteral( "wordwrap" ), ParameterList() << Parameter( QStringLiteral( "text" ) ) << Parameter( QStringLiteral( "length" ) ) << Parameter( QStringLiteral( "delimiter" ), true, "" ), fcnWordwrap, QStringLiteral( "String" ) )
     << new StaticFunction( QStringLiteral( "length" ), ParameterList() << Parameter( QStringLiteral( "text" ), true, "" ), fcnLength, QStringList() << QStringLiteral( "String" ) << QStringLiteral( "GeometryGroup" ) )
-    << new StaticFunction( QStringLiteral( "replace" ), 3, fcnReplace, QStringLiteral( "String" ) )
+    << new StaticFunction( QStringLiteral( "replace" ), -1, fcnReplace, QStringLiteral( "String" ) )
     << new StaticFunction( QStringLiteral( "regexp_replace" ), 3, fcnRegexpReplace, QStringLiteral( "String" ) )
     << new StaticFunction( QStringLiteral( "regexp_substr" ), 2, fcnRegexpSubstr, QStringLiteral( "String" ) )
     << new StaticFunction( QStringLiteral( "substr" ), 3, fcnSubstr, QStringLiteral( "String" ) )
diff --git a/tests/src/core/testqgsexpression.cpp b/tests/src/core/testqgsexpression.cpp
index 0d8d068c2c8..a35ae35a9e1 100644
--- a/tests/src/core/testqgsexpression.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/core/testqgsexpression.cpp
@@ -821,6 +821,11 @@ class TestQgsExpression: public QObject
       QTest::newRow( "upper" ) << "upper('HeLLo')" << false << QVariant( "HELLO" );
       QTest::newRow( "length" ) << "length('HeLLo')" << false << QVariant( 5 );
       QTest::newRow( "replace" ) << "replace('HeLLo', 'LL', 'xx')" << false << QVariant( "Hexxo" );
+      QTest::newRow( "replace (array replaced by array)" ) << "replace('321', array('1','2','3'), array('7','8','9'))" << false << QVariant( "987" );
+      QTest::newRow( "replace (array replaced by string)" ) << "replace('12345', array('2','4'), '')" << false << QVariant( "135" );
+      QTest::newRow( "replace (unbalanced array, before > after)" ) << "replace('12345', array('1','2','3'), array('6','7'))" << true << QVariant();
+      QTest::newRow( "replace (unbalanced array, before < after)" ) << "replace('12345', array('1','2'), array('6','7','8'))" << true << QVariant();
+      QTest::newRow( "replace (map)" ) << "replace('APP SHOULD ROCK',map('APP','QGIS','SHOULD','DOES'))" << false << QVariant( "QGIS DOES ROCK" );
       QTest::newRow( "regexp_replace" ) << "regexp_replace('HeLLo','[eL]+', '-')" << false << QVariant( "H-o" );
       QTest::newRow( "regexp_replace greedy" ) << "regexp_replace('HeLLo','(?<=H).*L', '-')" << false << QVariant( "H-o" );
       QTest::newRow( "regexp_replace non greedy" ) << "regexp_replace('HeLLo','(?<=H).*?L', '-')" << false << QVariant( "H-Lo" );